The Coquitlam Writers Group Digest Feast

An Anthology of Short Stories on the Subject of Food


Whether deep underground in a Welsh mine, in a beautiful garden villa in Italy, or across time in a pillaged castle, food has the power to heal, divide, comfort, and destroy. In FEAST, their first anthology, sixteen authors from Coquitlam Writers Group interpret the universal theme of food. Between the pages of FEAST, a woman weighs her rivalry with her waistband against her rivalry with her Bible study leader. Two former Red Guards in China seek restitution for a supposedly bad watermelon. An impromptu education around a cheese tray puts the loyalty of a newly formed friendship to the test, and a young woman faces the darker aspects of her relationship with food. Join us for a ritualistic feast in the jungles of the Amazon. Visit a warm kitchen heavy with the scent of baked apple pie, and travel to a desolate Vancouver warehouse where French Cuisine is on the menu. Whatever the setting or the food, FEAST strives to make the reader think about how we view food, and how food affects our lives in ways we may not have contemplated before and leave you wanting to devour just one more.