Tsang wins Vancouver Book Award
Author Henry Tsang (at right) was presented the Vancouver Book Award at the Awards Ceremony last week, for his book,… FULL STORY
Author Archive
R.I.P. Stan Persky (1941 – 2024)
by Alan Twigg INTRO: Born in Chicago on January 19, 1941, Stan Persky was easily one of the most significant… FULL STORY
Xiran Jay Zhao
In author Xiran Jay Zhao’s new book, Heavenly Tyrant (Tundra Books $28.99), due out in December 2024, Zetian navigates political… FULL STORY
Dana Claxton
In collaboration with the Audain Art Museum, co-curators Dana Claxton, Curtis Collins (also gallery director), Skeena Reece and Marika Echachis… FULL STORY
Dietrich Kalteis
Critically acclaimed author, Dietrich Kalteis’s latest crime novel, Crooked (ECW Press $22.95) follows Alvin Karpis and Fred Barker, notorious criminals,… FULL STORY
You don’t know Jack
Author Susan Mertens explores the life and work of Canadian artist Jack Shadbolt, revealing his creative journey through personal journals,… FULL STORY
Enslaved insurrection, 1741
Vancouver’s David Lester (at right) is set to release his latest graphic novel, Revolution by Fire: New York’s Afro-Irish Uprising… FULL STORY
Cynthia LeBrun
Cynthia LeBrun’s Black Sunflowers (Fitzhenry & Whiteside $21.95) draws inspiration from a true story to explore the devastating impact of… FULL STORY
2024 Victoria Book Prize Winners
Local authors Kathryn Mockler (at right) and Raina Delisle emerged winners at the Victoria Book Prizes this year. The City… FULL STORY
Pollon book up for literary awards
Christopher Pollon’s (at right) Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places (Greystone $39.95), published in collaboration with… FULL STORY
2024 Writer’s Trust Award Finalists
Four BC based authors have been shortlisted for the 2024 Writer’s Trust Award, within two categories. The winners will be… FULL STORY
Zoe McKenna
Edited by Zoe McKenna and Joshua Gillingham, That Witch Whispers (Black Cat Books $20.00) is the second anthology of the… FULL STORY
Kim Bannerman
In Ten-In-One: A Circus Salmagundi Anthology (Fox and Bee Studio $11.12) by Kim Bannerman, background characters from a British Columbia-based… FULL STORY
Kathryn Larouche Imler
Author Kathryn Larouche Imler’s book, Roses Bloom in June (self-published $26.90) is a historical fiction novel inspired by real letters… FULL STORY
Kim Mooney
The lives of nine ordinary people, recounted in Kim Mooney’s book, In an Instant (FriesenPress $26.04) were transformed in a… FULL STORY
Robert W. MacKay
Author Robert W. MacKay’s book, The Forgotten: A Novel of the Korean War (Now Or Never Publishing Co $26.95) follows… FULL STORY
Caroline Lavoie
In a small town in the Rockies, the mountain known as the Devil’s Tail is said to be cursed by… FULL STORY
Winona Kent
In Winona Kent’s mystery novel, Bad Boy (self-published $19.99), musician Jason Davey meets his fan Marcus Merritt at The Shard… FULL STORY
Kevin Roberts (1940 – 2023)
by Jonathan Roberts Kevin Roberts, writer and scholar, sought reconciliation through poetic explorations of the colonized landscape. “the poet, any… FULL STORY
Leslie Gentile
Author Leslie Gentile’s latest book, Elvis, Me, and the Postcard Winter (DCB Young Readers $14.95), due out in November, is… FULL STORY
