Baldwin, Bily at VanDusen
John Baldwin and Linda Bily will be doing a slide show presentation and signing books in Vancouver on Tuesday October… FULL STORY
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Twelfth Night at Victoria Book Prizes
Twelve stories in The Pull of the Moon (Brindle & Glass $19.95) by Julie Paul [shown at podium] have won… FULL STORY
Dutch courage
Jack Dixon’s The Barn (Victoria, Friesen Press, 2015) describes the ordeals and bravery of the Mollens, a family of nine… FULL STORY
B.C.’s oldest author kicks the bucket
Frank White, pioneer, raconteur and author of bestselling books, has died at his home in Garden Bay, B.C. on the… FULL STORY
Barking up the right trees
Danial Neil says his fourth novel The Trees of Calan Gray (Oolichan $19.95) was inspired, in part, by a 2010… FULL STORY
Paige’s dream
Laura Langston’s tenth title since 1994, Stepping Out (Orca $9.95), traces the ambitions of an insecure, 15-year-old, disabled comedian, Paige… FULL STORY
10 Women, 1 George
Anvil Press is releasing George Bowering’s new collection of short fiction, 10 Women, coincidentally with his appearance at the Vancouver International… FULL STORY
The blooming of Rachel
Rachel Rose was appointed Poet Laureate of Vancouver for 2014-2017 on the strength of her relatively small but distinguished output… FULL STORY
Comeback kids
Now they’ve got an Incredible Journey-type story. by Alex Van Tol You know you’re stuck on a story when it… FULL STORY
Simmers shortlisted
Bren Simmers’ book-length poem Hastings-Sunrise (Nightwood $18.95) has been shortlisted for the 2015 City of Vancouver Book Award. It is… FULL STORY
Let my elks go free
While working as a reporter for the Terrace Standard in Terrace, Josh Massey has published his second novel, The Plotline… FULL STORY
Leaps like a Killer Whale
“The Klondike gold fields are a silent backdrop to Bill Reid’s choice of gold as a material,” claims Jack Lohman… FULL STORY
Wholeness includes science
Born in Ghana and educated in Ghana, Canada and the United States, Andrew Benedict Acheampong, Ph.D is a Catholic “seeker… FULL STORY
O is for Ogopogo
In Ogopogo Odyssey (Promontory $11.95) by Dorothy Hawes, dosage young Colin is visiting his grandparents in the Okanagan Valley. He… FULL STORY
Kidlit shelf gets a filling
Lots of medical doctors have written books; not so many dentists. From his dental practice, Dr. Sean Kelly realized many… FULL STORY
Collaborative medicine
The Waiting Room is the best play about colo-rectal cancer you are ever going to see. The Waiting Room Book… FULL STORY
A new sasquatch tale
Originally from France, Nicole Dargère has crafted as a fanciful, lyrical, sasquatch story set near Harrison Hotsprings in the late… FULL STORY
ASD brother, where art thou?
The winner will be announced on October 28. Originally from Brisbane, Darren Groth moved to Vancouver in 2007 with his… FULL STORY
Czaga up for G.G.
Kayla Czaga’s debut poetry collection, For Your Safety Please Hold On (Nightwood Editions, stomach 2014), has been shortlisted for the… FULL STORY
The lagoon of potentiality
Two veterans of the poetry wars, Fred Wah and John Pass, are releasing new books of old poems. Launched with… FULL STORY
