The light that remains
“After arriving at the airport or Greyhound terminal I would find my way to a hotel or motel room downtown… FULL STORY
The street’s music
“DeCroo’s photos have spotlit a Vancouver that’s about something more than unlimited growth and runaway commerce.”—Mike Usinger, Georgia Straight senior… FULL STORY
Salmon River Valley, 1968
“Honest in the bone, [the story] unfolds with the mastery of a wise, seasoned storyteller that your gut tells you… FULL STORY
Mothers & daughters
“People who are damaged can’t make good choices, or rarely. Crystal [the novel’s main protagonist] has passed on the damage… FULL STORY
Huckleberry pies & salmon stew
“The learning on the boat was a slow, immersive process,” says Alan Haig-Brown, adding “university was an intense rush of… FULL STORY
Grandma’s curried bologna
Mia is now in secondary school dealing with the loss of her white best friend. In the midst of balancing… FULL STORY
Beautiful “Brutish” Columbia
As industrial logging of old growth forests continues amidst protests, Christine Lowther bears witness to the blockade over thirty years… FULL STORY
Surviving Mystery Mountain
The Mundays wrote stories about their discoveries that were published across the country, setting off a national craze to conquer… FULL STORY
Sqʷəmey̓ blues
Now extinct, the Coast Salish Woolly Dog was a beloved companion, sacred kin and valuable textile source as its silky,… FULL STORY
How did I become the face to your fist?
“Even in the worst situations, there is always hope. Just like the wildflowers that bloom in unexpected places, between cracks… FULL STORY
Lovers in a dangerous time
“There’s a love scene between snails that’s raunchier and more tender than ninety per cent of the CanLit erotica being… FULL STORY
Southern man
Reviewer Susan Sanford Blades says that Jill Yonit Goldberg’s entire novel “acts as a comment on the patriarchal southern United… FULL STORY
When a tree falls in the city
While early influences include Pat Lowther, Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje, Derksen now looks to his current communities of writers… FULL STORY
On the addiction frontlines
In an interview about his memoir, journalist and musician Garth Mullins shares his addiction experiences, activism and joining the Vancouver… FULL STORY
Travels in a garden
To avoid long distance trips and harming the environment, Bradbury chose instead to explore the wonders in her garden, season… FULL STORY
The vagaries of war
Michelle Lang’s grieving aunt, Catherine Lang, has written a book about her niece, Embedded: The Irreconcilable Nature of War, Loss… FULL STORY
All that “jazz-a-ma-tazz”
“Local musicians—even those who, like Fraser MacPherson, won a degree of international acclaim—have generally operated from a sense of responsibility… FULL STORY
Searching for Hester Prynne
Hester in Sunlight explores struggles with family, gender identity and creativity while attempting to reimagine Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1850 anti-heroine, Hester… FULL STORY
Voices of Climate Activism
Drobnies delves into her journey co-editing Standing on High Ground, the book’s diverse voices, stories of activism, the impact of… FULL STORY
Washing bones in Korea
Yeji Y. Ham explores the lingering trauma of the Korean War through the story of a young woman balancing family… FULL STORY
