What is nostalgia? Is it a growing phenomenon, an increasing trend in our accelerating world? Or has it always been with us, an essential part of the human condition? These are some of the [...]
As a memoirist and occasional teacher of the form, I read Trina Moyles’ Lookout with more than a general reader’s interest, knowing that these days even the most talented writers have a hard time [...]
Su Croll is the author of three books of poetry. Seeing Martin is her first novel, but her elegiac, nuanced, beautifully descriptive writing could easily be her fourth book of poetry. Seeing [...]
The Shuswap country in British Columbia is a unique place. Among the houseboats, costly beachfront condos, fruit stands and highway attractions are old, humidity-warped country homes tucked in [...]
Picture a beekeeper. What image forms in your head? What gender? What cultural background? What uniform? What tools? What demeanour? With Revery: A Year of Bees, poet, professor, organic farmer [...]
