During the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games protocol officers can learn the art of protocol, in order to ensure visiting dignitaries enjoy the spectacle that is the Olympics to the fullest that protocol allows.

The Protocol Officer's Guide to Getting Through Awkward Moments.

From "6 Inventions to Facilitate the Reading of a Book in Hell," included in Hell Passport, Vol. 5, published by Perro Verlag Books by Artists in 2007.

From "Come Cold River," a collection of poetry revealing critical insights about her family and Canada.

1 The disease effects a silent spinal coup and slowly shuts down the nervous system. 2 Frequent migraines and numbness in the fingertips of the third and second fingers of my right hand and the second finger of my left hand.

From Justin Nobel’s photo series Nunavik, Summer 2008. Nobel’s work has appeared in Bay Nature, the Chicago Tribune, Montreal Gazette and Audubon.

"Leonard thinks that his father has a lot to worry about. God is probably going to have Leonard stabbed at a urinal tonight, which will probably lead to his whole family suffering from depression." From the winner of 29th Annual 3-Day Novel Contest.

Webcam photos and excerpts from the journal of Sarah Maitland, who, along with Ross Merriam and Michal Kozlowski, spent the Labour Day weekend in the Geist office writing as participants in the 31st Annual International 3-Day Novel contest.

Sayings from a bag of Sweethearts Conversation Hearts opened on Valentine’s Day, 2007

Priscila Uppal tries the cashew juice but refuses the hot-dogs when she visits her runaway mother in Brazil.

From the essay "Lonely Man", Foncie took three photos of a man named Osvaldo during the 1950s.

Some four hundred people have jumped off the Bloor Street Viaduct since it was built in 1919, or roughly one every three weeks—if you're keeping ghoulish score.

Entries from the index of "An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth" by Chris Hadfield, a memoir of his service as Commander of the International Space Station.

Images from "Transit Secure," created for TransLink by Tribal DDB of Vancouver.

Any award that is done by com­mit­tee is sus­pect in one way or another.

A soldier is shot and a preacher's wife abandons her virtue in narratives that blend fact and fiction.

The imperialist dream: generations of offspring and a machine gun in every window.

Cobwebs and evergreens are what remains at the family cabin.

An account of an Aboriginal, imprisoned over an issue of tea.

Priests lie in the road, women kiss paintings and hostages crack jokes.

Three young boys enjoy a carefree day at the beach.

"We are the arbiters." A piece about Canadian artistic culture and recognition.

L.M. Montgomery endures the company of an unpleasant house visitor.

Taxi cab drivers recount awkward moments of hustling, illiteracy and condescension. From The Other Side of Midnight: Taxicab Stories.