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Our favourite booklists and interviews to wrap up 2023 as we gear up for another great year of local books, news, and events.Go to full post …read more

In this Meet Your Bookseller spotlight, we spoke with Zoe Grams, owner of the bookstore Upstart Upstairs in Gibsons.Go to full post …read more

Join Wordstorm on Feb. 23rd when Andrea Thompson features at our online reading/performance, interview and open mic event!
On Feb, 23rd, Andrea will be sharing from one of her latest publications, A Selected History of Soul Speak.
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“Cannabis isn’t scary! It’s a powerful plant with a purpose.”Go to full post …read more

“I’m excited for people to take a look at PEI in a way that’s free of Green Gables and isn’t really idyllic.”Go to full post …read more

What makes us remember? Why do we forget? And what, exactly, is a memory? Go to full post …read more

“Almost every song on it is a little treatise about something that I feel strongly about, something empowering or something to protest and try to make better.”Go to full post …read more

Read an excerpt from At Home in Nature, Rob Wood’s stories from his off-grid lifestyle on BC’s remote Maurelle Island.Go to full post …read more

Chinese New Year is a popular and well-known holiday, but like Christmas or Halloween, it grew out of history and stories. Jen Sookfong Lee helps young readers understand Chinese New Year and what makes Chinese culture unique.Go to full post …read more

The story of Erinne Paisley’s prom dress (made of old homework) went viral and raised awareness to how social media can create change. It also nabbed Erinne a book deal about PopActivism. Go to full post …read more

Arushi Raina’s debut novel explores the roots of the Soweto Uprising in Johannesburg in 1976, and the edifice of Apartheid in a South Africa about to explode.Go to full post …read more

Starting as a journalist, humour was something Jack Knox had to suppress. Now, he can’t stop his witty contributions—nothing hones humour-writing skills like laughter. Go to full post …read more