Sophie Dubé
Illustrated by Vancouver artist, Sophie Dubé, Making a Splash: How Humans Consume, Conserve and Care for Water (Orca $29.95), due… FULL STORY
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Elinor Florence
Set in 1905 Alberta, Flora Craigie, a young Scottish woman flees her abusive husband in Elinor Florence’s upcoming book, Finding… FULL STORY
B.R. Bentley
In The Blood Labyrinth (FriesenPress $20.99) by BC author B.R. Bentley, a 74-year-old mystery begins to unravel after the suspicious… FULL STORY
David Spaner launches book
Vancouver author David Spaner will be launching his novel, Keefer Street (Ronsdale Press $24.95) on Saturday, November 16, at the… FULL STORY
New book launch event
People’s Co-op Bookstore will be hosting the launch event of Jon Bartlett and Brian Robertson’s When Heroes Become Villains (New… FULL STORY
Simon Roy
Co-authored by Simon Roy, Jess Pollard and Sergey Nazarov, Griz Grobus (Image Comics $26.99) is a sci-fi graphic novel set… FULL STORY
Ron Prasad
A collection of fifteen chilling short stories by author Ron Prasad, I Will Wander On: Volume One (iUniverse $30.95), explores… FULL STORY
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
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
