The Capilano Review

The Capilano Review The Capilano Review is a tri-annual literary and arts publication located in Vancouver, BC, traditio

We are so excited to share a new see to see— review by Maliv Khondaker, now available on our website.Khondaker offers a ...
12/17/2025

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." "Driving In Palestine," presented by Vines Art Society and SAW in conjunction with the 11th Annual Vines Art Festival, was on view at Vines Den from August 9 to August 30, 2025 in Vancouver.

"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

Read the full review: https://thecapilanoreview.com/on-rehab-nazzals-driving-in-palestine/

Image: Rehab Nazzal, "Mural of George Floyd on the Apartheid Wall in Bethlehem", 2020, digital photograph on paper. Photo by Rylee Taje.

The Erdem Taşdelen "A naked bath" tote is a unique and extremely useful gift for anyone in your life! A naked bath, 2022...
12/13/2025

The Erdem Taşdelen "A naked bath" tote is a unique and extremely useful gift for anyone in your life!

A naked bath, 2022 is drawn from a series of monologue scripts developed by the artist Erdem Taşdelen. Each of these short scripts is narrated by a protagonist who describes a dream-like encounter with a stranger in which a moment of friction, animosity, or resentment occurs. The work was commissioned for the occasion of The Capilano Review’s 50th anniversary in conjunction with our Summer 2022 Issue.

Purchase the tote from The Capilano Review's online shop before midnight on December 16th to receive it in time for the holidays: https://thecapilanoreview.com/product/erdem-tasdelen-a-naked-bath-tote/

A limited-run art print is always a stunning and unique gift, and The Capilano Review has three to choose from! Each edi...
12/13/2025

A limited-run art print is always a stunning and unique gift, and The Capilano Review has three to choose from! Each edition is offset-printed on a single 14 x 18-inch sheet, then folded into quarters and enclosed in a special Quarto Series envelope.

Quartos include:
"Toward the boundless (fruit of the conqueror)" by Patrick Cruz & Laiwan: https://thecapilanoreview.com/product/quarto-1-patrick-cruz-laiwan/
"Sara Hutchinson’s Hand" by Moyra Davey & Lisa Robertson: https://thecapilanoreview.com/product/quarto-2-moyra-davey-lisa-robertson/
"I Am Constantly Astonished" by Billy-Ray Belcourt & Charlene Vickers: https://thecapilanoreview.com/product/quarto-3-billy-ray-belcourt-charlene-vickers/

Purchase a print by December 16th to ensure it arrives in time for the holidays!

We are absolutely delighted by TCR's brand new bpNichol "Early English" tote bags! Hot off the (screenprinting) press, t...
12/12/2025

We are absolutely delighted by TCR's brand new bpNichol "Early English" tote bags! Hot off the (screenprinting) press, the tote bag makes a great gift for your literary friends, as we can (almost!) guarantee they do not yet own one!

“Early English” by bpNichol was published in Issue 2.4 (Winter 1990) as part of a folio by bpNichol, “44 Concrete Poems.”

Purchase a tote bag through TCR's online shop by midnight on December 16th to ensure it arrives for the holidays! https://thecapilanoreview.com/product/bp-nichol-early-english-tote/

Give the gift of poetry and art! As the holiday season approaches, we're excited to share unique gift ideas for lovers ...
12/12/2025

Give the gift of poetry and art! As the holiday season approaches, we're excited to share unique gift ideas for lovers of literature and the arts.

Use promo code "TCR" for $10 off a print subscription to The Capilano Review! The holiday discount is on offer until December 16th, so don't wait.

Digital subscriptions make the perfect gift for a literary friend with limited shelf space! Visit Exact Editions to purchase a digital subscription to The Capilano Review, including full access to our 50+ year archive.

You can also purchase a single issue of The Capilano Review through our website, including our latest issue, Dedications (Fall 2025).

🗓️ Make your purchase by midnight on December 16th to receive a print issue in the mail in time for the holidays!

*Promo code only applies to Canadian shipping.

Gift a print subscription: https://simplecirc.com/give_a_gift/the-capilano-review?source=TCR&c=canada
Gift a digital subscription: https://shop.exacteditions.com/the-capilano-review
Gift a single issue: https://thecapilanoreview.com/shop/

We have been glad to take the publication of Roy Kiyooka's "begin. begin with two windows november 14th. '81" and "For R...
12/04/2025

We have been glad to take the publication of Roy Kiyooka's "begin. begin with two windows november 14th. '81" and "For Rhoda, December 17, 1968" in Issue 4.5 Dedications (Fall 2025) as a very welcome opportunity to return to Issue 2.3 Pacific Windows (Fall 1990): “A Photoglyphic Narrative of a Neighbourhood with Autographical Images” by Roy Kiyooka. The latest piece in our From the Archives series can be found on our website through the link below.

