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Black Bear Review Launch Party

On Thursday, April 13nd at 7:30 PM, The Black Bear Review annual launch will take place.

Enjoy featured readings from some of this edition’s published writers and support the artists who filled the pages with their own creative works. It’ll be a great way to celebrate the magazine as well as the end of the school year. This event will take place at The Bear and Sturgeon, 198 Baker St, Nelson, BC V1L 4H2

Snacks will be provided, magazines will be for sale, as well as complementary copies for all contributors, and you’ll have the chance to meet other local writers in the community.

April 12, 2021

Comic Autobiography

March 28, 2021

Dragons and Castles by Ben Demoskoff

When Ben draws, he doesn’t have a conscious intent, just like when he is enjoying the great outdoors. “But the feeling that Fantasy Perspective [His one panel comic series] gives, is a simple way to come to a conclusion or an answer about anything” he says. “It’s like saying to heck with it all. It’s

February 14, 2021

Line Those Street With Gold By Gracjan Kraszewski

The man does not say anything. He appears to want more. I’m happy to oblige. ‘It’s not hard to find people online, upline, or in plain old real life who will tell you at the drop of a hat that nothing is real. I’ve found the reason for the many reasons they give, the various

February 10, 2021

Colors of Kaslo by Alice Nguyen

Fujifilm Xt100, 15-45mm Lens.

February 5, 2021

I’m Done by Nichoel Sutton

Combining creativity, freedom from violence, activism, and committed parenting takes courage. Nichoel Sutton’s spoken-word series “I’m done” can be seen as part of a poetic tradition called Incantations. Braid and Shreve in their book “In Fine Form” share the Canadian Oxford Dictionary’s definition: “a magical formula chanted or spoken” which comes from the Latin “cantare”,

January 21, 2021

Breathing Underwater by Judi Anani

Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (PNG), August 2016 I am on board a 5-meter-long aluminum dinghy, Miss Ginny, as it unapologetically carves a path through otherwise serene blue waters. Squinting against the sun, three of us propel across the tropical expanse. We allow the shore to shrink behind us until the ever-intimidating volcanic mount Tavurvur becomes

January 18, 2021

Writing with the Universe: Marguerite Porete: By Chantal Lunardi

– I – Marguerite Porete (13th century – 1 June 1310) was a French-speaking mystic and the author of The Mirror of Simple Souls, a work of Christian mysticism dealing with the workings of agape (divine love). She was burnt at the stake for heresy in Paris in 1310 after a lengthy trial, refusing to

January 17, 2021

On Condition by Emily Rose Whitehead

Your love was on condition You showed me the fine print Handed me a nearly empty pen Directed my eyes down to a page A page filled with terms and agreements A page titled ‘My love contract’ I held that pen full of empty promises and extended conversation I had so many questions, The first

January 17, 2021

Une Pandemie Démasquée by Chantal Lunardi

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January 17, 2021

Three Poems by Tori Thurmond

Learning the difference One day I killed a carpenter bee that was crawling on the driveway. It was crawling and I squished it with my shoe. Mom told me carpenters weren’t dangerous, not like the bee who stung my hand last summer. I tried to save the bee, blew on it, gave it water drops

January 15, 2021

Two Poems by Lisa Mayes

Look out Validation

January 14, 2021

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