Book Review: In the Dark We Forget
Forget what you know in In the Dark We Forget by Sandra SG Wong I’m a sucker for amnesia as a plot device. It creates so much confusion and so many problems for so many people, as it does in In The Dark We Forget, a new psychological thriller by Sandra SG Wong. Cleo Li […]
Festival tickets on sale soon
2022 Whistler Writers Festival tickets go on sale August 31 Tickets for the Whistler Writers Festival (October 13-16) go on sale Aug. 31. This year’s festival is once again in-person and online, and features the best local, Canadian, and international writers. Tickets for the 21st edition of the Whistler Writers Festival go on sale August […]
Oral storytelling workshop
Have a story to tell? Take a free workshop and then share it with us The Whistler Writers Festival is looking for Sea to Sky oral storytellers to submit their tales and participate in a brand new event at this year’s festival. This fall, the Whistler Writers Festival is hosting a free oral storytelling workshop, […]
Book Review: We Want What we Want by Alix Ohlin
Book Review by Kate Heskett Changing Track: Ohlin’s Tantalizing Tales We Want What We Want is a collection of short stories from two-time Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist, Alix Ohlin. The thirteen discrete tales —there are no crossover characters — offer an experience akin to being thrown blindfolded from a plane and landing on a series […]
Picking up what was lost: Poetry Review
Poetry review of works by Steven Heighton, Canisia Lubrin, Arleen Paré, Yusuf Saadi and Terence Young by Mary MacDonald This year, the Whistler Writers Festival hosts five poets: Steven Heighton (Selected Poems 1983-2020), Canisia Lubrin (The Dyzgraphxst), Arleen Paré (First), Yusuf Saadi (Pluviophile), and Terence Young (Smithereens). Heighton is a master craftsman, equally at ease in fiction, non-fiction, and children’s literature. As a poet, his voice is […]
The warmth of the Whistler crowd
Photo: Joern Rohde/joernrohde.com My first time participating at the Whistler Writers Festival was in 2019. It was a chilly evening, but I remember the warmth of the crowd that attended for Stella’s launch of her latest novel at the time, Finding Callidora. Having been asked by Stella if I would be interested in preparing […]
A tale of shapeshifters, runaway organs, and angry sasquatches
Book Review: Return of the Trickster by Eden Robinson I am bereft. When you turn the final pages of a story that’s spanned several books, you have built up a relationship with the characters, and it can be heartbreaking to say goodbye. This is what happened to me and other Eden Robinson fans who have […]
Book Review: Sufferance by Thomas King
Book Review: Sufferance by Thomas King “We Exist at the Sufferance of Others.” With these final words scribbled at the bottom of his last assignment, Forecaster left. The protagonist of Thomas King’s novel Sufferance, Jeremiah Camp, a.k.a. Forecaster, could look into the hidden motives of humanity and see patterns that held opportunities for the uber-rich. He saw something […]
6 Top Tips on Pitching Your Book to a Publisher
6 Top Tips on Pitching Your Book to a Publisher By Stella Harvey 1. Research the publisher you are pitching to. Understand what they publish. 2. You have 15 minutes with the publisher, spend half of that time talking about your book and yourself. In other words, approximately 7 of the 15 minutes. 3. When talking about […]
A Festival for Reminiscence and Reflection
A Festival for Reminiscence and Reflection by Terence Young P: Libby McKeever, former librarian, and Jane Millen, teacher, with students attending Terence’s writing workshop in 2010. The last time I attended the Whistler Writers Festival was, I believe, in the fall of 2010. Patricia [Young] was reading from a new collection, and I had just […]