Whishaw wins Bony Blithe
Iona Whishaw’s A Match Made for Murder (Touchwood $16.95), the seventh book in the Lane Winslow Mystery series, has won… FULL STORY
Author Archive
A-Knitting we will go
Sylvia Olsen has been publishing books since 2002, starting with the teen novel, No Time to Say Goodbye: Children’s Stories of… FULL STORY
Stay away from windows
In a new memoir Krell reveals that when his parents went into hiding in 1942 to escape the Holocaust, he… FULL STORY
Pain & ecstasy in ballet
Winner of the 2021 Raven Chapbooks Poetry Contest, Kyeren Regehr has published the poems in Disassembling a Dancer (Raven Chapbooks… FULL STORY
Little Red goes to court
Lytton-raised Kevin Loring’s latest play, Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer (Talonbooks $16.95) concerns the last remaining member of a… FULL STORY
Nature’s healing power
After many years enjoying pastimes as a mountaineer and naturalist, architect Rob Wood was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. He recounts… FULL STORY
Paramedic stories win an IPPY
Retired paramedic and author Graeme Taylor has won a bronze medal in the 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards for A… FULL STORY
Reap what you sow
Although admitting she doesn’t have a green thumb, Farrant was beguiled by her local gardening columnist who she says offers… FULL STORY
Covid kids
Caroline Adderson’s new book for young people, Sunny Days Inside (Groundwood $16.99) is a collection of linked short stories about… FULL STORY
Western lifestyle damaging planet
2021 and the livin’ is easy. But the planet is in peril. In his latest title, The Environmentalist’s Dilemma: Promise… FULL STORY
My sweet, my fate
Beginning with a quote from poet e.e. cummings — ” i fear no fate(for you are my fate, my sweet)”… FULL STORY
B.C. Foodies
Now in its 24th year, the Taste Canada Awards single out some of the best cookbook authors in Canada. This… FULL STORY
Music & activism
Vancouver musician and social activist Earle Peach has written Questions to the Moon: Songs & Stories (Lazara Press $20) about… FULL STORY
Live author events at Whistler
The Whistler Writing Society will be hosting three July events for the Summer Comeback Reading Series — a precursor to… FULL STORY
Easy yoga
Yoga is known for its positive effect on mood and physiology. It works for children, especially those needing healthy ways… FULL STORY
An 18th century prophet for today
A militant vegetarian, feminist and abolitionist way ahead of his time, Lay’s message is more relevant today than ever as… FULL STORY
Harriet and Curtis
Spanning generations and geography, Glen Huser’s novel Burning the Night (NeWest Press $19.95) portrays a small-town young man, Curtis who… FULL STORY
‘Big’ picks up silver medal
The subject of the cover story in BC BookWorld’s Autumn 2020 issue, Big: Stories about Life in Plus-Sized Bodies (Caitlin,… FULL STORY
BC historical writing prize winners
At a gala awards presentation held on June 5, Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow… FULL STORY
The schlemiel
The subject of Sarah Mintz’s debut short fiction collection, Handwringers (Radiant Press $20) is her “mediated Jewish identity,” she says,… FULL STORY
