For the past 30 years, UBC has partnered with the Vancouver School Board in growing the New Shoots program. Each year, Masters of Fine Arts students in the Creative Writing Program at UBC become mentors to Vancouver School Board students and teach the craft of creative writing both in the classroom and after-school clubs. These wonderful pieces are then published in an annual anthology.
Read MoreUnfortunately, there was one issue with his tribute: the subject wasn’t dead yet. They wouldn’t be dead for a while either.
Read More“They warned me about poetry,” she told the audience. There was no need to elaborate, everyone knows that no one reads poetry anymore. But on this Wednesday night at the Gallery Gachet in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, every seat in the room was full.
Read MorePatrick Kyle's most recent graphic Don’t Come in Here captures all of the strange, disorienting, and sometimes hallucinogenic realities of apartment living—realities we in Vancouver have come to know and love (or at least tolerate). We called up the artist to ask him all about Don’t Come in Here, old school printing techniques, and his upcoming event at Vancouver’s own Lucky’s Comics on May 19, 2016.
Read More"The girls gathered around me at recess, excited to ask questions: Do you have to wash it? Does it hurt? Where did you get it? I was the womanly sage of my class, answering each question with the wisdom of somebody who had been wearing bras for 16 years, rather than a mere 16 hours."
Read MoreSarah (Emmett) Race tells us about new short film Barbarian Press (2016), the story of Jan and Crispin Elsted and Barbarian Press. The Elsteds have dedicated their lives to producing beautiful books using printing techniques that are hundreds of years old.
Read MoreNathaniel G. Moore is a Canadian journalist, new media artist, designer, musician, and award-winning novelist. In this interview with SAD Mag, Moore tells Navneet Nagra all about his forthcoming short story collection Jettison (Anvil Press) and its pop synth companion soundtrack Proper Concern,.
Read MoreLocal bibliophiles Rod Clarke and Kim Koch tell Keagan Pearlette the story behind The Paper Hound, the bookshop they started together in downtown Vancouver.
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