Victoria Writers Festival At Oak Bay United Church Nov. 6-8 Reviewed by Senica Maltese If you were to pass me on the street, you would see a white, middle-class, straight woman. You would not be wrong to see me this way, but it isn’t the whole story. This year, the third annual Victoria Writers Festival […]
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Red: A Haida Manga Story and art by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas Douglas & Mcintyre 108 pages, $19.95 Reviewed by Senica Maltese Hand-painted by artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Red: A Haida Manga is the stunning retelling of a tragic Haida legend, in which an orphan boy named Red grows up vengeful after raiders capture his sister […]
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Shy: An Anthology Edited by Naomi K. Lewis & Rona Altrows The University of Alberta Press 171 pages, $24.95 Reviewed by Senica Maltese Shy, An Anthology battles the stigmas and assumptions that surround what it means to be shy with a collection of poems and personal essays. As someone who has always self-identified as shy, […]
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Poetry and Meaninglessness At Gibson Auditorium, Camosun College, Lansdowne Campus The Carol Shields Lecture Delivered by Jan Zwicky October 19th, 2013 Reviewed by Senica Maltese As a writing student focusing on fiction and poetry, I had high expectations going into Jan Zwicky’s Carol Shields Lecture entitled “Poetry and Meaninglessness.” The lecture did not disappoint; however, […]
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