Vishnu Dreams is a novel that combines Hindu mythology with the story of a family. In this excerpt, a boy is poised, terrified, at the edge of a diving board.

Stray dogs napping in Punjab and Rajasthan, India.

Photographs that highlight the soothing but eerie simplicity of the Canadian suburban landscape.

You will soon be more aware of your growing awareness.

Rhythms and rhymes in homage to the brilliance of Glenn Gould.

Declaration of a Political Emergency. The state of the tar sands in Northern Alberta.

Excerpts from Once a Murderer, published by Wolsak & Wynn in 2008.

On suffering white flakes.

An excerpt from a Lonely Planet compendium of local idioms of the world.

Sculptures of rural Canadian life by a Saskatchewan artist.