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A mother's story. A son's story. Poems that touch us.

The West is Calling is a picture book for the occasion, presenting snapshots of British Columbia history which feature places and periods deemed to be of importance.

As night falls on a soft summer evening, neighborhood children are drawn out of their houses by the sights and sounds of the world after dark.

In this bedtime poem, written by Inuit throat singer Celina Kalluk, an Inuit mother sings to her Kulu--or baby--about animals and other elements in their Arctic world and the gifts they bring to th

"Gubby is a salmon fisherman who lives with his wife Millie and cat Puss in a small seaside village on the west coast of British Columbia.

Tell: Poems for a girlhood is a collection based on the story of Reena Virk, who was murdered on November 14th, 1997, in a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia.

Après «Le poème est une maison de long séjour», «Le poème est une maison de bord de mer» constitue le second volet de la trilogie «Catalogues affectueux».

A collection of laments and celebrations that reflect on our struggle to believe in the future of a world that continues to disappoint us.

In Never Mind, Katherine Lawrence constructs a centuries-old immigrant tale that is fiercely feminist, surprisingly modern and darkly funny.

Burning in this Midnight Dream is the latest collection of poems by Louise Bernice Halfe.