Bats are nothing like rats
“Contrary to many beliefs, [bats aren’t] blind, they don’t always hang upside-down, they certainly don’t all have rabies (most rabies… FULL STORY
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EXCERPT: Growing My Way Home
At fifteen, Jenn Ashton was a pregnant runaway who ate a lot of Kraft dinner and popcorn. At times homeless… FULL STORY
Children of Holocaust Survivors
Edited by Deborah Ross-Grayman, Voices of Resilience: An Anthology of Stories Written by Children of Holocaust Survivors (Amsterdam Publishers $24.95),… FULL STORY
A life that named mountains
A mountaineer, medical researcher and lifelong wilderness advocate, Lisa Baile (at right) brings rare intimacy to John Clarke: Explorer of… FULL STORY
Living cheap, well
Steve Burgess is a writer and broadcaster whose new book Cheapskate in Lotusland: The Philosophy and Practice of Living Well… FULL STORY
Witnessing the island
Dave and Kelly Hutchison are a husband-and-wife creative team based in Qualicum Beach whose shared love of Vancouver Island shapes… FULL STORY
Songs of life and death
Russell Thornton is a North Vancouver–based poet whose work is known for its visceral lyricism and elemental engagement with life,… FULL STORY
New Gitxsan nature story
The award-winning Mothers of Xsan series is set to expand with the announcement of its newest title, The Cedar Mother… FULL STORY
Beiser wins Balsillie Prize
The Writers’ Trust of Canada announced on November 25, 2025, that Vancouver-based journalist and author Vince Beiser has won the… FULL STORY
Between Dunbar Street & Taiwan
The memoir The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street (Douglas & McIntyre $24.95) is an intimate geopolitical account of a family… FULL STORY
Purdy Poetry Prize
The Al Purdy A-frame Association and Eurithe Purdy are delighted to announce that acclaimed author and poet, Susan Musgrave (at… FULL STORY
From screen to pages
Tara Hungerford with her husband Eric Hogan created the award-winning children’s media brand, The Gumboot Kids. The success of the… FULL STORY
Sparkling under steel toes
Poetry virtually never pays the bills, but it can reflect the world in which poets work. Such is the case… FULL STORY
Gold rush treachery
“I had seen the decent and unselfish side of men, along with the greedy and cruel… When it came down… FULL STORY
The passion of a writer and a hermit
“It is one thing to build root cellars, to dig roots and rocks and dirt to develop a massive garden… FULL STORY
Hope at the heart of Chinatown
Vitality: Iconic Images and Hidden Stories (Chinatown Storytelling Centre $39.95) is a captivating book that showcases the vibrant Chinatown of… FULL STORY
Kelowna’s past and future
Historian and former Kelowna city councillor Sharron J. Simpson has dedicated much of her career to preserving community and family… FULL STORY
A wife vs. the “Family Compact”
Historical fiction typically sets the lives of imagined characters within real historical events. The Rebel’s Wife (Granville Island $24.95) by… FULL STORY
Every lesson is nature’s lesson
For more than three decades, environmental educator and naturalist Roy Jantzen has been inspiring people to see their place within… FULL STORY
Victoria’s Seal-ebrity
Emerson the Elephant Seal (Harbour Publishing $24.95) is a lively picture book for ages 3–5 inspired by the true tale… FULL STORY
