If you’re a fan of YA fiction and you’re not yet familiar with Sarah Ockler, you should be. Ockler has a gift for carefully weaving together tales of friendship, family, love and heartbreak; often all in the same book. Her characters and settings are both unique and realistic, and you can’t help but feel emotionally […]

There’s something about London-native Joseph Gatt, appearing in the highly-anticipated Star Trek: Into Darkness, that sets you at ease. Despite his history of playing the bad guy and his incredibly defining and intimidating looks, within five minutes of talking to Joe you’ll feel like you’re catching up with an old friend. This all comes down […]

Lauren Miller’s debut novel, Parallel, is a stunningly complex novel about a young woman named Abby who wakes up one morning only to discover that she has somehow wound up in a parallel universe where, instead of living out in L.A. and having a role in a sure-to-be-blockbuster movie, she is studying journalism at Yale.  […]

Rory Samantha Green brings readers an adorably funny read with her self-published debut novel Playing Along. The book, told from the alternating perspectives of British heartthrob George and California girl Lexi, follows the two as they try to figure out how life and love fit together, narrowly missing meeting each other several times in the […]

Cara McGee is an artist of many talents. Comic art, tea blending, and social media prowess all fall under the realm of things Cara has added her own talented and unique spin on in the past few years. An alumni of the prestigious SCAD Atlanta, Cara is an excellent example of a modern day artist making her work accessible […]

Susan Rizzo Vincent, author of Dréa s Dream: An Unfinished Dance and founder of The Andréa Rizzo Foundation, has provided hope, comfort, and inspiration to countless individuals through her book, chronicling the experience of her and her daughter Andréa’s overcoming of childhood illness only to be separated by an unforeseeable tragedy (read the review), and through the foundation she founded in Andréa’s honor, which helps children with […]

Vancouver based Director and Producer Michelle Ouellet of Sociable Films is a force to be reckoned with in the realm of Canadian Independent Film and Series. Recently named one of Playback’s 10 up-and-coming talents to watch in Canadian Entertainment, Ouellet has a Canadian Comedy Award Nomination under her belt, several independent film projects in the works, and a new hit web series, The True […]

The True Heroines is a sci-fi dramedy that tells the tale of three 1950′s housewives who have secret super powers. Pearl Andrews, played by Fiona Vroom, has the power of invisibility, Margie Hepburn, played by Jovanna Huguet, has the power of super speed, and Dottie Rodriguez, played by Paula Giroday, has the power of super strength. Together, they try to solve […]

After self-publishing her first book, The Siren, in 2009, Kiera Cass found widespread success with the release of her second novel, The Selection. The first in a trilogy, The Selection tells the story of a teenage girl plucked from society’s low castes to compete for the affection of her country’s young prince.  The second book […]

This week’s Quirky Item of the Week is Colour Me Good Ryan Gosling, and I enjoyed this quirky little Ryan Gosling inspired coloring book so much that I instantly wanted to know more about its creator. Was she a Ryan Gosling super fan devoted to making art in his likeness? An artist inspired by the […]

When I spoke to Celina Jade for this interview, she had just landed in Hong Kong after jumping on the first available flight from Vancouver where she’s been filming Arrow. She had two weeks before she had to film her next scenes for the show and instead of catching up on some rest and relaxation, she decided […]

If you’ve bothered to turn on your television in the past five years, there is a good chance you recognize actor Jay Huguley. Best known for his roles as Will Branson in Treme, Whit Peyton in Brothers & Sisters, and Doug Fox in Summerland, Huguley’s appeared in everything from comedies and dramas to soaps in his eclectic television […]

I first became aware of author Jennifer E. Smith when I saw the striking cover of her 2012 novel, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, peeking out at me from my Nook as a new release right after New Year’s Day. Somewhere between the cover and the tagline (Who would have guessed that […]

Back in October, I heard feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian talk about what constitutes a strong female character, and it changed my life, literally, and forever changed the way I watch TV. Sarkeesian created a web series called Feminist Frequency in which she looks at stereotypes and tropes that are often associated with women in […]