Nicola Macnaughton (left) & Shannon Macnaughton. Photo: Nora Hanako A new romance-only bookstore provides pages of escape and builds…
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Mountainous Movie Adventures
World class climber, alpinist and adventurer Leo Houlding brings his tales to Banff. The 48th Annual Banff Centre…
Canadian writer Patrick deWitt’s latest novel The Librarianist reminds us we’re all the athors of our own lives
Patrick deWitt’s latest novel The Librarianist shows how easy it is to take our own stories for granted.…
Author katherena vermette’s The Circle coaxes empathy from a mesh of tragedy
Writer katherena vermette brings her latest novel The Circle to Wordfest’s Imaginarium. The Circle, the third and latest…
Canadian artist Emma Donoghue ‘accepts the inspiration’ from whatever wordy world she wants
Award-winning Irish-Canadian writer Emma Donoghue has just released her latest novel Learned By Heart PHOTO: PUNCH PHOTOGRAPHIC Writer.…
Get a Word Feast out of Wordfest
Wordfest’s Creative Ringleader Shelley Youngblut offers tips on how to best enjoy this year’s event. PHOTO: DAVID KOTSIBIE…
Back to School: Calgary artists Tegan and Sara continue to build their media empire with new graphic novel
It’s asked rather flippantly, but, well, an answer to the affirmative wouldn’t have been too surprising. What’s next?…
From the ashes of adversity: Tara MacLean’s Song of the Sparrow mines
raw pain to find beauty
When PEI-born songwriter Tara MacLean, who now splits her time between there and Salt Spring Island, was approached…
Suicide Diary: Acclaimed rock author Jason Schneider gets to the dark heart of Canadian punk legend Art Bergmann with new bio
When Ontario author Jason Schneider contacted legendary punk rocker Art Bergmann to write Bergmann’s biography, he wasn’t sure…