The Lesser Blessed
Larry is a Dogrib Indian growing up in the small northern town of Fort Simmer. His tongue, his hallucinations and his fantasies are hotter than the sun. At sixteen, he […]
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Review: PULP Literature: Winter 2014: Issue 1
It took me over a month, but I finally handed over my (okay, our) copy of the first issue of PULP Literature to Steph on Monday. And promptly realized that […]
Interview with Susin Nielson
An interview with the lovely Susin Nielson, winner of the 2012 Governor General’s award, up for B.C.’s chocolate lily award and writer of awesome books. Check out the review I […]
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Worlds I’d Never Want To Live In OR Top Ten Characters I’d NEVER Want To Trade Places With
Yash John Watson from Arthur Conan Doyle’s original stories. For Sherlock’s sake, really. (Spoiler: I would have killed Sherlock with a hot poker while he slept and the bad guys […]
Author Interview: Y. S. Lee
Y. S. Lee was born in Singapore and raised in Vancouver and Toronto. In 2004, she completed her PhD in Victorian literature and culture. This research, combined with her time […]
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny – Detectives Extraordinaire!
British Columbia boasts a plethora of amazing authors, and Polly Horvath is one of them. She has written fourteen books, including Everything on a Waffle, One Year in Coal Harbor, and the focus […]
Monica Hughes “The Isis Trilogy”: The Canadian Dystopia
Monica Hughes was one of Canada’s most prolific writers of for children, publishing over 40 books in Canada, England and the United States which were then translated and sold all […]
Interview with Adam Gidwitz!
Hello all! Back in September/beginning of October we asked author of A Tale Dark and Grimm (and sequels) for an interview and we have all just finally connected, got that interview […]
The Cover Wars: The Illustrated Ones
Today we shall fight to the death over illustrated covers. Are you ready? Steph: Ok,this is a pretty good cover I think. It’s nice and symbolic and from the cover I […]
That Fatal Night: A Dear Canada Book, Guest Post by Laura MacDonald
When I found out the theme for this month was Canadian Children’s Literature, my initial reaction was “Oh well, maybe I can write something next month…” I have never thought […]
The Book Wars 