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
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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
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
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
