Upcoming JCC author events
CBC Radio’s “Word Guy,” Dr. Jonathan Berkowitz and artist Linda Dayan Frimer will be showcasing their new books at Vancouver’s… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Mind the thorns
“This late in our lives, we know enough to be grateful,” writes Evelyn Lau in Cactus Gardens (Anvil $18), her… FULL STORY
Abuse trauma in verse
In a slim novel told in verse for young readers 12+, Sara Cassidy’s Union (Orca $14.95) is the story of… FULL STORY
Harold Macy
Harold Macy has added a third title to his list of published works, All the Bears Sing (Harbour Publishing $24.95)…. FULL STORY
Dandurand wins lucrative prize
Joseph Dandurand has won the 2022 Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize that is awarded to a mid-career poet in recognition… FULL STORY
Exiled and invisibilized
“Survival is an ugly game, and our objects are all the world really values of our people. Our objects and… FULL STORY
Vancouver Book Award Winner – 2022
Authors Karen Duffek, Bill McLennan and Jordan Wilson have won the 2022 Vancouver Book Award for their co-authored title, Where… FULL STORY
RIP Rebecca Godfrey (1967 – 2022)
Rebecca Godfrey was working in New York City in the late 1990s and writing her first novel about teen girls… FULL STORY
The adventures of Tony Vicar
Vince R. Ditrich’s first novel, The Liquor Vicar (Dundurn, 2021) introduced failed musician Tony Vicar who is suddenly rocketed to… FULL STORY
The wetland project book
It began when artists Brady Marks and Mark Timmings (at right) started recording the sounds of a marsh on Saturna… FULL STORY
Catching poachers
When Randy Nelson retired in 2012 as the most decorated fisheries officer in the history of BC, he began collecting… FULL STORY
Fireside chat features Chelene Knight
Chelene Knight (at right) will be the guest author on the Federation of BC Writer’s zoom event, Fireside Chat on… FULL STORY
Making travel “green” and respectful
By Dr. Rachel Dodds & Dr. Richard Butler Canada, especially British Columbia has recognized that we need to behave more… FULL STORY
RavenSpace publishing gets grant
UBC Press’s innovative digital publishing platform, RavenSpace has been awarded a three-year, one million dollar grant from The Mellon Foundation…. FULL STORY
BC bridges
It would be putting it mildly to say that BC’s rugged geography presented challenges to road and rail builders. Engineers… FULL STORY
Holocaust graphic novel wins award
“Visual storytelling in graphic narratives is especially effective for life stories of survivors who were children during the Holocaust, as… FULL STORY
Prayer and protest
Named after an actual street in Vancouver, Jen Currin’s fifth collection of poetry, Trinity Street (House of Anansi $19.99) due… FULL STORY
Knightly gets Whistler Indie Award
Three authors won awards at the Whistler Independent Book Awards on October 14, including BC-based Rae Knightly (at right) who… FULL STORY
Victoria Book Prizes
Esi Edugyan (at right) has won the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize for Out of the Sun: On Race… FULL STORY
Murderer or victim?
In S.M. Freedman’s psychological thriller, Blood Atonement (Dundurn $22.99) Grace DeRoche escapes the fundamentalist Mormon compound of Brigham and works… FULL STORY
