Last Words

I for one will never tire of stories about solitary, bookish men lounging around Europe and sleeping with beautiful, mysterious women who are desperate to know what they’re thinking. In the linked short-fiction collection Last ... Read More »

January 11, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Memory Serves: Oratories

By Lee Maracle

Lee Maracle’s most recent book is a collection of oratories delivered and performed by the author over a 20-year period. In indigenous culture, oratories are speeches given to transmit knowledge and values preserved through generations. Maracle’s ... Read More »

January 6, 2016 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Princeling of Nanjing

By Ian Hamilton

With The Princeling of Nanjing – the ninth instalment in his well-loved mystery series featuring globe-trotting accountant Ava Lee – Ian Hamilton continues to face down the largest problem confronting writers of successful series: his ... Read More »

January 4, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Here Comes the Dreamer

By Carole Giangrande

As a form, the novella is not simply a shorter version of a novel or a long short story, something American-born author Carole Giangrande, a committed proponent of the novella, knows well. In a 2014 ... Read More »

December 22, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Essential Travis Lane

By Shane Neilson; ed.

This twofold celebration of the poetry of M. Travis Lane is the brainchild of doctor/poet Shane Neilson. These are the first of four books detailing Lane’s poetics and career. How Thought Feels is a book ... Read More »

December 21, 2015 | Filed under: Poetry

How Thought Feels: The Poetry of M. Travis Lane

By Shane Neilson; ed.

December 21, 2015 | Filed under: Poetry

★ Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

By Troy Little

It’s been 45 years since Raoul Duke travelled across America with his attorney to cover a Las Vegas motorcycle race, only to lose himself in a drug-crazed miasma of trashed hotel rooms and a savage ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Graphica

Carry Me

By Peter Behrens

Peter Behrens is a Montreal-bred writer of Irish descent who has taught in California and currently divides his time between Maine and Texas. In his fiction, this roving biography finds expression in acute attention to ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Literary Storefront: The Glory Years, Vancouver’s Literary Centre, 1978–1985

By Trevor Carolan

“When i think of Storefront I think of Gastown and the smell of patchouli and dope,” writes Sharon Thesen, “ … and a great caring for poetry. It was where I did my first reading.” ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: History

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