Word Vancouver 2026
Celebrating 30 years of BC writers and authors since its inaugural event in 1995, Word Vancouver will again be running… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Kalli Van Stone
Many poets have used bird imagery in their work. In her debut collection welík’t (Nightwood $24.95), Kalli Van Stone—whose name… FULL STORY
Laurel Corona
Idris Hall (1906–1996), aka Aloha Wanderwell, was a statuesque explorer and film star raised in North Vancouver, Duncan and Qualicum,… FULL STORY
Coles Penticton hosts Okanagan writers
Come and see twelve authors local to the Okanagan area in a special one-day event to be held at Cherry… FULL STORY
John D’Eathe
The third novel of West Vancouver’s John D’Eathe, Broadway Corridor: The Great Social Divide (Adagio Media $21.99), is set in the… FULL STORY
Roy Henry Vickers celebrates 80 years
Roy Henry Vickers, Indigenous artist and storyteller, celebrates his 80th birthday this year with The Best of Roy Henry Vickers:… FULL STORY
Anti-colonial poetry
Review by Jillian Maguire Blue thinks itself within me: Lyric poetry, ecology, and lichenous forms (Univ. of Regina Press $27.95)… FULL STORY
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
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
