Book review: Inside the Belly of an Elephant

Inside the Belly of an Elephant by waterfront.

Book review: Inside the Belly of an Elephant The death of a loved one is difficult to endure. But when you’re in Africa, sharing an epic journey with your amazing older brother, only to witness him dying from malaria, it is almost unbearable. When that brother dies from a disease, the prophylactic mediation you both […]

Connecting Through Story: finding community

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Connecting Through Stories ties us to the past and our community The theme of the 2023 Whistler Writers Festival is “Connecting Through Story.” Nick Marino, a guest author this year, shares what this means to her as we prepare for the festival in October. When I started writing East Side Story: Growing Up at the […]

Book Review: Everyone Here is Lying

Book cover of Everyone Here is Lying

Book Review: Everyone Here is Lying It’s hard to feel for a character when, right out of the gate, they slap a nine-year-old girl. However, as this page-turner, thriller unravels you might start to feel for the father left horrified by his own actions. This is Shari Lapena’s seventh novel. A lawyer and English teacher […]

Book review: three poetry volumes

Image of the book Flase Creek by a creek and red canoe.

Book review: three poetry must-reads In an essay environmental writer Barry Lopez wrote for Orion Magazine, he asked the question if it is “still possible to face the gathering darkness and say to the physical Earth, and to all its creatures, including ourselves, fiercely and without embarrassment, ‘I love you,’ and to embrace fearlessly the […]

Connecting Through Story — it gives us empathy and understanding

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Connecting Through Story gives us empathy and understanding The theme of the 2023 Whistler Writers Festival is “Connecting Through Story.” Iona Whishaw, a guest author this year, shares what this means to her as we prepare for the festival in October. Story famously connects. It connects writers with their readers, it connects us with the […]

Connecting Through Story: technology can help us find our own stories

Author Paige Maylott.

Connecting Through Story: technology can help us with our own stories The theme of the 2023 Whistler Writers Festival is “Connecting Through Story.” Paige Maylott, a guest author this year, shares what this means to her as we prepare for the festival in October. It’s hard to believe it’s been over a decade since I […]

Connecting Through Story: stories help us remember

Author Eve Lazarus stands in a very full bookstore.

Connecting Through Story: stories help us remember who people are The theme of the 2023 Whistler Writers Festival is “Connecting Through Story.” Eve Lazarus, a guest author this year, shares what this means to her as we prepare for the festival in October. There are over 1,300 cases of murdered and missing Indigenous women across Canada […]

Book Review: Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart

Book cover photo of Superfan by Jen Sookfong Lee.

Book review: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke my Heart is much more than Jen Sookfong Lee’s commentary on five decades of television, art, music, and popular celebrities and their role in her life; it is a heartbreaking testimony to family, identity, grief and belonging.   From the adventures of […]

Whistler Writers Festival is about more than books

Whistler Writers Festival delves into comedy, music, culture and more with special new events SEPTEMBER 22, 2023: Whistler, BC — The Whistler Writers Festival is so much more than a book festival. It’s embracing comedy, culture, and hard-hitting issues and building on the interpretation of what a book festival can be.  “We’ve always had music […]

Book Review: Huge

Photo of the novel, Huge, resting on a large rock.

Book Review: Huge Best known for his hit TV series Corner Gas, which ran for six seasons on CTV and spawned a spinoff movie and animated series, award-winning Saskatchewan-born actor, comedian, and screenwriter Brent Butt is back in the spotlight with his debut novel Huge. An unexpectedly dark and twisted thriller, Huge follows three stand-up […]