2022 Fed of BC Writers’ Summit
The Federation of BC Writers is hosting it writers’ summit online this year, running from May 14 – 21. A… FULL STORY
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Translations of a medieval French poet
Considered one of France’s best-known poets of the 15th century, François Villon’s work reflected his criminal behaviour and time spent… FULL STORY
Charity begins at home
Keath Fraser contends in his new novella that charity, like its sister virtues of hope and faith, is fundamental in… FULL STORY
Fly fishing father
Avid fly-fisher, Mark Hume has logged thousands of hours over the last five decades standing in BC’s rivers, casting his… FULL STORY
Answer to Blue
D.H. Lawrence posed the question “Oh what in you can answer to this blueness?” and North Vancouver poet Russell Thornton… FULL STORY
The stone witch
Squamish-based Amber Cowie’s Last One Alive (Simon & Schuster $24.99) follows a team of researchers exploring the myth of a… FULL STORY
BC Poets dominate LCP awards
Three BC poets have been shortlisted for the 2022 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award sponsored by the League of Canadian Poets:… FULL STORY
Superstitious sailors
Sailor, artist and author R. Bruce Macdonald worked on a tall ship when he was a young man. It was… FULL STORY
White Raven
Heiltsuk hereditary member Teoni Spathelfer’s first book, Little Wolf (Heritage House, 2021) is about a young Indigenous girl who moves… FULL STORY
The Vannini family
V is for Vannini After five years, 400 interviews and 250 ferry rides Phillip Vannini released Ferry Tales: Mobility, Place,… FULL STORY
2022 BC & Yukon Book Prizes
The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced the names of the finalists vying for recognition in eight categories at… FULL STORY
BC poet shortlisted for Griffin prize
Shortlisted writers for Canada’s richest poetry prize, the Griffin Poetry Prize include B.C.’s Tolu Oloruntoba for his debut collection, The… FULL STORY
DTES women photographed
In the late 1990s, Lincoln Clarkes, who had made his name as a fashion and celebrity photographer, began a five-year… FULL STORY
Just another mountain to climb
After a devastating diagnosis, Wood finds his lifelong passion for a more profound connection with nature — what he calls… FULL STORY
Fight for your right
Megan Clendenan has worked for women’s rights, mental health and youth empowerment nonprofits as well as an environmental law group,… FULL STORY
Two BC writers shortlisted for prize
B.C. writers, Joanna Chui (at right) and Jody Wilson-Raybould have been shortlisted for the 2022 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political… FULL STORY
Indigenizing business
Businesses are increasingly confronted by Canada’s complicated relationship with Indigenous peoples. Where some see challenges, others see opportunity and Priscilla… FULL STORY
Confessional poems
Michelle Poirier Brown was 38 when she discovered she had a hidden indigenous identity. Coming to terms with her new… FULL STORY
Spiritual solace
Pondering life and death issues such as a child attempting suicide and large parts of North America burning in hellish… FULL STORY
Bollywood gets political
Vancouver-based author, radio host and journalist, Gurpreet Singh has written a book about a Bollywood star and activist, which simultaneously… FULL STORY
