Unmanned contends for Ryga Award
Drones are President Obama’s weapon of choice. It’s just one of the reasons John Hill and Ann Rogers have co-authored… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Generally giving a damn
Christine Lowther, daughter of Pat Lowther, has written about her family background, and how the murder of her mother by… FULL STORY
Facts
Facts By Arthur Milner Jericho Arts Centre November 7-30 Tough talk rings true Here in wannabe-world-class Vancouver we… FULL STORY
Thinking Inca to ink a deal
Adolf HungryWolf’s manuscript about his South American experiences is called Mystico: Life with the Mountain Spirits. Hungrywolf’s 311-page manuscript Mystico has… FULL STORY
Anything was possible in Joan’s world
“I know that many writers tell you to imagine you are writing for a specific child, but I always want… FULL STORY
McKenzie bags five-book deal
Grant McKenzie’s agent Amy Moore-Benson at AMB Literary Management has arranged a five-book deal for him with Polis Books for… FULL STORY
Musgrave gets her due
Susan Musgrave of Haida Gwaii has been honoured with the $20, 000 Matt Cohen Award from the Writers Trust to… FULL STORY
Plaskett & Koerner: opposite directions
Despite lacking name recognition, both men persevered to become well-liked and widely collected artists. Both painters have left behind books…. FULL STORY
Collis versus Kinder Morgan
SFU teacher and Talonbooks author Stephen Collis is a spokesperson for a group of land defenders who have disrupted survey… FULL STORY
Withnail & I Go To The Okanagan
Anyone who has enjoyed the wisecracking tomfoolery of Steve Coogan and his fellow impressionist Rob Brydon as unlikely restaurant critics… FULL STORY
Journey winner thanks New Orphic
The action in Sealskin takes place on the North Shore of Burrard Inlet. Keevil’s winning story Sealskin–selected on November 5th… FULL STORY
B.C. publishers sail on
Perhaps the words of the Spanish sea captain Juan Francisco Bodega y Quadra could serve as the motto for the… FULL STORY
Inuvik medicine in the 1970s
Lianne Lecroix grew up on a farm in the French Canadian Ottawa Valley as the eldest of six childen. After… FULL STORY
Elusive part of exclusive quintet
Janet Munsil’s That Elusive Spark (Playwrights Canada $16.95) has been shortlisted for a Governor-General’s Award for drama in 2014. https://www.playwrightscanada.com/index.php/that-elusive-spark.html… FULL STORY
Kafka goes to Manning Park
Ernest Hekkanen will be launching his novella, I’m Not You, at the Oxygen Art Centre in Nelson, B.C. on November… FULL STORY
As north as she gets
In 1988, Pierre Berton and his publisher Avie Bennett flew from Yellowknife to Inuvik, then took a helicopter north to… FULL STORY
Shore lines
An eat & greet book launch for Randy Shore’s GROW WHAT YOU EAT, EAT WHAT YOU GROW will be held… FULL STORY
11 books in 10 years
Carrie Mac’s experiences in the Downtown Eastside continue to fuel her work. Homelessness, addiction, teen pregnancy and crime are the… FULL STORY
BC Bestsellers
BC Bestsellers Week of October 26, 2014 Adult Titles 1. Whitewater Cooks With Passion Shelley Adams 9780981142425 Alicon Holdings Another… FULL STORY
Ivan Coyote Interviewed – Part One
One of the new stories is Coyote’s straight-forward, sometimes amusing, yet difficult-to-share account of having breasts surgically removed. It is… FULL STORY
