George Bowering has always maintained many of his poems are germinated in secret ways?secrets he has, until now, assiduously kept to himself. In suddenly giving most of those secrets away, Vermeer’s L
It is extraordinary that one can take the measure of how radically cultural sensibilities can change throughout a century by a careful reading of only two texts - in this case Rainer Maria Rilke's Dui
Beginning with the exquisite charm of listening in on Bowering as a youthful sports reporter in his home town of Oliver in 1948, "the greatest year in human history," moving through the brash hubris o
Fiction. MIRROR ON THE FLOOR was first published in 1967 by McClelland and Stewart, the first novel from a young writer named George Bowering. Now with over 100 publications to his credit, we are prou
George Bowering was born in Penticton, where his great-grandfather Willis Brinson lived, and Bowering has never been all that far from the Okanagan Valley in his heart and imagination. Early in the tw
Fiction. Ten Women is George Bowering's brand new collection of short fiction. Each of these stories offers us a portrait of a woman with whom he may or may not have had either an intimate and/or a me
Powerful, exquisite, and intricately crafted, this poetic memoir spans and reconfigures 30 years of an award-winning writer’s life. Ten years after beginning the project and more than 40 years after f
A risqué autobiographical novel that fictionalizes the sexual adventures of the author’s younger daysIn 2012, acclaimed writer George Bowering published Pinboy, a fictional memoir of
Hockey forms the backdrop of our lives. For many Canadians, the big moments births, deaths, marriages, moves are all mixed up with the wins and losses of our teams. The voices ofHockey Night in Canada
About 10 years ago, George Bowering and Linda Hutcheon came up with the idea for a short fiction collection calledLikely Stories: A Postmodern Sampler. It was a great idea at a time when a lot of peop
In this unique book of correspondence, two men from different generations write to each other about the burdens, anxieties, and singular joys of parenthood. Thirtysomething Charles Demers and 80-year-
A book in which some of our best writers address their own losses — and help us endure our own…A heartbreaking, comforting and beautiful collection of true stories about grief and mourning from some o
This volume includes work selected from each of Fred Wah’s earlier books of poetry: Lardeau, Mountain, among, Tree and Pictograms from the Interior of B.C.; in addition to unpublished work and work fr
