Announcing Issue 4.5: Dedications! Signalling networks of inspiration and influence, mentorship and friendship, coterie and community ties, this issue collects writing and art that explores the valences of the word dedication as it relates to both relations and creative practice.
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We are so excited to share a new see to see— review by Maliv Khondaker, now available on our website.
Khondaker offers a deeply thoughtful and attentive review of Rehab Nazzal’s "Driving in Palestine" exhibition.
Read the full review: thecapilanoreview.com/on-reh…
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" Time expands in the sway of Palestinian flowers while moments become sensations that exceed the duration of a checkpoint line, an apartheid wall, an eye meeting the end of a gun." – Maliv Khondaker, excerpt from "On Rehab Nazzal's Driving in Palestine"
The Erdem Taşdelen "A naked bath" tote is a unique and extremely useful gift for anyone in your life!
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Hot off the (screenprinting) press, TCR's new bpNichol "Early English" tote bag makes a great gift for your literary friends, as we can (almost!) guarantee they do not yet own one!
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We have been glad to take the publication of Roy Kiyooka's work in Issue 4.5 Dedications as a welcome opportunity to return to Issue 2.3 Pacific Windows: “A Photoglyphic Narrative of a Neighbourhood with Autographical Images” by Roy Kiyooka.
Read more: thecapilanoreview.com/from-t…
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Beneath is a black and white photo pulled from the issue. The lens points through broken glass to show a sliver of Vancouver's skyline: railway tracks leading to Waterfront station, the brick buildings of East Vancouver, and the urban skyline of the downtown core in the distance.
We are very excited to release brand a new TCR tote bag, featuring artwork by bpNichol! The tote bag can be purchased through our website for $17, making the perfect gift for yourself or a literary friend.
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"in the case that you find yourself in a vacuum
of space, that's fine, crouch down in it and keep still."
– Shiv Kotecha
Excerpt from "Dorsky Summer" Issue 4.5 Dedications
The Capilano Review is launching our annual fall fundraiser! This year, we are seeking to raise $10,000 by December 20th. We sincerely appreciate our community's generosity and ongoing support.
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We are pleased to invite submissions to our Fall 2025 Writing Contest, “Connective | Uncontainable,” guest-judged by Hari Alluri. Submissions are open November 11 – December 12, 2025.
Learn more: thecapilanoreview.com/connec…
Submit your work: thecapilanoreview.submittabl…
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We look forward to gathering with you to celebrate the launch of Issue 4.5 Dedications!
Date: Friday, November 21, 2025
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Location: Centre A, # 205 – 268 Keefer St. Vancouver BC
RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/dedications…
Learn more: thecapilanoreview.com/issue-…
We're delighted to share an early glimpse into Issue 4.5 Dedications (Fall 2025). The latest interview by Contributing Editor Deanna Fong, "I love you all, but...": A Conversation with Gail Scott, is now available on our website: thecapilanoreview.com/i-love…
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"Nothing ever exists, really, until it's articulated." – Gail Scott
Excerpt from "I love you all, but...":
A Conversation with Gail Scott
We are pleased to announce the winner of our 2025 Spring Writing Contest as selected by guest judge Wayde Compton: "Breathless" by V.M. Ellis.
We would also like to to congratulate the shortlisted writers:
Claire Farley for “4 X 4”
Pari Mokradi for “Zone1_bylaw/.body/.soul”
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There are just five days left to submit your work to our annual open call!
**Update: Due to a problem with Submittable, we ask that you please email your work to submissions@thecapilanoreview.com. We apologize for any inconvenience, and appreciate your patience!
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Open Call for Submissions 2025: September 15–30. **Update: Submit your work to submissions@thecapilanoreview.com
We're delighted to share a collection of works from TCR's archive, curated by our Summer 2025 interns, Millie Beatch and Livia Pica. The collection of works, framed by Beatch and Pica's reflections, can be viewed online: thecapilanoreview.com/from-t…
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From the Archives / On the Ecosystem of Innovation
By Millie Beatch and Livia Pica
Beneath it is an image of a music score: three lines of score, with two large number "4"s stacked one on top of the other on the left side, and the numbers 1-4 beneath the first section of score, with a gap between numbers 2 and 3.
The caption beneath the image reads: Don Druick, A Sacred Mole, Sacrificed, 1973. From The Capilano Review 1, no. 5 (1974).
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From the Archives / On the Ecosystem of Innovation
By Millie Beatch and Livia Pica
“The attentive reader breathes the poet's rhythm, breathes with the poet's lungs.”
– Sharon H. Nelson
From "A JUST MEASURE: breath, line, body in the work of bill bissett"
Issue 2.23 (Fall 1997)
The Capilano Review and Western Front are pleased to present a workshop by writer-in-residence Erín Moure.
Date: October 4, 2025
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front
Admission: $15 / Free for Indigenous participants
Register: eventbrite.ca/e/embodying-tr…
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"'Grail' for Norma Cole / There is no grail / But poetry makes / of us a grail every / moment / Et ceci, dans / plusieurs langues"
Next to the image is text reading: Embodying Translation: Poetry's Lea(r)nings
Beneath it are the details:
Saturday, October 4, 2025
2:00 – 4:00pm
In-person at Western Front
Registration required
Announcing Issue 4.5: Dedications! Signalling networks of inspiration and influence, mentorship and friendship, coterie and community ties, this issue collects writing and art that explores the valences of the word dedication as it relates to both relations and creative practice.
ALT The post background is a soft lilac colour. The image in the centre is of the cover of The Capilano Review's Fall 2025 issue, featuring artwork by Malena Szlam: detail of a still from ""Archipelago of Earthen Bones". The still is covered in starry lights, showing a soft pink and purple sunset through a gap in a cave.
ALT The post is framed by a thin lilac border. It features the names of contributors to Issue 4.5: Basel Abbas, Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Francesca Bennett, Vida Beyer, Nasrin Himada, Hanako Hoshimi-Caines, Douglas Kerr, Roy Kiyooka, Shiv Kotecha, Suvendrini Lena, A Jamali Rad, Rhoda Rosenfeld, Gail Scott, Gerry Shikatani, Hannah Azar Strauss, Malena Szlam, Henry Tsang, Rhayne Vermette
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Subscribe today to receive our biannual publication delivered right to your mailbox. www.thecapilanoreview.com/subscribe. $35 for two issues. Plus shipping: $10 Canada / $15 USA / $40 International. Or online: shop.exacteditions.com/ca/the-capilano-review. Purchase or renew your print subscription by September 15th through Brick's shop to receive a Brick x TCR bundle deal! Link in our bio.
Cover image: Malena Szlam, detail of still from "Archipelago of Earthen Bones," 2024, 16mm. Three-channel video and sound installation, colour, 20 min/19 min/18 min. Sound by Lawrence English. Edition 1/5.