A Crack in the Wall by Betty Jane Hegerat. Oolichan Books, 2008 The characters in the short stories in A Crack in the Wall share a strong sense of home, whether it is a lifelong sanctuary, or a shell as fragile as the person who inhabits it. A young kleptomaniac ventures outside the shaky walls of [...]
Blue Saltwater by Dan Green. Published with CreateSpace. 2010. Available at Amazon. Blue Saltwater is a novel aptly named, as the title signifies not only the protagonists love of the ocean and the west coast, but also all the tears shed on account of Canada’s embarrassing Residential School system. This book will be of special [...]
About Blue Saltwater: BookClubBuddy: What do you think readers will find most notable about this book? Dan Green: Readers will find that the story provides them with a balanced yet realistic view of what may have happened to the victims and survivors of the Indian Residential School System in a manner that grips them emotionally [...]
the art of breathing underwater is Cathy Ford’s first full-length book of poetry in twenty-one years. Cathy Ford is the author of fourteen books of poetry and numerous chapbooks and folios published by blewointment press, Intermedia Press, Caitlin Press, Vehicule Press, Harbour Publishing and gynergy books. Her poetry, personal essays, poetic fictions, novel excerpts, prose [...]
Double Giller Prize winner M.G. Vassanji’s The In-Between World of Vikram Lall is a haunting novel of corruption and regret that brings to life the complexity and turbulence of Kenyan society in the last five decades. Rich in sensuous detail and historical insight, this is a powerful story of passionate betrayals and political violence, racial tension [...]
George Fertig was a Jungian, a socialist, a symbolist and an outsider. For 40 years he struggled to survive as as artist in Vancouver, British Columbia. Part biography and part memoir, as told by his eldest daughter, this book includes fourteen years of research, interviews, letters and over one hundred and fifty rare photographs. Born [...]
The Unsettled, from Kalamalka Press in Vernon, is Mona Fertig’s first full-length book of new poetry in 12 years, and was on the long list for the Relit Award. The Unsettled is No.7 in the Mackie Lecture and Reading Series published by writers-in-residence at the Mackie Lake House every fall in Vernon. Mona, a poet and publisher, [...]
When Alice Lay Down with Peter won the 2001 Roger’s Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. When Alice Lay Down with Peter is a sweeping, magical novel that follows four generations of the McCormack family through more than a century of Canadian history, as it unfolds on the flood plains of southern Manitoba. The story of Alice [...]
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