WIBA 2023 shortlist
The shortlisted nominees for the 2023 Whistler Independent Book Awards (WIBA) are: The fiction nominees are: Renny DeGroot for Heritage House… FULL STORY
Author Archive
First Nations’ land & water
Award-winning author, Katherine Palmer Gordon (at right) will be launching her new book This Place Is Who We Are (Harbour… FULL STORY
Dora Dueck
Return Stroke (CMU $20) is a collection of Dora Dueck’s creative non-fiction and gathers ten of the author’s personal essays… FULL STORY
The Brazilian man
Leesa Dean of Krestova, BC became so taken with a figure in an Elizabeth Bishop poem—a Brazilian man named Manuelzinho,“the… FULL STORY
Back to the Sixties
In playwright and author Caitlin Hicks’ new novel, Kennedy Girl (Sunbury $19.95), it’s 1968 and Annie Shea, a girl with… FULL STORY
Methodist rez schools
At a reading in Nanaimo, local historian Robert Janning will be giving out free copies of his new book The… FULL STORY
Western Canada Jewish Book Awards
The following winners of the 2023 Western Canada Jewish Book Awards were announced on June 24: For Fiction (Nancy Richler… FULL STORY
Funny about murder
In the second Priscilla Tempest Mystery series installment, the plucky heroine is a murder suspect but can’t provide an alibi… FULL STORY
RIP Robin Mathews (1931 – 2023)
Robin Mathews, born in Smithers on Nov. 1, 1931 and raised in Powell River, graduated from UBC and worked as… FULL STORY
BC book wins maritime award
Robert G. Allan (pictured at right) and Peter A. Robson have won the 2023 John Lyman Book Award in the… FULL STORY
Thrive in truth
There’s rawness and vulnerability in Secwépemc rancher, poet, educator and cultural advisor Garry Gottfriedson’s latest collection, Bent Back Tongue (Caitlin… FULL STORY
Chocolate Lily winners
Here are the 2023 Chocolate Lily Awards: -Novel Category: My Best Friend is Extinct (Orca $10.95) by Rebecca Wood Barrett (pictured… FULL STORY
Alienation & self-discovery
Corinna Chong has followed up her debut novel Belinda’s Rings (NeWest Press, 2013) with The Whole Animal (Arsenal Pulp $19.95),… FULL STORY
On Bratislava
Governor General Award-winning poet, David Zieroth tells of trips to Bratislava, Slovakia and his affection for the place and friends… FULL STORY
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
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
