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Unpublished pages from Maria Campbell’s classic Halfbreed recovered by SFU researchers
June 25, 2018By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor SFU associate professor Deanna Reder and PhD student Alix Shield discovered a complete manuscript of Métis author Maria Campbell’s 1973 classic memoir Halfbreed, including two excised pages from all prints of the book so far. Shield, who made the discovery, discussed the significance of the finding in an interview with The Peak, on June 21, National Indigenous Day. The two pages, marked in the manuscript with two large red crosses over them, described sexual assault allegations against an RCMP officer that took place when Campbell was 14 years old. …
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Book of the Week: André Alexis’ Fifteen Dogs is a beautiful exercise in the theory of consciousness
September 11, 2017By: Aaron Richardson Even with the plot of a movie we’ve all seen and hated, Fifteen Dogs is more than worth the read. The book follows a group of dogs who have been given the gift of intelligence by the gods…
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Unfortunate might be in the title, but it’s no way to describe Netflix’s latest series
January 23, 2017By: Vincent Justin Mitra, Staff Writer Based on the quirky and delightfully dark 1999 book series, Lemony Snicket’s A series of Unfortunate Events is the latest addition to Netflix’s growing library of original content. Consisting of eight episodes which cover…
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Tranny is so much more than a book about a band
November 26, 2016I love a good band memoir, and 2016 has been a great year for me in this regard. Legendary punks NOFX released their book, The Hepatitis Bathtub, earlier this year, and I read it three times (and saw the band…
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Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein is a thrilling new work for the Royal Ballet
May 31, 2016Hollywood has taken Frankenstein and turned it into a horror story featuring an iconic green monster with bolts sticking out the sides of his neck. But Mary Shelley’s original novel, as choreographer Liam Scarlett emphasizes, is more of a love…
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SFU author shares her family story in CareyOn
March 21, 2016Everyone has family stories — the kind that get swept under the rug and are not talked about either to protect a family member, or, more often than not, to avoid dealing with a difficult situation or event. Imagine taking…
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Harry Potter and the flogging of a dead horse
February 22, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap] don’t remember what I did when I first watched the trailer for the new Harry Potter film spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but I do recall my excitement. So why am I so bummed for the…
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The Death of Small Creatures is a hauntingly beautiful depiction of psychological turmoil
January 4, 2016Trisha Cull will take your breath away in this jarring and revolutionary memoir. She bravely sheds light upon the raw and dark stream of consciousness of a woman struggling with multiple mental illnesses. Cull’s prose is utterly poetic, and her…
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Michelle Nelson urbanizes homesteading in her new cookbook
November 2, 2015Michelle Nelson, author of The Urban Homesteading Cookbook, graduated from SFU with a PhD in conservation biology. While at SFU, she also wrote articles for this very section of The Peak. Her new book provides guidelines to create a better,…
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New recipe book proves tea is timeless
September 28, 2015Afternoon Tea: A Timeless Tradition is so much more than a recipe book — it’s a narrative. More than half the book is a flashback to Muriel Moffat’s personal fond childhood memories and the historical formalities of afternoon tea. This…
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