Hope in Shadows - the Book

A collection of personal stories behind some of the stunning contest photographs was co-published by Pivot Legal Society and Arsenal Pulp Press in 2008. Hope in Shadows: Stories and Photographs of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has been widely recognized winning the City of Vancouver Book Award and a B.C. Book Prize nomination. The personal narratives in Hope in Shadows are candid and moving and will challenge the way you think about poverty, mental health and drug addiction.

Hope in Shadows book "best seller"

The Hope in Shadows book has now sold more than 5,000 copies on the streets of Vancouver. This makes it an unofficial B.C. Bestseller! An official B.C. Bestseller needs to sell 5,000 copies in bookstores. 

In 2008, Brad Cran and Gillian Jerome's book Hope in Shadows, Stories and Photographs of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside won the City of Vancouver Book Award.

Fifty percent of all street sales go to homeless and low-income street vendors. 

Find a street vendor
The Hope in Shadows book is sold on the streets of Vancouver by homeless and low-income vendors who earn $10 for every $20 book sold. It is available now from street vendors, many of whom also sell Megaphone, Vancouver's street newspaper. Visit Megaphone's website for details about where to find a vendor. On the street, the book sells for $20 including taxes.

Visit a bookstore 
Hope in Shadows is also available at bookstores across Canada. Our favourite independent bookstores in Vancouver are People's Co-op Bookstore, Book Warehouse, Blackberry Books, Spartacus and Duthie Books.

Buy it online
There are a couple of options for buying the book online. You can order directly from the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, or your favourite bookseller. If that's Amazon, please post a review!