RC Weslowski
Canadian Poetry Slam champion, R.C. Weslowski has released his debut collection, My Soft Response to the Wars (Write Bloody North… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Surrealism & Anarchy
Denman Island’s Ron Sakolsky has published his magnum opus, Dreams of Anarchy and the Anarchy of Dreams: Adventures at the… FULL STORY
The missing kayaker
Aaron Bushkowsky’s second novel Waterproof (Cormorant $24.95), due out in October, is a black comedy about two men who lose… FULL STORY
Becoming a non-binary writer
Prolific Vancouver author, Keith Maillard wrote about two genderfluid people in the first of his 15 novels, Two Strand River… FULL STORY
B.C. YA authors get noticed
The Forest of Reading Kid and Teen Committee lists for the summer of 2021 are out and debut B.C. kidlit… FULL STORY
Troubles in the Broughton
The photos by Dan Hillert are of classic west coast scenes but author Gwen Curry is hard-hitting about the ugly… FULL STORY
Culinary combat
Having authored seven previous novels for young readers, all of which have been nominated for, or won literary prizes, Rachelle… FULL STORY
Shining memory artifacts
Having retired from teaching English and creative writing at St. Michael’s University School, Terence Young has published a spellbinding collection… FULL STORY
Looking for love on the west coast
Non-binary Rae Spoon has published their first YA fiction book, Green Glass Ghosts (Arsenal Pulp $19.95) narrated by a young… FULL STORY
New Star author translated into Polish
In May, New Star Books received copies of the new Polish edition of Andrew Struthers’ dual book The Sacred Herb… FULL STORY
Two BC authors win G.G.’s
Michelle Good of Kamloops and Kim Senklip Harvey of Vancouver have won 2020 Governor General’s Literary Awards in two of… FULL STORY
Vancouver’s First Chief Planner: Gerald Sutton Brown
Gerald Sutton Brown, Vancouver’s Chief Planner 1952-1973, represented the last of the British/London model of development in Vancouver, where development… FULL STORY
Kah-Lan the young otter
Karen Autio has written a second book from the point of view of a young male otter, Kah-Lan and the… FULL STORY
The Broughton
Writer and artist Gwen Curry’s new title, Converging Waters: The Beauty and Challenges of the Broughton Archipelago (RMB $40) with… FULL STORY
Going to faerie land
Blue Jasper takes his twin sisters Indigo and Violet for a hike in the woods, when suddenly the twins are… FULL STORY
Supernatural home
In her debut collection of short stories Glorious Frazzled Beings (House of Anansi $22.99), Angélique Lalonde explores the notion of… FULL STORY
Good wins award for first novel
Michelle Good has won the 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award for Five Little Indians (Harper Collins, 2020). The prize,… FULL STORY
TRU prof recognized for kidlit
How Hope became An Activist (Dixi Books UK, 2020), a picture book for kids on the issues of sweat-shop labour… FULL STORY
Having a baby
With extra time on their hands during the pandemic, Jhenifer Pabillano and her friend Sarah Chan reconnected (remotely) with 27… FULL STORY
First bff
Arleen Paré’s seventh title, First (Brick Books $22.95) documents the search for her first best friend using prose poem narrative…. FULL STORY
