Currents: the Tidewater blog
Lynn Duncan shares a disturbing aspect of BC history she discovered while editing Julie Burtinshaw’s Hangman: The true story of Canada’s first official executioner (Tidewater Press, 2022).
Listen now to "Wednesday's Child" written and performed by the author of "The Little Brudders of Miséricorde," David M Wallace.
Hassan Al Kontar, author of Man at the Airport, on what Canada means to him - a Syrian who found a new home here.
British intern talks about her experience of working with Tidewater Press and learning about the Canadian publishing industry.
Author Joseph Kakwinokanasum has never been east of Winnipeg - until now. He was one of the guest authors at this year's Bookfest Windsor, his first literary festival.
Jimi Hendrix, "Voodoo Chile" and Turtle Island - author and poet Richard Lemm contemplates the Nisga'a Nation's historic legal battle, ancestral homes and the American dream.
On Fête de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montréalais David M. Wallace ponders the challenges of language, secularism and politics in his new home province.
Millions of Ukrainian people are fighting for their lives and their country. And yet, here in Canada, home-grown neo-Nazis flame the fires of hate from the safety of their keyboards. I ask you Mr. Putin, who are the real Nazis?
At a time when Canadians proclaim that Black lives matter and that systemic racism cannot be tolerated, white gatekeepers are still making calls “on account of darkness.”
As Asian Heritage Month begins, prejudice and racism in Canadian hockey persists, writes Ian Kennedy, author of On Account of Darkness: Shining Light on Race and Sport.