Madeleine Donegan

The cover of How High We Go in the Dark
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Book Nook: A perfect read for flu season

Peak Web October 12, 2026

Where those of us here on Planet Earth are chemically composed of, as scientist Carl Sagan once put it, “starstuff,” Sequoia Nagamatsu’s 2022 book How High We Go in the Dark features a world populated by characters whose skin literally glows from the light of the shapes of the stars that have appeared there — symptoms of what is referred to as the “Arctic Plague.”  The book’s narrative follows a variety of people as they navigate a world that is hurtlingly new thanks to something very old; a virus released from deep in the ice as a result of human…

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A photo of Vancouver in the fall
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Need to Know, Need to Go: Events for a busy fall

Peak Web September 26, 2026

Swing Dancing What: Swing dancing describes a variety of types of dance that arose alongside the popularity of jazz music in New York City. Swing dancing is both vernacular and social, and anyone is welcome to join to any degree…

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