At home with nature
Ecologist and writer, Don Gayton meanders (in a seemingly effortless way) from animals and scenery to etymology, poetry, wine, recipes,… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Western Canada Jewish Book Awards
SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15, 2022 AWARDS CEREMONY – APRIL/MAY 2023 Accepting books published in 2020, 2021 and 2022. An integral… FULL STORY
Celebrating Chinese culture
Karina Zhou’s debut picture book, Kai’s Tea Eggs (Arsenal Pulp $21.95), due out April, 2023, is a celebration of Chinese… FULL STORY
The might of “We”
John Restakis presents new ideas that can “tame power and make it the currency of our collective life – not… FULL STORY
Piper & Kayla
In her eighth title, the picture book, I Can, Too! (Scholastic Canada $8.99) for ages 3 – 7, Karen Autio… FULL STORY
Tim Crich
Vancouver-based Tim Crich’s Assistant Engineers Handbook (Black ink Publishing) — required reading in audio schools across North America – was… FULL STORY
Dittrich takes GG for drama
Dorothy Dittrich (at right) has won the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Award in the drama category for The Piano Teacher:… FULL STORY
War and friendship
Stewart Goodings, chairman of the Denman Island Writers Festival has released his debut novel, My Friend, My Enemy (FriesenPress $23)… FULL STORY
Call for Submissions
THE BASIL STUART-STUBBS PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOLARLY BOOK ON BRITISH COLUMBIA Established in memory of Basil Stuart-Stubbs (at right), this… FULL STORY
Mid-life crisis journal
In Paula Holdstock’s ninth novel, Confessions with Keith: From the Journals of Vita Glass (Biblioasis $22.95) a mother and writer… FULL STORY
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
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
