Review: The Quiet Is Loud
Samantha Garner’s refreshingly original debut novel, The Quiet Is Loud, explores the grey areas between what we say and what we conceal and the stakes of keeping one’s identity hidden.
Book Review
Review: Autonomy
A virus rampages, there’s a nuclear strike on Fargo and beer that costs $26. Autonomy is too canny to offer much hope. Some might call it cynical. But Victoria Hetherington writes with a clarity that is the mark of a truly fearless artist
Review: Hearts on Fire: Six Years That Changed Canadian Music 2000-2005
Just as Y2K preppers were disappointed, so too were big music executives who saw their profits crash back to earth thanks an artistic shockwave that found its epicentre in Canada. Hearts on Fire is a tome for anyone nostalgic for the simpler times of the early aughts.
Review: The Wig-Maker
Janet Gallant and Sharon Thesen fuse their poetry and prose in this powerful tale of tragedy and compassion.
Review: Pond Life
Life in the 21st century can be strange and silly, and Hiller Goodspeed delights in exploring these microcosms in his latest book, Pond Life.
Review: Pizza Punks Collection
A world of crust in this punk guide to pizza pizza pie.
Honorarium
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Fool’s Gold: the Life and Legacy of Vancouver’s Official Town Fool
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”Sunday Drive to Gun Club Road” will make you feel like part of the family
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Revel in the easily-overlooked beauty of mundane daily life in ‘King-Cat Classix’
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