
Book review: All the Seas of the World
New novel dives deep into fantasy It didn’t take long for me to be fully absorbed by the complex and vivid world that Canadian award-winning

Book Review: focus on poetry
Human, fierce, achingly honest, and challenging The great naturalist Barry Lopez said, “poetry is a door anyone can walk through.” Well, here we go. Into

Sharing stories together with Ann Eriksson
When characters come knocking In 1987 I was at a crossroads in my life. A personal tragedy had me questioning my future and I decided

Sharing stories together with Kagan Goh
There is healing and a kinder world in stories shared My journey of recovery from mental illness has involved the arts in a significant way.

Book Review: This is How We Love
Book explores what makes a family and questions of love I’ve never been to Newfoundland. But thanks to authors such as Megan Gail Coles, Kathleen

Sharing stories together with Hasan Namir
Sharing writing in person again energizes poet Hasan Namir When I’m working on a poetry book, I get excited at the thought of reading these

Book Review: Kiss the Red Stairs
Extensive research and personal journey brings the past to life in Kiss the Red Stairs Marsha Lederman has always been interested in telling stories. As

Book Review: My Road From Damascus
Truth is strange and challenging in new memoir Truth, as they say, is stranger than fiction. Not since reading Tara Westover’s Educated in 2018, had

Book Review: When We Lost Our Heads
O’Neill’s newest novel sticks with you long after you’re done reading I mentioned to a friend that I was reading When We Lost Our Heads

Five can’t miss events
Iain Reid and Meira Cook headline at Saturday Night Gala The Whistler Writers Festival offers 13 author reading events and 12 workshops this fall and

Book Review: Mansions of the Moon
600 BC brought to life in Mansions of the Moon Bestselling author of Funny Boy and The Hungry Ghosts, Shyam Selvadurai returns after more than

Book Review: Our American Friend
No one can be trusted in Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak Now, I’m not saying that author Anna Pitoniak borrowed and improved some family