Races covers resilience

Content warning: Brief mention of domestic abuse.  The year is 1964. Black Canadian track and field sprinter, Harry Jerome, just took home a bronze medal...

Book Nook: Across borders and memory

Looking for books that explore migration, identity, and history across different communities? This short list offers four thoughtful reads that move between continents and...

Book club creates community through feminist literature

Content warning: mentions of sexual assault. SFU’s department of gender, sexuality, and women’s studies (GSWS) concludes Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) with community. On January...

Reconciliation and You: a talk with Indigenous authors

On October 22, the Vancouver Writers Fest hosted a talk with David A. Robertson, member of the Norway House Cree Nation and author of...

Book Nook: A selection of political books from Southeast Asia

From the protests against corruption happening in the Philippines and Indonesia, to armed struggles for democracy in Myanmar, Southeast Asians are exposed daily to...

Book Nook: Reimagining ChinaTOwn

The year is 2050. Do Brussels sprouts go into a Chinese hotpot? Stephanie certainly has her doubts as she shares a large bowl of...

Four book recommendations for Disability Pride Month

knot body by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch knot body is a collection of poems, short stories, and letters that address various themes, along with how...

Book Nook: Quiet books for loud times

Revery: A Year of Bees by Jenna Butler   This book feels like a long exhale. Set on an off-grid farm in Alberta, it follows Butler’s...

On reading Dostoevsky

I have read a significant amount of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s work and found myself both exhausted and enlightened. His book Notes from Underground (1864) is...

Book Nook: Young adult queer book recommendations

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston If you’re a sci-fi fanatic and a hopeless romantic, this book was written just for you. It’s about a...