Read Local BC is back again this year—and if you haven’t yet heard about this initiative spearheaded by the Association of Book Publishers of BC—then clear your calendar from now 'til November 7th.
Read More“Stevie chewed on her straw and peered up at the stage through her long bangs. “Look at the saliva,” she said. “It's free-flowing.” // “No regrets,” I said. “YOLO, or whatever.” // “Oh, to be loved like that,” said Stevie. “Not.”// This was a last minute New Year’s plan.”
Read MoreFitting in perfectly with our latest issue theme, Secrets, Marisa Emma Smith and Mack Gordon have devised a darkly illuminating (paradoxical, but true) play that teases our senses and invites full imagination, all while in the pitch black. We're into it.
Read More“I went to Endless Poetry to see what Jodorowsky can do with film, but I also went to see why and whether it’s fair that Jodorowsky is more famous than his movies are, and what that might mean. I left conflicted.”
Read More“The music of my culture never felt like a strict or repressive place like classical music did. It spoke to me very deeply—the lilting rhythm, the tone, the sense of nostalgia. When making my own music, this came very natural to me.”
Read MoreOne of the perks of being in publishing is getting to chat/hang out/grab a beer with famous people, influential artists, and that local band you have a mad music-crush on. One of the downsides is realizing that most famous people are just like the rest of us: equal parts extroverted, shy, awkward and sometimes not really all that fun to hang out with.
Read More“With Handmaiden, it’s a trip outward... You exit the stuffy house to find the cave to find the mountainside to find the panoramic prairies to something so much bigger. With each reveal the story becomes a bit more layered than you thought it could.”
Read MoreWith festival season winding down, we've got a few film reviews lined up as recap. This year's Vancouver International Film Festival was a doozy, as our writers soon found out. First up, some big names! Personal Shopper and American Honey, each a wild ride in their own right.
Read MoreLeah Nelson and Sarah Leavitt shows us the labour of love, loss, and life in striking film Tangles at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2026.
In Experiments in a Failed Repair, an art exhibition that deconstructs and decolonises the monumentalisation of violence, Ghinwa Yassine challenges viewers to confront human violence through the rubble and remains of homes destroyed by war—and to imagine the lives that once existed within them.
Writer Brett Nelson reviews 'The Effect,' the latest production from The Cultch that explores the chemical nature of love and grapples with depression.
In this review of Frequencies: A Novel, Sophie Ganic’s debut, we explore a chilling blend of dystopian science fiction and feminist horror. Set in the aftermath of a deadly global outbreak, the novel examines isolation, psychological unraveling and past trauma.
Jill Goranson and Kelsi James presents Burn Blue, a multidisciplinary performance, at the 2026 Vancouver Fringe Festival, exploring water, memory, migration and colonisation, and the meaning of home through dance, music, poetry, and puppetry.
