reviewed by Caitlyn Carr In the fall of 2020, Arleen Paré’s nineteen-year-old grandson moved into the basement of the home she shares with her wife in Victoria. While witnessing his struggles with …

Podcast Episode · Super Feeler: A BPD Podcast · September 18 · 52m

Moving memoirs, scary stories and thrilling romance novels—your (extended) B.C. fall reading list starts here

From hand-pulled nets to a salmon empire, discover how two immigrant brothers built a BC fishing powerhouse in Rags to Riches.

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a month's worth of new poems daily! join me in supporting literary publishing! I'm participating in Tupelo Press' Thirty days of poems project, composing and posting new work daily! the fun of pushing...

From debut poets to some of the most celebrated writers in Canadian literature, we've got you covered with a list of the must-read Canadian poetry titles publishing this fall.

The Last Brushstroke: An introduction to Words That Last (Caitlin Press, release September 18, 2026) If the last chapter of a life is still unwritten, why do we keep treating it as though it's already...

rob mclennan & Kyeren Regehr: Special Double-interview EpisodeRecorded in front of a live studio audience during National Poetry Month, 2026We recorded this one in front of an audience. No scripts...

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Poetry to get excited about in the second half of 2026. 

Kelly Madden: "This Story Never Made the Headlines," "They Had to Let Go," Orange Blanket," "Crumpled Woman."

BC historian Chad Reimer explores the 1885 execution of Robert Sproule in A Refined Cruelty: The Nine Deaths of Robert Sproule.

Unresponsive is a raw, unflinching, and necessary poetry collection that descends into the alleys, shelters and forgotten corners where the addicted, the lonely and the discarded struggle to survive. ...

Is This an Illness or an Accident? is a profound exploration of the conflicts and contradictions of what it means to belong, to work and to find home. Drawing on the bleak and occasionally absurd mome...

Theo Dombrowski reviews They Called Him a Radical: The Memoirs of Pete Maloff and the Making of a Doukhobor Pacifist, by Pete Maloff, with Vera Maloff (Qualicum Beach: Caitlin Press, 2024) $26 /

The $5,000 award, administered by the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, recognizes "an outstanding book of fiction or non-fiction written by a British Columbia author and traditionally publ...

Featured Interviews • May 8, 2026 • Rob Taylor

Steven Brown reviews The Fort George Murders of 1823: Crises and Coexistence in New Caledonia, by Geoff Mynett (Qualicum Beach: Caitlin Press, 2026) $28.00 / 9781773861791

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