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
Author Archive
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
Deborah Henderson
In Deborah Henderson’s book, Losst: The Indestructible Power of Love (Tellwell Talent $30.00), thirteen-year-old Samantha is left in the care… FULL STORY
BC author up for international award
The NYC Big Book Award has honored Caitlin Hicks’ Kennedy Girl (Brown Posey Press $27.10) as a Distinguished Favorite in… FULL STORY
New book launch event
Vernon poet, John Lent (at right), will be launching his poetry collection, Molecular Cathedral: The Poetry of John Lent (Wilfred… FULL STORY
Roy Miki (1942 – 2024)
Miki was the recipient of a Governor General’s Award for Poetry, the Order of Canada, the Order of British Columbia,… FULL STORY
Call for submissions
THE BASIL STUART-STUBBS PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOLARLY BOOK ON BRITISH COLUMBIA Established in memory of Basil Stuart-Stubbs, this annual prize… FULL STORY
New book launch event
Author Margit Hesthammar is launching her latest book, The Devil Spinners (FriesenPress $25.69) on October 26, from 2:00 – 3:00… FULL STORY
Maia Caron
In a captivating dual-timeline narrative, The Last Secret (Doubleday $25.00) by Maia Caron intricately weaves the stories of two remarkable… FULL STORY
Anosh Irani
In Behind the Moon (Talonbooks $21.95), award-winning playwright, Anosh Irani, explores the character of Ayub, a man haunted by his… FULL STORY
Intoxicating brew
In her new collection of short stories, Barbara Black draws inspiration from various liquors, using them as a lens to… FULL STORY
2024 Governor General’s Finalists
This year, seven BC-based authors made it to the shortlist of the Governor General’s Literary Awards within four categories. The… FULL STORY
