At last Sunday’s Places That Matter Community Fair at Heritage Hall that is held annually by the Vancouver Heritage Foundation, I came across haiku written by grade five student, Felix Chong-Walden for his exhibit about the Asahi baseball team, a ..read more

As February is Black History Month, I thought I’d share some engaging and entertaining poetry videos about Vancouver’s local Black History for Black History Month. Here are two terrific short videos interpreting local poet Junie Desil’s poem based on her dream about ..read more

Last Friday, I arrived at the tent set up outside the Carnegie Centre at the corner of Main and Hastings Streets, spread out a checkered green tablecloth, and plunked down my old and weighty manual Smith Corona typewriter and waited ..read more

I always enjoy visiting the Regional Assembly of Text on Main Street. I love their delightful display of little books and their special “lowercase” reading room for chapbooks and arty booklets. Chapbooks are a longstanding and wonderful way to showcase ..read more