Books
Q&A with Elvira Chan on her independently-published novel
March 16, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Elvira Chan is an SFU graduate student in the area of counselling and human development. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communication with a minor in print and digital publishing. The following is The Peak’s conversation with Chan about her self-published debut novel, The State of Us. The Peak: How did your undergraduate education at SFU shape and inform your experience of writing and publishing this novel? Elvira Chan: My background in communication and publishing at SFU helped me gain a clearer understanding about how storytelling can be such a unique blend of…
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Predicting 2023 fiction trends
March 9, 2023By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer and Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Content warning: mentions of abusive relationships, racism, and xenophobia. Out: The romanticization of abusive love interests It’s fun to indulge in a steamy romance novel every once in…
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Jewish Book Festival presents a collection of vivid graphic novels
January 26, 2023By: Aditi Dwivedi, News Writer Every year, the shelves of the Cherie Smith Jewish Community Centre’s Jewish Book Festival, one of Vancouver’s “leading cultural and literary events,” are filled with powerful narratives, knitting together a community of prominent and emerging…
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SFU’s special collections acquires rare 16ᵗʰ century book
January 25, 2022By: Tamanna T., Staff Writer The Wosk-McDonald Aldine collection in the SFU Library recently welcomed a new addition to its shelves. The collection, established in 1995, acquired the complete edition of letters from St. Catherine of Siena, a patron saint of…
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Six must-read books for Women’s History Month
October 12, 2021By: Victoria Lopatka, Staff Writer Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall [caption id="attachment_119518" align="alignnone" width="200"] Image courtesy of Viking Books[/caption] In Hood Feminism, author Mikki Kendall connects “race, class, sexual orientation, and ability”…
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David Ly discusses inspirations, metaphors, and more in “Mythical Man”
February 7, 2021By: Michelle Young, News Editor In April 2020, Vancouver-based writer and SFU alumnus David Ly published his debut poetry collection, Mythical Man. During an email interview with The Peak, Ly shared his creative process. Reminiscing on his experience at SFU,…
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The haunting of all the books I have bought but never read: a memoir
January 23, 2021By: Kyla Dowling, Staff Writer I can feel them watching me. The clown on the cover of It by Stephen King, the main character of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina . . . Their eyes follow me as I enter my…
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Hunker down for the winter with these five independent bookstores
November 27, 2020By: Kimia Mansouri, SFU Student Editor’s note: MacLeod’s Books is facing having to downsize 75% of their stock, despite having been at their current location since 1982. More information can be found in this Georgia Straight article discussing the matter. If…
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Opinions of the Hour
February 11, 2019Written by: Winona Young, Arts Editor “What White, Western Audiences Don’t Understand About Marie Kondo’s ‘Tidying Up’” — Margaret Dilloway, Huffington Post Dilloway’s article is a searing call-out to the backlash against the titular host of Netflix’s Tidying Up with…
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The Hanging Girl is a gripping story that will keep you on your toes
September 16, 2018By: Michelle Chiang The Hanging Girl follows seventeen-year-old Skye Thorn, who often gave tarot readings for her classmates throughout her life. And when their small town’s golden girl Paige Bonnet goes missing, Skye decides to use…
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