Burning the Night
A new Glen Huser book is always welcome, whatever its subject. Huser is one of the steady, quiet lights of Alberta’s writing world—an excellent author who is often underappreciated, which I hope [...]
Gather
Stories are medicine, and Richard Van Camp’s Gather is medicine Canadians need right now. The book is imbued with joy and playfulness and is the perfect companion read on our journey back to each [...]
Compelled to Act: Histories of Women’s Activism in Western Canada
Politics and activism are central themes in the history of women in western Canada, and Compelled to Act contributes to this literature in significant new ways. Edited and with an introduction by [...]
The Bloodhound
She told me once: Even nice people are secretly mean
What We Learned From CERB
A better fix for unemployment
A Symbolic Season
We are not alone.
NathanCoopergate
When a Speaker isn’t neutral.
The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson’s Bay Empire
During the 19th century, its own employees often joked that the Hudson’s Bay Company’s initials (HBC) stood for “Here Before Christ.” For many Canadians, there has always been a Hudson’s Bay [...]
The Bushman’s Lair: On the Trail of the Fugitive of the Shuswap
The estranged (and deranged) loner who takes refuge in the wilds on the fringes of settlement is a familiar trope in North American storytelling. I think of Rudy Wiebe’s mad trapper, Albert [...]
Petrified Gossip
An ongoing history of the UCP.