Sparkling under steel toes

“From industrial sites to open highways, poet Christina Shah (left) turns the everyday grind of work into vivid, unflinching portraits of modern working life.FULL STORY



 

 

AUTHORS & BOOKS

Meredith Hambrock

Meredith Hambrock’s latest, She’s a Lamb! (ECW Press $24.95) is a darkly comic suspense novel about ambition, delusion and the… FULL STORY

Christine Stringer

Set in 1997 Hollywood, Charity Trickett Is Not So Glamorous (SparkPress $17.99) by Christine Stringer is a novel based on… FULL STORY

Dr. Brett Finlay

In their latest book, The Microbiome Master Key: Harness Your Microbes to Unlock Whole-Body Health and Lifelong Vitality (D&M $21.95),… FULL STORY

Eve Lazarus

Eve Lazarus’s Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck (Arsenal Pulp Press $23.95) chronicles the tragic sinking of… FULL STORY

Norma Kerby

Terrace’s Norma Kerby has written Hidden Waters, a Love Letter to Water in the Temperate Rainforest (self-published $39.95), a full… FULL STORY

Y is for Young

Clea Young’s latest collection of stories, Welcome to the Neighbourhood  (Astoria/Anansi $22.99) explores the intricacies of human connection, set against… FULL STORY

G is for Grindler

The latest addition to the Little Explorers series by Sarah Grindler, Ocean Secrets: A Guidebook for Little Underwater Adventurers (Nimbus… FULL STORY

M is for McKay

In Grandmother Mouse (Medicine Wheel Pubishing $19.99), due out in February, Peter Thomas McKay introduces a nurturing protector to the… FULL STORY

W is for Wilson

In laget hiyt toxwum / Herring to Huckleberries (HighWater Press $24.95) by ošil (Betty Wilson), due out in April, the… FULL STORY

E is for Emery

The fourth Priscilla Tempest mystery, Curse of the Savoy (D&M $19.95), by the late Prudence Emery and Ron Base, unfolds… FULL STORY

T is for Thorsen

In 1948, Joseph O’Dwyer’s interrupted suicide attempt led to his institutionalization at Colquitz Hospital, Canada’s first forensic psychiatric facility. Struggling… FULL STORY

E is for Eddy

A small-town boy who moved to Vancouver to live with a boyfriend from a privileged background, Casper Han hides a… FULL STORY

Herb Clark

Herb Clark’s Missing (self-published $20.00) is a collection of poetry and artwork that chronicles the loss of his life partner… FULL STORY

Manolis Aligizakis

Tradition’s influence on human behavior and societal constraints is at the heart of Manolis Aligizakis’ The Incidentals (Ekstasis Editions $23.95)…. FULL STORY

Susan McCaslin

Susan McCaslin’s Field Play (Ekstasis Editions $26.95) weaves together four sections—Kith & Kin Fields, Gaia Fields, War Fields, and Cosmic… FULL STORY

Raymond Maher

Raymond Maher’s novel, Trapped at Birth: With Only One Way Out (Tellwell Talent $17.00) follows Max Bryce, whose real name… FULL STORY

Martin Crosbie

In the final installment of Martin Crosbie’s John Drake Mystery series, One Minute Past Midnight (self-published $16.39), interconnected stories unfold:… FULL STORY

Harold Munn

Harold Munn’s book, Faith in Doubt (FriesenPress $23.99) explores the intersection of faith and secularism through the story of John,… FULL STORY

Christine Quintana

Set in a Mexican resort, the lives of Sarah, a cynical Canadian wedding guest, and Adriana, a perfectionist hotel floor… FULL STORY

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