DescriptionThe pelt of a dog named “Mutton” languished in a drawer at the Smithsonian for 150 years until it was discovered, almost accidentally, by an amateur archivist. This book tells Mutton's stor...

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National Honour Recognizes a Lifetime of Transforming Shakespeare and Canadian Theatre June 26, 2026, Vancouver, BC / Traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and...

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By Kathryn MacDonald Two Songs: Selected Poems 2000-2025 by Russell Thornton Harbour Publishing (2026) With nine previous collections, Russell Thornton is

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The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog brings forward a history that, for many Coast Salish people, was never fully gone—only interrupted, misnamed, or held in places that did not know how...

Sam Wiebe  [photo credit: Mel Yap] is the author of the bestselling Ocean Drive (2024), as well as the Wakeland novels, one of the most aut...

Visual artist and storyteller Roy Henry Vickers considers his artwork to be his children and, just like his six human children, they are all special.So, as a celebration of his 80th birthday, when Vic...

He has made a career out of using clean lines, vivid colours, and natural themes to reflect the rugged beauty of BC. Now, Indigenous artist Roy Henry Vickers has returned with a new book, looking back...

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Until now, there has been very little written about the Coast Salish Woolly Dog, or sqʷəmey̓ in the Hul’q’umi’num language. Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog tells the story of the ...rea...

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Ryan Frawley reviews Guns Across the River, by Sam Wiebe (Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2026) $24.95 / 9781998526550

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Author: Verena Foxx “Everything stems from my upbringing,” says acclaimed Canadian potter Mary Fox, speaking from her home in Ladysmith. The belief that helping others matters, she explains, was insti

by Chris Banks The American poet Galway Kinnell said, “To me, poetry is somebody standing up, so to speak, and saying with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be on this…

In 2017, this column featured a book called “Peace Weavers,” a carefully researched work that traced the consequential marriages between Native American women and white men throughout Oregon and Washi...

The poet Russell Thornton discusses his new collection Two Songs: Selected Poems 2000-2025 (Harbour Publishing, 2025), with Joseph Planta.