BC poet wins Canada-Japan Award
Matsuki Masutani (pictured at right) of Denman Island has won a Canada-Japan Literary Award this year for his poetry book… FULL STORY
Author Archive
A dancer finds a home
Born in Mexico City in 1946 to an American father and English mother, and raised in Belize for part of… FULL STORY
Denman Writers Fest turns 20
By Howard Stewart The Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival is on again this year, from Friday July 21 to… FULL STORY
Wasserman wins the Wyman
Theatre critic, author and actor Jerry Wasserman is the winner of this year’s Max Wyman Award in Critical Writing. The… FULL STORY
W. Canada Jewish book awards
BC authors dominated this year’s shortlists for the Western Canada Jewish Book Awards. ALAN TWIGG (pictured at right) was nominated… FULL STORY
A woman of a certain age
Former CBC radio producer and host, Margie Taylor has published her fourth novel, Rose Addams (NeWest $24.95) about a woman… FULL STORY
For the love of …
What to do when you leave a long-time job and then shortly afterwards your long-time relationship ends? In the case… FULL STORY
Bamboo water pipes in the Kootenays
Facing hardships and systemic racism, early Chinese settlers in the Kootenays forged new lives for themselves, some even prospered although… FULL STORY
What’s in a name?
Kumtuks (Chinook word for “knowledge”) has posted a new video about the Vancouver School Board’s approach to BC History. The… FULL STORY
Twigg takes the 20th Ryga Award
The recipient of this year’s George Ryga Award for a BC writer who has achieved an outstanding degree of social… FULL STORY
Jayne & Ricci
Jayne Doxtater has a fulfilling career in aesthetics, two happy children and a loving marriage with the man she believes… FULL STORY
Brian Brett’s hallelujahs
In his seventh decade, poet, fictionist, memoirist and journalist, Brian Brett is thinking about mortality as evidenced by his recent… FULL STORY
Lessons from the bard
Dickson co-authored a book examining four of Shakespeare’s plays that she says “engage in conversations about hope, empathy and love,… FULL STORY
Oy Vey! awards & BC authors
The Joan Betty Stuchner — Oy Vey! — Funniest Children’s Book Award committee has shortlisted four BC authors this year…. FULL STORY
Vegetable power
Vesanto Melina (at right with Brenda Davis), a Vancouver-based registered dietitian, has written numerous books on being vegetarian as well… FULL STORY
A multicultural household
Award-winning writer, Charlotte Gill’s father is Indian and her mother is English. They met in 1960s London, married and had… FULL STORY
Ryga Award shortlist
Five writers have been shortlisted for the 2023 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature (Ryga pictured at right)…. FULL STORY
Musgrave gets Woodcock Award
Nominated for three Governor General’s Awards, Susan Musgrave’s witty, observant and insightful work has received much recognition including the $20,000… FULL STORY
Grazie, Graziana
Award-winning playwright and actress Lucia Frangione has released her debut novel, Grazie (Talonbooks $21.95) about a mother, Graziana who ends… FULL STORY
Living the dream, off-grid
The Neads used solar power and internet communications to create a modern lifestyle while enduring long winters, wicked storms, forest… FULL STORY
