Rodney DeCroo takes the Ryga Award
Born and raised in a small coal mining town just outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Rodney DeCroo has been a Vancouver-based singer/songwriter,… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Ryga Award shortlist, 2026
Five authors have been shortlisted for the 2026 George Ryga Award, an annual literary prize for a BC writer who… FULL STORY
Harley Rothstein
Author, historian and retired educator, Harley Rothstein has studied alternative education for half a century. His title, Alternative Schools in… FULL STORY
Suzuki at 90
“When the CBC went searching for the Greatest Canadian two decades ago, with more than one million citizens voting, [David]… FULL STORY
Gough gets the Woodcock
Barry Gough, one of BC’s premier historians and author of more than 20 history books including the first book ever… FULL STORY
Lisa Brideau
Lisa Brideau’s debut novel, Adrift (Sourcebooks Landmark $25.99) is a suspenseful climate fiction novel set in Haida Gwaii and Nanaimo. The story… FULL STORY
To everything there is a season
Book review of author M.A.C. Farrant’s 2026 title, Seventy-Two Seasons: A memoir about noticing.
Stella Harvey – Writer in Residence
Author and founder of the Whistler Writing Society, Stella Harvey will be joining the society this fall as its 2026… FULL STORY
RIP Sandy Shreve (1950 – 2026)
Sandy Shreve, the poet, editor, community activist and visual artist who introduced poetry on Vancouver public transit on an ongoing… FULL STORY
History of the Powell Street Festival
Paueru Gai, the Powell Street neighbourhood in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, was a place of early settlement and forced removal for… FULL STORY
Aaron Williams won Edna Staebler
Aaron Williams (at right), author of The Last Logging Show: A Forestry Family at the End of an Era (Harbour… FULL STORY
Pat Sullivan
When art world egos collide, no frame can contain the fallout. In Pat Sullivan’s debut novel, In the Frame (Iguana Books $20.99)… FULL STORY
Oga Nwobosi
Oga Nwobosi and Christina Myers met in a postpartum support group where they were exposed to emotions ranging from joy… FULL STORY
Bob Joseph
Bob Joseph’s first book, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act (Page Two, 2018) became a bestseller… FULL STORY
Saadi’s debut earns prize shortlist
Ziyad Saadi has been shortlisted for the Dayne Ogilvie prize for his novel, Three Parties (Hamish Hamilton, $34.95). The award… FULL STORY
Tony Correia
The issue of book banning in school libraries is the subject of Tony Correia’s middle-grade title Checked Out (Orca $10.95)…. FULL STORY
Donna M. Henningson
A key part of long lasting human relationships is overcoming conflict. In her debut book for young adults, White Space, Gray… FULL STORY
Wong, Arsenal to publish BIPOC books
Award-winning author, Lindsay Wong is partnering with Arsenal Pulp Press to select, edit and publish works of adult literary fiction… FULL STORY
Alison Acheson
In her novel Blue Hours (Freehand $24.95), Alison Acheson writes about fatherhood, grief, unanswerable questions and the small, magical moments that… FULL STORY
Colonial wear and tear
Following on from her breakout poetry collection about zombies, eat salt | gaze at the ocean (Talonbooks, 2020), which was shortlisted for… FULL STORY
