George Ryga Award – 2026

“This year’s George Ryga Award shortlist is announced here. Ryga (left), who died in Summerland in 1987, was known for his powerful social commentary. FULL STORY



 

 

 

 

Author Archive

W.P. Kinsella

W.P. KINSELLA was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1935. He passed his first ten years as an only child on… FULL STORY

W.P. Kinsella #3

For five straight years, W.P. Kinsella, the outspoken author of Shoeless Joe (aka Field of Dreams, the movie) has adjudicated… FULL STORY

Edith Iglauer

EDITH IGLAUER was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She married Philip Hamburger and raised two sons in New York. A frequent… FULL STORY

Adolf Hungry Wolf

BC BookWorld: Can you pinpoint where the process for The Blackfoot Papers (Good Medicine $300) began? Adolf Hungry Wolf: Right… FULL STORY

Pauline Holdstock

Pauline Holdstock’s fifth novel, Beyond Measure, (Cormorant $22.95) is a fanciful tale of slavery, art, love and mischief in 16th… FULL STORY

Jack Hodgins

JACK HODGINS was born in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island in 1938. His primarily comic fictions reflect rather than… FULL STORY

Jack Hodgins #2

Jack Hodgins’ Broken Ground (M&S $29.99) is being touted as a breakthrough. If so, this it’s definitely not a trendy… FULL STORY

Robert Harlow

T: From your books, it sounds like you've had your share of rubbing shoulders with what we euphemistically call the… FULL STORY

Interview / D.M. Fraser

D.M. (Donald Murray) Fraser resides in B.C.'s literary heaven alongside Malcolm Lowry, singing in the highest choirs. He left university… FULL STORY

Tim Bowling

A heavy fog settles in on the first pages of Tim Bowling’s first novel Downriver Drift (Harbour $18.95), set in… FULL STORY

George Bowering

GEORGE BOWERING was born in BC’s Okanagan region in 1935. With the encouragement of UBC’s Warren Tallman and visiting American… FULL STORY

Pierre Berton

PIERRE BERTON was born in Dawson City in 1920. He opted for a newspaper career while being educated on the… FULL STORY

Robert Bateman

Last August, Robert Bateman was visited at his home on Saltspring Island, British Columbia. He and his family had just… FULL STORY

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