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By John Boateng

Johnny Huttle and his best friend, 15-year-old Rex King, eat, sleep, and breathe basketball in their inner-city Vancouver neighbourhood, where drug deals and the pop of gunfire are everyday occurrences. When 14-year-old Johnny (appropriately nicknamed ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

By Elisa Gutiérrez

In Letter Lunch, Vancouver illustrator and graphic designer Elisa Gutiérrez uses collage and comics-style panels to tell the simple story of a boy and girl attempting to assemble the ingredients for a meal. It quickly ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Picture Books

By Kate Pullinger

In 2009, Kate Pullinger won a Governor General's Literary Award for her historical novel The Mistress of Nothing. Five years later (with a collection of short stories in between), Pullinger proves she can write just ... Read More »

March 10, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels