Literature
Satisfied with dissatisfaction
UVic alumna Andrea Routley’s debut collection of short stories is entertaining and deeply affecting. Her voice is contemplative, always questioning assumptions or presenting alternative ways of thinking, and it’s fairly…
Where fact meets fantasy
The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day is an amusing and unusual beast. Like the rest of author Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, it is set mostly in a satirical fantasy…
UVic confessions hit bookstore
UVic students and alumni held a book launch at the UVic bookstore on Nov. 7 for their modern love anthology called: Campus Confidential. The book shares personal essays about students’…
Providing a safe space for storytelling
The feeling of seeing your art in print, the weight of it in your hands, the paper, the fresh-print scent, and the soft creak of the book’s new spine. This…
Ted Grant: Sixty Years of Legendary Journalism
Around 300 people filled the David Lam Auditorium on Sunday, Oct. 27 for the book launch of Thelma Fayle’s, Ted Grant: Sixty Years of Legendary Photojournalism. The book launch consisted…
Walter Moers and Germany’s dark fantasy
Germany boasts an extremely rich history in the literary genre of surreal fantasy fiction, and this history has had a distinct influence on literature worldwide. We have the Grimm Brothers’…
UVic Writing faculty reading brings students and professors together
Free food was involved. The seats were packed, as were the aisles. There was laughter and contemplative nods, much applause, and did I mention free food? That sold me. That,…
Tale-end of summer
Now that summer is over and there’s less time to read at leisure, it’s wise to do a little research on prospective reading material before investing your time and money…Our Digital Print Issue
