Category: Interviews

Cornelia Hoogland recently completed a book tour for Trailer Park Elegy with stops in BC, Ontario, and Quebec. She shares some of the highlights.Go to full post …read more

Poetic Licence is a special Read Local BC column for National Poetry Month. Each column features one poet and a snapshot into their bookish world. David Zieroth is a Governor General’s Award-winning poet and his new collection is the bridge from Go to full post …read more

I relate to the “no work of art is ever finished, only abandoned” school of thought.Go to full post …read more

“I have this little game I play: find the hidden NDN. There’s almost always one—an appropriated concept of Indigeneity in every text.”Go to full post …read more

Poetic Licence is a special Read Local BC column for National Poetry Month. Mercedes Eng’s Prison Industrial Complex Explodes is a finalist for the 2018 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Go to full post …read more

Poetic Licence is a snapshot into the poetry world during National Poetry Month. Sharon Thesen is a three-time Governor General’s Award finalist and just released her 13th book.Go to full post …read more

Poetic Licence is a snapshot into the poetry world during National Poetry Month. Renée Sarojini Saklikar is the current Poet Laureate for Surrey.Go to full post …read more

Poetic Licence is a special feature highlighting poets during National Poetry Month. Tina Biello is the current Poet Laureate for Nanaimo.Go to full post …read more

Stephen R. Bown’s award-nominated Island of the Blue Foxes reads like gripping fiction, recounting the Great Northern Expedition in a “rapidly paced story of adventure”.Go to full post …read more

Kim Clark has published short fiction, poetry, co-edited an anthology, was a finalist in Theatre BC’s Playwrights Competition, and has a novella optioned for film. That’s a long list of literary accomplishments for someone who didn’t start writing until after her fortieth birthday.Go to full post …read more

Chinese New Year is a popular and well-known holiday, but like Christmas or Halloween, it grew out of history and stories. Jen Sookfong Lee helps young readers understand Chinese New Year and what makes Chinese culture unique.Go to full post …read more

The story of Erinne Paisley’s prom dress (made of old homework) went viral and raised awareness to how social media can create change. It also nabbed Erinne a book deal about PopActivism. Go to full post …read more