Books are beautiful and sustainable — both in print and in digital forms, and over the years we have worked with many clients to bring their stories into the world. We have included a selection of our books here.
WE ARE KWANTLEN
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For/with Coast Salish Arts and Heritage Society/Kwantlen Nation
This gorgeous book features the voices of the Kwantlen community and articulates connections with place over 12,500 years.
It celebrates this modern culture’s everyday ties to evolving tradition.
With Skipp Design
2020
CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE OF WRITING (CPOW)
This four-part series is about finding peace and creativity through moments of writing. This connection to the creative self can be taken into work and life in many ways. Each book is a standalone experience, with hundreds of writing exercises that can be done alone or with a group.
CPOW WORKBOOK 1
CPOW WORKBOOK 2: Everyday Celebrations
CPOW WORKBOOK 3: Classroom, Homeschool, and Microschool Edition
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SURREY: CITY OF STORIES
For/with Surrey Archives/City of Surrey
This full-colour history book showcases the diverse history of Surrey, from the stories kept safe in its archaeological heritage to the oral histories of its citizens, from its settlement-era artifacts to its vast photographic legacy.
Winner of Heritage BC award. Finalist for the BC Book Prize’s Roderick Haig Brown Regional Prize.
Design by William Glasgow Design
2017
The GIRL WHO WRITES
With Richard Cole
This lavish books for kids — and for the adults who read to them — talks about the power of dreams and the importance of being yourself.
Fenton Street Press
2014
THE BOY WHO PAINTS
With Richard Cole
A magical story about a boy who dreams of being a painter and sees colour and possibility all around him. Shortlisted for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards. Shortlisted for the Chocolate Lily Award.
Fenton Street Press
2013
PLACES OF HER HEART: THE ART OF BARBARA BOLDT
Commissioned by Tengelmann
A child in Germany during the Second War, a young woman in a devastated post-war Europe, a hopeful Vancouver bride and mother in the 1960s, and an emerging regional painter and teacher in the 1980s, Barbara’s story is an important one about determination and dreams and an abiding love of canvas and paint.
Fenton Street Press
Design by William Glasgow Design
2013
HIGH WATER
LIVING WITH THE FRASER RIVER FLOODS
This community history chronicles the flood history of the Fraser Valley over the past 150 years and documents some of the many challenges of living near one of the world’s great rivers.
Winner of the Lieutenant Governor’s Historical Writing Award
2006
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Fenton Street works with organizations and individuals to get their stories out in heartfelt and clear ways.
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