Liquor, Lust and the Law: The Story of Vancouver’s Penthouse Nightclub

Contrary to what the Chamber of Commerce would have you believe, the three most important cultural institutions in Vancouver are MacLeod’s Books, the Sylvia Hotel, and the Penthouse Nightclub. Aaron Chapman’s lively history of the ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: History

The Metro Dogs of Moscow

By Rachelle Delaney

Cosseted, purebred family dogs, going on “walkies” dressed in little coats, apparently long with all their hearts to be stray mutts – to be lean and scruffy, to have tough, ill-mannered, inappropriate friends, to live ... Read More »

February 21, 2013

Every Wolf’s Howl

By Barry Grills

The well-meaning among us who adopt a dog from a shelter have, at one point or another, all experienced the nagging doubt that we can actually take full responsibility for that beast in the cage. ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ War Brothers: The Graphic Novel

By Sharon E. McKay; Daniel Lafrance, illus.

Adapted from her 2009 novel of the same name, Prince Edward Island author Sharon E. McKay’s graphic novel version of War Brothers, illustrated by Daniel Lafrance, is a harrowing journey into the heart of an ... Read More »

February 21, 2013

★ If You Hold a Seed

By Elly MacKay

This touching, romantic debut, written and illustrated by Elly MacKay, presents a story about the life cycle of birth, growth, and renewal through simple text and atmospheric illustrations. A young boy plants a seed near ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Soldier of Christ: The Life of Pope Pius XII

By Robert A. Ventresca

The papacy of Pius XII (1939–’58) will forever be viewed through the lens of the Holocaust, in particular his refusal to publicly condemn German actions against the Jews during the war. However, historian Robert Ventresca ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: History

Leonardo and the Last Supper

By Ross King

Among Leonardo da Vinci’s writing and journals, one note in particular reveals his genius: his desire to paint “Man, and the intention of his mind.” Da Vinci’s constant search for new ways to reveal the ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Truth or Beauty: Science and the Quest for Order

By David Orrell

Due to the nature of science itself, scientific truth is always provisional. And beauty, so the saying goes, is in the eye of the beholder. Given these shifting sands, physicist David Orrell has taken on ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Trobairitz

By Catherine Owen

Poetry and metal collide in the latest offering from prolific Vancouver author and musician Catherine Owen. Here, Owen’s voice sounds off like a wolf in a winter forest: it seems lone and foreboding, but its ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Poetry

Lazy Bastardism: Essays and Reviews on Contemporary Poetry

By Carmine Starnino

Lazy Bastardism is an anthology of essays on poetry that date from 2004 to early 2012. The writing is consistently strong in every respect: well-crafted prose glimmering with insight, brimming with rhetoric. Lazy Bastardism is ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

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