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The strangeness of kindness
It’s not a new book, and it’s not a new concept either. People have been kind to one another for as long as they have been cruel. But “The Kindness…Success amid controversy
Joseph Boyden checked in late for his Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Toronto four years ago. When he boarded the airplane, he found himself sandwiched between two other passengers,…WordsThaw at UVic: The Malahat’s symposium offers insight and advice to writers
Victoria’s leading literary magazine, The Malahat Review, will be hosting its second annual WordsThaw symposium on campus on Thursday, Feb. 20 to Saturday Feb. 22. The event brings together numerous…
Live together or die trying
Dear significant other, When I was about to move in with you almost a year ago, my sister warned me that things would change. I thought, she must be wrong,…
Satisfied with dissatisfaction
UVic alumna Andrea Routley’s debut collection of short stories is entertaining and deeply affecting. Her voice is contemplative, always questioning assumptions or presenting alternative ways of thinking, and it’s fairly…
Where fact meets fantasy
The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day is an amusing and unusual beast. Like the rest of author Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, it is set mostly in a satirical fantasy…
UVic confessions hit bookstore
UVic students and alumni held a book launch at the UVic bookstore on Nov. 7 for their modern love anthology called: Campus Confidential. The book shares personal essays about students’…Our Digital Print Issue
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