#1 Alexander Mackenzie
LOCATION: Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park, near Elcho Harbour on Dean Channel, at the westernmost point of Alexander Mackenzie’s cross-continental… FULL STORY
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Where youth must go
“Where hope is stifled youth must go.” — Patricia Blondal, from her set-in-B.C. novel, From Heaven with a Shout Patricia… FULL STORY
Kravan cuisine
Even for people who don’t read or like cookbooks, visit this site Jeffrey Alford’s Chicken in the Mango Tree (D&M… FULL STORY
Deranged B.C. author cuts off both ears
Being compared to van Gogh in the Spring issue of BC BookWorld has proven hazardous for do-it-yourselfer Ernest Hekkanen, who… FULL STORY
#31 Corby & Coffee, a tag team
Hi darling.’ My friend Juanita recently gave me a book about ravens. The gift was in honour of Corby, a… FULL STORY
Greatness invited
Mother Tongue Publishing’s 3rd Great BC Novel Contest is now open for entries. Judges will be B.C. novelists Bill Gaston… FULL STORY
Seven titles compete for BCHF prize
The British Columbia Historical Federation is pleased to announce the shortlists for the Annual Historical Writing Competition. Among the nominees… FULL STORY
I’m Not You by Ernest Hekkanen
Ernest Hekkanen, the man dubbed Canadian literature’s “most resolute maverick,” has released his 46th book, a novella called I’m Not… FULL STORY
Income inequality in B.C.
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer in British Columbia, as they do in much of the world…. FULL STORY
Forest sleuthing & Ground-Truthing
Derrick Denholm received an award for emerging artist in 1994 and vanished into the rain forests of northern and coastal… FULL STORY
The Family Stone, Vanderhoof style
Stone women are connected through summers spent at the family cabin under the shadow of Mount Pope, at Stones Bay on… FULL STORY
BC Book Day at Legislature
At the pleasure of the Speaker of the House, the Honourable Linda Reid, The Association of Book Publishers of BC… FULL STORY
Read Local
Over 20 events around the province will be occurring throughout April as part of the new READ BC initiative presented… FULL STORY
Festival founder Keller gets her due
Betty Keller has been chosen to receive the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence at the next B.C. Book Prizes gala.. “It’s… FULL STORY
SOBO means sophisticated & bohemian
Lisa Ahier’s The SoBo Cookbook: Recipes from the Tofino Restaurant at the End of the Canadian Road (Random House $29.95),… FULL STORY
Timewatch for reincarnated adventure
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Linda Grant moved to Canada in 1950. She has taught school and worked in film production… FULL STORY
Wang, Chan and Yee combine for win
Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook (Tradewind $24.95), with texts by Paul Yee and recipes by Judy Chan, has… FULL STORY
Writing her away beyond tragedy
Born in Vancouver in 1970, Colleen Ruttan of Chilliwack received a physics degree from UBC in 2003 and worked as… FULL STORY
At the end of the Trans-Canada rainbow
Lisa Ahier’s The SoBo Cookbook: Recipes from the Tofino Restaurant at the End of the Canadian Road (Random House 2014)… FULL STORY
John Priestly, not Jason
Laburnum Grove By J.B. Priestly Western Gold Theatre Pal Theatre March 20-22 J.B. Priestly is a name that sounds old-fashioned,… FULL STORY
