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BOOK REVIEWS

On Loving Women

By Diane Obomsawin

What separates Diane Obomsawin from other contemporary comics creators is her ability to relay complex, often emotionally charged subjects in a clear and accessible manner. Her first book, Kaspar, explored the legend of Kaspar Hauser, ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Graphica

Paradise & Elsewhere

By Kathy Page

Kathy Page and C.P. Boyko, two B.C.–based authors at different stages of their careers, return this season with short-fiction collections offering radically divergent approaches to the notions of storytelling and storytellers. In Paradise & Elsewhere, ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Novelists

By C.P.Boyko

Kathy Page and C.P. Boyko, two B.C.–based authors at different stages of their careers, return this season with short-fiction collections offering radically divergent approaches to the notions of storytelling and storytellers. In Paradise & Elsewhere, ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Boundary Problems

By Greg Bechtel

A vanishingly thin – and therefore easily crossed – line exists between dream and reality, magic and science, insanity and sanity in Greg Bechtel’s debut story collection. Situations are rarely what they seem, and often ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Circus

By Claire Battershill

In Claire Battershill’s story “Circus,” which won the 2008 CBC Literary Award for Short Fiction, the author distinguishes between two types of circuses: the bright, friendly ones with clowns and cotton candy, and the older, ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Short