We Are VIU Mural
VIU students may have noticed a new mural to the side of the VIU Library entrance on their way to study…or get Starbucks. What they may not have...
Isabella Ranallo
Recently graduated from VIU with a degree in Creative Writing and History, Isabella Ranallo’s great love has always been storytelling—both fictional and factual. Having previously worked at The Navigator and having edited VIU’s History Style Guide, Isabella has since explored that love as a research assistant at the Canadian Letters & Images Project and the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre. With both the Barry Broadfoot Award for Journalism and the Pat Bevan Scholarship for Poetry under her belt, Isabella is currently in search of her next story as well as any cats it may involve.
Volume 53 | Arts Editor
Everything by Isabella Ranallo
Terrifying Texts
Halloween is coming up and everywhere you look is decisively spooky. If you’re literarily inclined, one way to indulge this seasonal atmosphere is...
Review of A Drama Class’s Dream
VIU’s Malaspina Theatre recently put on its first play with a live audience since March 2020 with A Drama Class’s Dream. The performance, which ran...
Publishing
I check my inbox outside my English classroom and see a new email from The Malahat Review. They’ve decided not to accept the short story I’d sent...
Daniel Elliott’s Winds of Change Exhibit
There is a timely new art exhibit on display in VIU’s Malaspina Theatre lobby. Stz’uminus First Nation artist Daniel Elliott’s Winds of Change was...
A Review of the Brontë Sisters’ Work
Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre might be a rite of passage for first-year English students at VIU. I’ve seen the university edition being read on the...
Robert Hilles’ Book Launch
VIU Creative Writing and Journalism professor Robert Hilles has a book launch coming up this Sunday, October 3rd. The event will be for not one, but...
The Show Must Go On
While all departments suffered from online and distanced learning during the academic year of 2020-21, VIU’s Theatre Department was struck a unique...