books
Squirmworthy
Mary Schendlinger reviews SayWha?!, a monthly evening of “readings of deliciously rotten writing”. Read more
The Library of Roguery
Jim Christy and the editors who worked on Rogues, Rascals, and Scalawags Too should be congratulated for their uncanny ability to squeeze every last euphemism out of their thesauri. Read more
Treason of the Librarians
On the screen, only the image—not the word—can become the world. Read more
Down and Out 1 in Old Paris
An absorbing new book from Luc Santé, documenting the unsavoury underside of old Paris; and a deluxe DVD and Blu-ray box set of Jacques Rivette's "Out 1" (1971), his legendary 12 hour and 53 minute film of the French "nouvelle vague." Read more
lowercase reading room
One of the richest collections of unusual zines and artist-made books in the country has recently been installed in its new permanent home: the lowercase reading room, on Main Street in Vancouver. Read more
BC Distilled and Canadian cocktails
As the festival of BC's craft distilleries approaches, I ponder books on liquor and consider some crazy delicious recipes. Read more
The Saddest Place on Earth
“I walked into the garage, and found a teenage boy in a tank top and shorts." Kathryn Mockler's poems eschew meaningless metaphors for direct language. Read more
Behind Closed Doors
Michael Hayward reviews My Struggle Book 1: A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgård. Read more
Matters of Life and Death
Lily Gontard reviews Nocturne: On the Life and Death of My Brother by Helen Humphreys. Read more
Working with Wool
Patty Osborne reviews Working with Wool, A Coast Salish Legacy and the Cowichan Sweater by Sylvia Olsen. Read more
The Life and Breath of the World
Michael Hayward reviews Cascadia: The Life and Breath of the World, co-edited by Trevor Carolan and Frank Stewart. Read more
Finding Paradise
Mandelbrot reviews Maps of Paradise by Alessandro Scafi, a history of humanity's attempts to locate utopia. Read more
Girls in Gangs
Roni Simunovic reviews Ashley Little's BC Book Prize-winning novel, Anatomy of a Girl Gang, which follows the story of five teenage girls growing up in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Read more
Don't Look Back
Stephen Osborne reviews The Bourgeois: Between History and Literature by Franco Moretti. Read more
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