2025 Best Canadian Series
This year’s Best Canadian Series that will be published on November 12, features the works of 13 BC based authors… FULL STORY
Author Archive
2024 Giller Prize longlist
Five BC-based authors have made it to the longlist of the 2024 Giller Prize, chosen from more than 100 books… FULL STORY
Eden Robinson’s new gig
Acclaimed Indigenous author, Eden Robinson (at right), will be joining the historic Joy Kogawa House as the Writer-in-Residence this September…. FULL STORY
Darrel J. McLeod (1957 – 2024)
Darrel J. McLeod (at right), whose debut memoir of resilience as a Cree from Treaty Eight territory in Northern Alberta,… FULL STORY
A Rage Too Great for Vengeance
Introduction by Alan Twigg As one of North America’s leading educators about the Holocaust, the Holland-born psychiatrist Robert Krell has… FULL STORY
Mike Deas
Illustrated by Salt Spring Island based Mike Deas, Bee & Flea and the Fall Fiasco (Owlkids $18.95) for ages 6-9,… FULL STORY
Sophie Kohn
Katrina, a spotted hyena, loves to laugh because she finds the world hilarious, but this frustrates her clan since hyena… FULL STORY
Harold Rhenisch
Bridging the settler and Indigenous experiences of the Pacific Northwest’s land and water, The Salmon Shanties: A Cascadian Song Cycle… FULL STORY
Whistler Writers Fest reading event
Author Sarah Suk is scheduled to appear at the Firebrands, Runaways & Time Warps: Children & YA Authors’ Reading Event,… FULL STORY
Uncovering lost family legacies
Margaret Ostrowski, author of Lost Legacies: Learning from Ancestral Stories for Inspiration and Policy-Making Today (DC Books $21.95) gave a… FULL STORY
Thomas Berger and Indigenous rights
Against the Odds: The Indigenous Rights Cases of Thomas R. Berger (Durvile Publications $37.50) by author Drew Ann Wake (at… FULL STORY
Sarah Marie Wiebe
In Hot Mess: Mothering Through a Code Red Climate Emergency (Fernwood Publishing $25.00), due out in September, Sarah Marie Wiebe… FULL STORY
Vanessa Winn
Victoria based author, Vanessa Winn, has contributed to writing Métis Matriarchs: Agents of Transition (University of Regina Press $34.95), due… FULL STORY
Dawn Lo
During a visit to the ocean, a curious little girl searching for a seashell discovers an octopus instead. Their encounter… FULL STORY
Monique Leonardo Carlos
Author Monique Leonardo Carlos’ book, It’s Okay, Just Ask (Owlkids $21.95) for ages 4-7, due out in October, follows a… FULL STORY
Karlene Harvey
This story, The Hawk Shadow (Kids Can Press $23.99) for ages 4-7, written by Jan Bourdeau Waboose and illustrated by… FULL STORY
Christine Cosack
In the quiet seaside town of Oyster Hill, a hit-and-run accident that kills a child shocks the community. Christine Cosack’s… FULL STORY
Parksville bookstore reading event
Parksville’s Sea & Summit bookshop brings together two debut authors, Amy Mattes, author of Late September (Nightwood, 2024) and Alli… FULL STORY
For better or for worse
Gurjinder Basran delves into the intricate dynamics of the two families preparing for a lavish wedding, exploring themes of love,… FULL STORY
A preacher for the homeless
In Muddy Water: Stories from the Street (WIPF and Stock Publishers $25.00), Rev. Al Tysick, a United Church of Canada… FULL STORY
