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Shilo Jones skewers Vancouver myths in debut novel On the Up

A critique of Lotusland is at the centre of the book, which is both a highly cinematic crime saga and a deeply literary outing.

Terese Marie Mailhot's memories of love and pain glow in brilliant Heart Berries

In her internationally acclaimed new memoir, the B.C.-born author delivers a devastating meditation on intergenerational trauma.

Carys Cragg's memoir of restorative justice, Dead Reckoning, reveals how she met her dad's killer

“When you are attempting to understand someone’s life,” she says, “you have to become compassionate towards those circumstances.”

Ahmad Danny Ramadan honours resilience in The Clothesline Swing

The author's unique voice—fragmented, poetic, and rich with magic realism—lends the narrative the quality of a dream.

Jen Sookfong Lee pays dark tribute to Vancouver with The Conjoined

Every once in a while, a book comes along that is both universal in its readability and specific in its appeal to Vancouverites.

Aziz Ansari takes on dating in the Internet age in Modern Romance

The central question of the book is worth contemplating, at least if we want the species to continue.

Author Dan Rubinstein says renewing body and soul is as simple as walking

There are lots of seemingly insurmountable problems that face the modern world. But what if one simple habit could address all of these issues—and more?

Kate Bolick's Spinster looks past the longings of a life alone

Spinster By Kate Bolick. Crown, 297 pp, hardcover

Beauty revealed in Leaving Before the Rains Come

Divorce memoirs are a tricky proposition.

Rock survivor Bif Naked is a chronic optimist

Sometimes life is about survival, and it takes all your effort just to put one foot in front of the other. But, thankfully, there are other times when life is a joy.