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• League of Canadian Poets

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  The League of Canadian Poets’ mandate is to elevate the cultural significance of poetry and champion the role of poets. Working to nurture and expand poetry communities and audiences, the organization cultivates the local, national, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fine

  Rader, Matt, 1978-

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  Written in a speculative mood, the poems in 'Fine' look back on the contemporary moment with its terrors and mythopoetic digital scrim from an imagined future, so that the voice itself becomes an incantation, a summoning of a world of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Soul Lives in These Mountains

  a Collection of Stories, Poems and Paintings of the Chilliwack Cascades

  Scott, Peter,

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  With sensory-rich descriptions that capture the sights, sounds, and spirit of the mountains, ‘My Soul Lives in These Mountains’ is more than a memoir. It is an evocative invitation to explore and connect with nature, seen through the eyes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Family of Dreamers

  Nock, Samantha,

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  In this debut poetry collection, Samantha Nock redefines where and what 'home' is. 'A Family of Dreamers' delves into the complexities of growing up in rural northeast British Columbia and the love and grief that blooms there.

• A Brief Relief From Hunger

  Smith, Spenser,

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  'A Brief Relief from Hunger' is a poetry collection about the yearnings of a young man - cocaine, human connection, fast food - and the ravenous world in which he lives.

• Burning Sage

  Poems From the Lytton Fire

  Fandrich, Meghan,

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  On the day that Lytton, BC burned to the ground, Meghan Fandrich ran from the flames. 'Burning Sage' shares Meghan’s deeply personal story of the fire, the ensuing trauma, and the path out of it. It is a universal story, of loneliness,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• No Shelter

  Poems

  Doyle, Henry,

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  Infused with the spirit of Charles Bukowski, these down to earth poems take readers on a hard-scrabble journey. Doyle's potent combination of gritty realism, weary wisdom, and wry humour make No Shelter an unforgettable collection.

• The Burden of Gravity

  Poems

  McConnell, Shannon, 1983-

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• Fresh Pack of Smokes

  Blanchard, Cassandra, 1987-

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  Set in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Blanchard writes plainly about her experience with violence, drug use, and sex work in 'Fresh Pack of Smokes', offering insight into an often overlooked or misunderstood world.

• H of H Playbook

  a Tragedy of Euripides First Performed 416 BC

  Carson, Anne, 1950-

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• Inconvenient Skin

  Ny©®ht©Øwan Wasakay

  Koyczan, Shane L., 1976-

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  'Inconvenient Skin' challenges how reconciliation has become a contested buzzword filled with promises and good intentions but rarely any meaningful follow-through. Powerful and thought-provoking, this collection will draw you in and make…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love of the Salish Sea Islands

  New Essays, Memoirs and Poems by 40 Island Writers : a Treasury of Writing Celebrating the Beauty, Community and Importance of Our Archipelagos

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  A treasury of writing celebrating the beauty, community, and importance of our archipelagos. Forty skilled island writers share their love of the many islands in the Salish Sea off British Columbia’s coast through passionate, eclectic and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wild in You

  Voices From the Forest and the Sea

  Crozier, Lorna, 1948-

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  'The Wild in You' is a deeply-felt creative collaboration between one of our time’s best nature photographers and a very talented and creative poet. Inspired by the majestic and savage beauty of Ian McAllister’s photographs, Lorna Crozier…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To This Day

  for the Bullied and Beautiful

  Koyczan, Shane L., 1976-

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  Born of Shane's own experiences of being bullied as a child, 'To This Day' expresses the profound and lasting effect of bullying on an individual, while affirming the strength and inner resources that allow people to move beyond the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• From the Poplars

  Nicholson, Cecily, 1974-

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  'From the Poplars' is the poetic outcome of archival research, and of listening to the land and the stories of a place. It is a meditation on an unmarked, twenty-seven and a half acres of land held as government property: a monument to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Corky Williams

  Cowboy Poet of the Cariboo Chilcotin

  Birchwater, Sage

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• The Invisibility Exhibit

  Murakami, Sachiko, 1980-

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  These poems were written in the political and emotional wake of the 'Missing Women' of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

• Vancouver

  a Poem

  Stanley, George, 1934-

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• Falsework

  Geddes, Gary

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  On the cusp of the 50th anniversary of Vancouver's Second Narrows Bridge collapse (June 17, 1958), critically acclaimed poet Gary Geddes provides an intimate portrait of the many lives affected by the toppling of that seemingly indomitable…Read moreRead more of this annotation