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Category: Interviews

“For All the Raw Edges, It Was an Extraordinary Way to Make a Life”: An Interview with Scott McIntyre

“For All the Raw Edges, It Was an Extraord...

February 25, 2026

The author of A Precarious Enterprise on a publisher’s life, the power of stories, and advocating for Canadian voices.Go to full post …read more

The Lifelong Process of Knowing Our Minds Can Be Beautiful: An Interview with Amber Dawn

The Lifelong Process of Knowing Our Minds Ca...

February 18, 2026

The two authors talk about perverting pain, literary influences, and cultivating one’s awareness of body and mind.Go to full post …read more

An Utterance Overhears Itself and Doubles Back: An Interview with Joseph Kidney

An Utterance Overhears Itself and Doubles Ba...

January 28, 2026

The two poets talk about perceptions of time, playing with the units of language, and things beyond oneself.Go to full post …read more

Read Local BC Highlights from 2025

Read Local BC Highlights from 2025

January 16, 2026

We’re reflecting on some of our most exciting and engaging TBRs and conversations from 2025.Go to full post …read more

The Curators Guide To Our Holiday Book Boxes

The Curators Guide To Our Holiday Book Boxes

November 25, 2025

Get to know our Limited Edition Book Boxes from the curators themselves. Use this guide pick the perfect gift for the booklovers in your life.Go to full post …read more

4 BC Authors on the Moment They Felt Like a Real Writer

4 BC Authors on the Moment They Felt Like a ...

November 5, 2025

Catch these writers at the Fraser Valley Writers Festival this weekend. Free and open to all.Go to full post …read more

Poetry on the Bus: Spot These 10 BC Poets on Your Next Ride

Poetry on the Bus: Spot These 10 BC Poets on...

September 17, 2025

Celebrating 29 years of Poetry in Transit with a conversation with this year’s selected BC poets.Go to full post …read more

Jumping in With Both Feet: An Interview with Bill Arnott

Jumping in With Both Feet: An Interview with...

June 4, 2025

The author of A Season in the Okanagan discusses a return to where he grew up in this special interview with journalist Jacqueline Carmichael.Go to full post …read more

Candour, Craft, and Community: Seven BC Poets on the Writers They Love

Candour, Craft, and Community: Seven BC Poet...

May 23, 2025

We asked seven writers about a BC poet who has influenced or inspired them.Go to full post …read more

Words Being Read Like Birds: An Interview with Cecily Nicholson

Words Being Read Like Birds: An Interview wi...

April 30, 2025

The poets talk about attending to local restoration efforts in art, collectivity, and the sonic and semantic harmonies in poetry. Go to full post …read more

The Part of the Brain that Silently Slips Forward: An Interview with Pamela Porter

The Part of the Brain that Silently Slips Fo...

April 22, 2025

The author of Between the Bell Struck and the Silence talks about death as transition not end, birding, and writing as an act of faith.Go to full post …read more

An Ancestor-in-Training: An Interview with Pauline Le Bel

An Ancestor-in-Training: An Interview with P...

April 7, 2025

Le Bel and Taylor talk about reframing death as an active choice, the wisdom of “old crones,” and the ubiquitousness of music.Go to full post …read more


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