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I was a test case lab rat for perseverance

by Rebecca Wood Barrett When I was twenty and attending the University of Victoria, I agreed to be a lab rat in the psychology department for ten dollars an hour. After the first test was finished, I learned something vital about myself. I have the will to persevere. When we hear the word perseverance, we […]

The Heaviness of Things That Float – A Novel by Jennifer Manuel

Book Review by Katherine Fawcett “Listen for stories in the wind and the water.” This is the advice given to nurse Bernadette Perkal when she first arrives at the remote Tawakin First Nations medical outpost, on the shores of a tiny island on BC’s rough west coast. But like the wind and the water, whose […]

Graduating to the Ultimate Test

By Joanne Fogolin What does the word “perseverance” mean? I think it should represent the hardest thing you’ve ever done – ever. It should slap you in the face like an epiphany. It should demonstrate your ultimate test. There must be a really good reason why you choose to persevere. For me, this is true. […]

HENRY, LYNN

Since 2014, LYNN HENRY, Publishing Director, has overseen Knopf Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada, and its distinguished literary list. She is currently publishing Canadians Anakana Schofield (Bina), Madeleine Thien (Do Not Say We Have Nothing), Miriam Toews (Women Talking), Sheila Heti (Motherhood), Rawi Hage (Beirut Hellfire Society), Kate Harris (Lands of Lost […]

Celebrated award winner Susan Juby named this year’s Whistler Writer-in-Residence

Susan Juby, the 2016 winner of Canada’s esteemed Stephen Leacock Award, is moving to Whistler this fall as the community’s official Writer-in-Residence. The critically acclaimed best-selling author, celebrated for her heartfelt Young Adult novels and humourous writing style, received the Stephen Leacock medal earlier this month for her novel Republic of Dirt (2015). Juby is […]

Whistler Independent Book Awards announced in The Georgia Straight

The inaugural 2016 Whistler Independent Book Awards announced their nominees on Monday (July 4), narrowing the field in the four represented genres of fiction, non-fiction, crime fiction, and poetry. Established earlier this year, the WIBAs recognize excellence in the self-publishing community. Eligibility is strict: authors must have paid all production costs themselves, and must retain […]