“‘Always weird fiction, ghosts, aliens, all the good stuff,’ quips author Rebecca Campbell from a comfy chair overlooking Saanich Inlet. “But very much grounded in the Cowichan Valley, or on Saanich Inlet right out there.'” Trevor Marc Hughes presents an interview with fiction author Rebecca Campbell, filmed at Mill Bay.
“Neil Surkan tells The British Columbia Review this collection, Empties, ‘spans five years of writing, revising, and doubting…and growing.’ But also present in this collection is fatherhood, and being a father during a time of climate change and political upheaval.” Trevor Marc Hughes interviews current Poet Laureate of Nanaimo Neil Surkan.
“Elizabeth May said that COPs are important gatherings because they keep climate change on the map. She entered the forum in 1992 as the executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada and attended many COPs. One of her functions was to keep an eye on politicians sent to COPs and then report to environmental activists what she learned.” DC Reid reviews 30 Climate COPs Later: Stories from Canadian Participants, by Thomas Burelli, Alexandre Lillo, Lauren Touchant, Lynda Hubert Ta, and Elie Klee (eds.) (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2025) $24.95 / 9780776645575