Books
Dua Lipa’s online haven of literature
September 13, 2026By: Maria Fernanda Osorio Arredondo, Opinions Editor Content warning: brief mention of suicide and substance use disorder. I am convinced that in another life, Dua Lipa was an English major. Her podcast Service95 Book Club makes me believe she would’ve aced a seminar on literature and culture. Every month, she chooses a book she’s read and interviews the author. The Service95’s website features additional content, including a list of the author’s book recommendations. Inclusivity exists at the heart of her podcast. From Ocean Vuong to Roxane Gay, Service95 uplifts voices from a multiplicity of backgrounds. This month, I got to…
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Books are too expensive
July 5, 2026By: Zainab Salam, Editor-in-Chief If you enjoy reading books, there’s a chance you wait impatiently for new book series installments or even long-awaited releases from your favourite authors. I know I do this a few times a year. Each time,…
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Home, belonging, and marginalization at Dr. Umezurike’s book launch
March 23, 2026By: Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer Dr. Uchechukwu Umezurike, an English professor from the University of Calgary, came to SFU to share his new book. The SFU English department and the Institute for African and Black Diaspora Research and Engagement…
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On reading Dostoevsky
July 3, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer 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 hailed as the first existentialist novel, exploring the depths of an…
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Brighter Side: a love letter to children’s books
June 15, 2025By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer I first met The Little Prince as a child, but it feels more accurate to say the book met — and saw — through me. It told me that imagination was not foolish, that love…
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Six non-fiction books that ask you to feel deeply
June 3, 2025By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer and Michelle Young, Co-Editor-in-Chief I love books that breathe — that smile gently at me and invite me into their orbit; that ask, “Will you join me? Will you look at what you’ve been avoiding?”…
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Personal reflections on the launch of Elegy for Opportunity
May 30, 2025By: Alex Traynor, SFU Student On May 10, I ventured down to SFU Harbour Center in Vancouver for the first time to attend the official book launch for Elegy for Opportunity, written by the award-winning poet and SFU English alum…
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Brighter Side: Romance novels
March 24, 2025By: Dani Santos, Peak Associate There’s nothing like being engrossed in a good romance novel. One minute, I’m on chapter one, and the next, the author is concluding the characters’ story in an epilogue — time can go by really…
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The Book Nook: 100 years of literature on Black liberation
March 10, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: this piece centres around racial segregation and systemic oppression. Over the past century, Black writers have produced some of the most impactful works of non-fiction examining race, prejudice, and oppression. The three books…
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Postcards from Congo is an artful graphic history
February 27, 2025By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief Content warning: brief mentions of slavery, child soldiers, and war. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the second largest country in Africa, yet its rich, enduring history is often overlooked. Postcards from Congo is an…
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