Read From the Archives: https://thecapilanoreview.com/from-the-archives-pacific-windows-dedications/
Read Issue 2.3 Pacific Windows (Fall 1990) online: https://journals.sfu.ca/capreview/index.php/capreview/issue/view/61/159
Order Issue 4.5 Dedications (Fall 2025) – Print: https://thecapilanoreview.com/product/issue-4-5-dedications-print/
Order Issue 4.5 Dedications (Fall 2025) – Digital: https://thecapilanoreview.com/product/issue-4-5-dedications-digital/

As we reflect on 50+ years of publishing experimental art and writing, and look ahead with excitement towards our interdisciplinary content and programming in 2026, we are asking for the community's support in sustaining our publication over the months and years to come. We are seeking to raise $10,000 by December 20th to support our 2026 programming. Every little bit helps, and we appreciate the ongoing generosity of this community that makes our work possible.

Donate to The Capilano Review: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/capilano-review-contemporary-arts-society/campaign/support-the-capilano-review

We are very excited to release brand a new TCR tote bag, featuring artwork by bpNichol! “Early English” was published in...
12/02/2025

We are very excited to release brand a new TCR tote bag, featuring artwork by bpNichol! “Early English” was published in Issue 2.4 (Winter 1990) as part of a folio by bpNichol, “44 Concrete Poems.”

The tote bag can be purchased through our website for $17, making the perfect gift for yourself or a literary friend.

Grab a tote: https://thecapilanoreview.com/product/bp-nichol-early-english-tote/

The Capilano Review is launching our annual fall fundraiser! As we head into this fundraising season, we are brimming wi...
11/14/2025

The Capilano Review is launching our annual fall fundraiser! As we head into this fundraising season, we are brimming with gratitude for the opportunity to do this work we care about so deeply. It is a joy to feel shared appreciation and enthusiasm for the incredible artists and writers we are honoured to publish.

The Capilano Review prides itself on being more than a publication: through our workshops, events, and internships, we delight in providing opportunities for education, community building, and conversation. We are committed to fostering connections across disciplines, generations, and geographic locations, supporting and strengthening our beloved arts and literary community.

Throughout our work, The Capilano Review remains dedicated to supporting emerging and established writers and artists, and to providing fair wages to our contributors, designers, and staff. As production costs continue to rise, we rely on the support of arts and culture enthusiasts to continue this work.

This year, we are seeking to raise $10,000 by December 20th to support our work in 2026. If you are in a place to do so, we would be enormously grateful if you could offer a donation towards supporting local arts and literature. Every little bit helps.

Thank you for your generosity and ongoing support!

Donate today: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/capilano-review-contemporary-arts-society/campaign/support-the-capilano-review

We are pleased to invite submissions to our Fall 2025 Writing Contest, “Connective | Uncontainable,” guest-judged by Har...
11/05/2025

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.

"These are times—again, ongoing—in which so many of us are forced into existences and lives that harm us. And borders, their inherent falsity is why they are such overpoliced things: the binary of belonging must be constantly reinforced. And here a river overflows its banks constantly: every evaporated drop exceeds the category of the body it was named within. Alive means filled with so many desires to become uncontainable: modes of connective relationships that reach across, above, beneath.

Maybe we are in need of initiations, intimacies, and intonations that exceed their own categories. Maybe also remembrances of pasts, presents, and futures that rebel, invoking transformative relations to earth, each other, and spirit.

This call especially invites work that connects against expectations, that refuses the regulation of your identities / subject positions / experiences / writing itself, that connects beneath the surface of social, cultural, interpersonal and beyond-human relationships, that ascends towards possibilities beyond this world. If you’re infuriated by this call for work, maybe your work is calling you to send it in."

Learn more: https://thecapilanoreview.com/connective-uncontainable-fall-2025-writing-contest/

Submit your work: https://thecapilanoreview.submittable.com/submit

You're invited to the issue launch for Issue 4.5 (Fall 2025) Dedications! Join us for readings by Francesca Bennett, Shi...
11/04/2025

You're invited to the issue launch for Issue 4.5 (Fall 2025) Dedications!

Join us for readings by Francesca Bennett, Shiv Kotecha, and Hannah Azar Strauss, alongside a screening of “The Body Electric: Gerry & Roy on the Powell Street Festival” featuring footage from Jesse Nishihata’s unfinished 1991 film featuring Gerry Shikatani and Roy Kiyooka, edited by Phil Hoffman and Emiko Morita in 2025. The screening will be introduced by Emiko Morita and Henry Tsang, whose stills from the film are published in Issue 4.5 Dedications alongside Gerry Shikatani’s Journal from Roy’s.

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: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dedications-fall-2025-issue-launch-registration-1936605060869?aff=oddtdtcreator
Learn more: https://thecapilanoreview.com/issue-4-5-fall-2025-dedications-issue-launch/

Issue cover: 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.

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