Fatherhood joy
In his second poetry collection, Umbilical Cord (Book*hug $20) Hasan Namir reflects on parenting, fatherhood and hope. His new poems… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Cassette tape memoirs
A former prison nurse stumbles upon cassette tapes (remember those?) from 1990 that contain the personal stories of an inmate… FULL STORY
Desparately seeking democracy
Former executive director of the BC Co-operative Association, John Restakis has written Civilizing the State: Reclaiming Politics for the Common… FULL STORY
Climate change guide
Gabriola Island’s Steven Earle has written A Brief History of the Earth’s Climate: Everyone’s Guide to the Science of Climate… FULL STORY
War pen pals
In her historical, middle-grade novel Dear Peter, Dear Ulla (Thistledown Press $12.95) Barbara Nickel crafts a child’s eye view of… FULL STORY
New digital world
Former staff reporter at the Winnipeg Free Press, South China Morning Post and Asia Times, Michael Bociurkiw of Sidney has… FULL STORY
The Big One
People in the Pacific Northwest have been warned about The Big One, a massive earthquake followed by a tsunami, which… FULL STORY
Z is for Zuliani
In Andy Zuliani’s Last Tide (NeWest Press $21.95) two burnt-out employees, Ana and Win are sent to an island in… FULL STORY
Mecha maiden
They’ve got over 250,000 YouTube subscribers, 65,000 Twitter followers, 25,000 Instagram followers and a website that averages 5,000 unique visitors… FULL STORY
What’s your watershed address?
In Upstream, Downstream: Exploring Watershed Connections (Orca Footprints $19.95) Rowena Rae asks, do you know your watershed address? Most people… FULL STORY
Journeys
A seminal time in Caroline Wong’s life occurred in her early teens when her family moved from Southern China to… FULL STORY
Pain & ecstasy in ballet
Winner of the 2021 Raven Chapbooks Poetry Contest, Kyeren Regehr has published the poems in Disassembling a Dancer (Raven Chapbooks… FULL STORY
Little Red goes to court
Lytton-raised Kevin Loring’s latest play, Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer (Talonbooks $16.95) concerns the last remaining member of a… FULL STORY
Nature’s healing power
After many years enjoying pastimes as a mountaineer and naturalist, architect Rob Wood was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. He recounts… FULL STORY
Adventure on the savannah
Jon Turk’s fifth adventure narrative about being on the unforgiving savannah with a Samburu headman, Tracking Lions, Myth, and Wilderness… FULL STORY
Covid kids
Caroline Adderson’s new book for young people, Sunny Days Inside (Groundwood $16.99) is a collection of linked short stories about… FULL STORY
My sweet, my fate
Beginning with a quote from poet e.e. cummings — ” i fear no fate(for you are my fate, my sweet)”… FULL STORY
Music & activism
Vancouver musician and social activist Earle Peach has written Questions to the Moon: Songs & Stories (Lazara Press $20) about… FULL STORY
What doesn’t kill you
In her seventh collection of poetry, Villa Negativa (Biblioasis $19.95), Sharon McCartney reflects on events such as a sibling’s death,… FULL STORY
Easy yoga
Yoga is known for its positive effect on mood and physiology. It works for children, especially those needing healthy ways… FULL STORY
