BC & Yukon Book Prizes 2025
The shortlisted writers for the 41st BC & Yukon Book Prizes has been announced. The winners in the eight categories… FULL STORY
Author Archive
When a tree falls in the city
While early influences include Pat Lowther, Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje, Derksen now looks to his current communities of writers… FULL STORY
Fiona McQuarrie
Fountains of Wayne (J-Card Press $18) by Fiona McQuarrie is the first full-length biography of the American band of the same name…. FULL STORY
Liann Zhang
A former skincare content creator, Liann Zhang has written a debut thriller about a character in the business, Chloe VanHuusen,… FULL STORY
Edge launches new media exposé
Marc Edge will be launching his 7th book about the news media, Tomorrow’s News: How to Fix Canada’s Media (New… FULL STORY
Penticton author spotlight
Join the Federation of BC Writers on April 15 at 7:00 pm PST for a Regional Spotlight featuring Writers Connect Penticton with host Meaghan… FULL STORY
My city is gone
Reviewed by John Moore In Sam Wiebe’s latest Dave Wakeland mystery, The Last Exile (Harbour Publishing $24.95), Wakeland returns to… FULL STORY
On the addiction frontlines
In an interview about his memoir, journalist and musician Garth Mullins shares his addiction experiences, activism and joining the Vancouver… FULL STORY
Caryl E. Dolinko
Traveller, entrepreneur and author, Caryl E. Dolinko has released A Woman’s Guide to World Travel (Whitecap $29.21), a comprehensive travel… FULL STORY
Kelly Shepherd
Kelly Shepherd’s latest collection of poetry, Dog and Moon (University of Regina Press $19.95), illustrates his ability to paint images… FULL STORY
Paul Bramadat
Through his book, Yogalands: In Search of Practice on the Mat and in the World (McGill-Queen’s University Press $29.95) Victoria-based… FULL STORY
Kim Spencer
Kim Spencer has followed up her multi-award-winning middle-grade debut novel about a young Indigenous girl, Mia, growing up in Prince… FULL STORY
Leigh Joseph
Passionate ethnobotanist and author Leigh Joseph uses her book, The Land Knows Me: A Nature Walk Exploring Indigenous Wisdom (Epic… FULL STORY
Philip Seagram
From bench to busking, No Judgment and other Busking Stories (Caitlin Press $24) follows former criminal lawyer and BC provincial… FULL STORY
Heather Ramsay
Chilliwack-based Heather Ramsay sets her debut novel, A Room in the Forest (Caitlin Press $25), in Haida Gwaii, where Ramsay… FULL STORY
Poetry reading and live music
In honour of National Poetry Month, North Shore-based writer Trevor Carolan (at right) will be reading from his new poetry… FULL STORY
George Ryga Award shortlist – 2025
Once again six authors have been shortlisted for the George Ryga Award, an annual literary prize for a BC writer… FULL STORY
Kate Braid
Some know Kate Braid for her poetry about the artists Emily Carr and Georgia O’Keeffe. Some are more familiar with… FULL STORY
Natalie Appleton
The story of Belle Jane, a woman who ran one of Canada’s largest cattle thieving gangs in the 1920s, is… FULL STORY
Kit Pearson gets the Woodcock
Kit Pearson (at right) won the Governor General’s Award for English-language children’s literature in 1997. She received the 11th annual… FULL STORY
