Literature
Vancouver Confidential tells the untold stories of the city’s seedy underbelly
October 13, 2014Vancouver’s civic history is ripe with stories of seedy back alley deals, corrupt officials, murders, gangsters, and gambling; a recent wave of books has mined archives and libraries, used bookstores, antique sales, and auctions to present this city’s dark side. One such book is Vancouver Confidential. John Belshaw, the book’s editor and an established historian, explains, “Most civic histories celebrate progress, industry, order, and vision. [Vancouver Confidential] isn’t one of those.” Topping the BC Bestseller list in its first week on the shelves, Vancouver Confidential features contributions from everyone from local historians and authors, to storytellers and bloggers. The book…
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Cypulchre is a dystopian tale of our technological future
October 13, 2014Cypulchre follows Paul Sheffield, a former scientist in an alternate reality, who was involved with a revolutionary cyberspace called the Cloud. This invention allows individual minds to link to a central network of shared information, where users can essentially download…
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SFU encourages Emerge-ing writers
October 6, 2014On October 16, Emerge, a collaborative work by some of SFU’s most talented writing students will debut. Emerge is an anthology written by participants of The Writer’s Studio, a program at SFU focused entirely on book production. Guest editor Daniela…
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SFU connections at Word Vancouver
September 29, 2014Take a break from essays, readings, and assignments this weekend and enjoy some non-academic literary entertainment at Word Vancouver. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the annual book and magazine festival is the biggest in Western Canada and takes place September 24…
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