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Vancouver: Literary Mini-Golf Fundraiser Our friends at the Writers' Exchange are hosting a story-book themed mini-golf fundraiser on May 27-28. Get a team together or tackle it alone, have fun and support the Writers' Exchange. Get all the details here.

THIS WEEK IN REVIEW The Muskwa Assemblage Michael Hayward reviews The Muskwa Assemblage (Gaspereau Press) by Don McKay. More » A Cockney in China Patty Osborne reviews The Small Woman, The Heroic Story of Gladys Aylward (Servant Books) by Alan Burgess. More » lowercase reading room Eve Corbel visits the lowercase reading room, on Main Street in Vancouver, BC. More »

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—Hui, Yarmouth NS

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