Witnessing the island

“Dave and Kelly Hutchison (left) reflect on creativity, partnership and what it means to witness Vancouver Island change over time in this Q&A.” FULL STORY



 

 

 

 

AUTHORS & BOOKS

Robert J. Muckle

Rather than starting with a specific dig site or artifact, Once upon This Land (Purich Books $29.95) begins with the… FULL STORY

Ziyad Saadi

Set over a single, chaotic day in Detroit, this debut novel follows queer Palestinian refugee Firas Dareer as he plans… FULL STORY

Carmen Lansdowne

In her deeply personal and scholarly work Wearing a Broken Indigene Heart on the Sleeve of Christian Mission (CMU Press… FULL STORY

Michael Ma

Troubling Criminology (Between the Lines Books $34.95) will be published on October 14, 2025, co-written by Michael Ma and fellow… FULL STORY

Karina Zhou

Eddy’s Shadow Puppets (Arsenal Pulp Press $24.95) follows a young boy named Eddy as he meets his grandfather, Yeye, for… FULL STORY

Monique Gray Smith

Let Dragonfly be your guide in Dreaming Alongside, illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt (Orca Book Publishers $21.95), a gentle and imaginative… FULL STORY

Dennis E. Bolen

In Amaranthine Chevrolet (Dundurn Press $25.99), Dennis E. Bolen revisits a familiar narrative form, the journey through the eyes of… FULL STORY

Mark B. Jabusch

In the Event: Living With an Earthquake (FriesenPress $29.95) is a firsthand account of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that… FULL STORY

J.C. Corry

The Storyteller’s War: Geoffrey Chaucer Reluctant Spy (Black Rose Writing $26.95) marks the debut of J.C. Corry, a Vancouver-based writer… FULL STORY

Jon Willis

The Pale Blue Data Point: An Earth-Based Perspective on the Search for Alien Life (University of Chicago Press $33.95) offers… FULL STORY

Yong Nan Kim

In Off the Map: Vancouver Writers with Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues (Bell Press Books $22), edited by Betsy Warland, Seema… FULL STORY

Kirsty McLeod

The painful legacy of Canada’s residential schools and the long road to reconciliation are explored through the voices of two… FULL STORY

Jerry Wasserman

Following World War II, Black lives and the American society were transformed through the civil rights movement. Jerry Wasserman explores… FULL STORY

Douglas Hamilton

Having previously lived on the off-grid eccentric Lasqueti Island, Douglas Hamilton is no stranger to West Coast lore and tall… FULL STORY

Darcy Nybo

A woman longing to become a mother leaves a trail of dead men behind her in Cleansing Water (Artistic Warrior $19.99), a… FULL STORY

Angela Douglas

A young woman, Bree, married to a cop begins hearing voices and suffering nightmares in Angela Douglas’s psychological crime thriller, Every… FULL STORY

Wendy Donawa

It takes a poet to capture the sensory appeal of the West Coast in a few words, such as these… FULL STORY

Nina Peers

In the depths of addiction, Nina Peers of Powell River sought support to understand her sense of powerlessness over her… FULL STORY

Daniel Anctil

A man living in a tree house reading books about mythical creatures wonders why he hasn’t yet met such creatures… FULL STORY

Kawika Guillermo

Video games are often thought of as socially isolating mechanisms that create a wide array of harmful effects on youth…. FULL STORY

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