Stephen King’s The Institute could be a classic, as long as readers can finish it January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 Truly Hunter The Institute is a gritty account of one boy’s experience in an institute for children with powerful gifts. King creates a story that manages to disgust and enthrall the reader
Review of Mistakes to Run With by Yasuko Thanh December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 Truly Hunter Yasuko Thanh’s memoir, Mistakes to Run With, is a gritty account of her life as a teenage runaway. More than that, it’s a lesson in imagining people complexly.
The most diverse library in Victoria is inside the SUB March 23, 2019April 4, 2019 Josh Kozelj This library pales in size comparison to the towering bookshelves residing in the McPherson library or the vast foyer of the Law library. When you walk into the SOCC office,
The single introvert’s Valentine’s Day book review February 13, 2019 Josh Kozelj Make a book your main squeeze this February There’s no worse combination than being an introvert and single on Valentine’s Day. It doesn’t help if both your roomates have girlfriends, and...
21-year-old UVic student publishes 127000-word novel January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 Anna Dodd Today — Jan. 16 — her book is being released It’s not every day that a 21-year-old can say they’ve written a 127 000-word novel, ended a publishing contract won in...
Seek questions, not answers December 28, 2018December 14, 2018 Truly Hunter Steven Erikson on the art of writing Steven Erikson is a prolific author and alumnus of the University of Victoria undergraduate writing program, as well as the University of Iowa Writers...
Victoria Festival of Authors returns for a third year November 6, 2018 Brianna Bock The Victoria Festival of Authors (VFA) returned for its third year, Sept. 27 to Oct. 1. From what I saw of it, there is good reason for the popularity of...
A River of Oranges November 1, 2018 Anna Dodd The remarkable story of long-standing CFUV host Aldo Nazarko Over a period of 80 years, the city of Rijeka — formerly known as Fiume — changed nationalities five times. Prior to...
New book humanizes health care in Canada June 5, 2018June 5, 2018 Jakelene Plan Andrew MacLeod’s “All Together Healthy” offers accessible criticisms for an all-too-often inaccessible health care system The joke goes like this: the premise of Breaking Bad would never work in Canada. That’s funny, right?...
Bill Gaston’s latest book has fish, family, and feeling May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 Juliana Rupchan If you want to learn a lot about fishing without looking like you’re reading about fishing, this might be the book for you. I read Bill Gaston’s new memoir, Just...
