Heidi J. Loos

Many of the authors who participated in the Vancouver International Writers Festival this year are celebrated for writing unusual and interesting characters. The writers themselves are interesting and extraordinary characters.

Canadian writer Sarah de Leeuw believes sex is as fundamental as eating, drinking and sleeping but that somehow, there is a lack of writing on the subject. There are tons

“You can’t be afraid to read your own writing,” Amber Dawn says. The local poet and award-winning author tells herself this before doing public readings. To prepare, she even records

Ashley Little’s latest novel Anatomy of a Girl Gang is so fierce and raw and compelling that you won’t want to put the book down until you know exactly what