Spotlight on Victoria Writers’ Society
On Tuesday, September 23 at 7:00 pm (Pacific), the Federation of BC Writers will host a Regional Spotlight featuring the… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Valerie Chalker
Valerie Chalker’s journey into fiction began after a career in medicine as a pathologist. A graduate of The Writers Studio… FULL STORY
Britta Gundersen
Britta Gundersen has lived a life shaped by islands, from her childhood on Puget Sound to her years in Hawaii,… FULL STORY
Mike Donoghue
Mike Donoghue’s novel, Who Nuked Silicon Valley? (MPD Books $24.99), combines a high-stakes thriller with a meditation on memory, technology… FULL STORY
Alan Twigg Book Launch
Join Alan Twigg at the launch of Holocaust Hero: The Life and Times of Rudolf Vrba (Firefly Books, $29.95), a… FULL STORY
Race for the news
“[Daniel] Craig’s greatest legacy may be that he introduced journalistic standards: he wanted fact-based, objective reporting.”—reviewer, Mark Forsythe on a… FULL STORY
Every lesson is nature’s lesson
For more than three decades, environmental educator and naturalist Roy Jantzen has been inspiring people to see their place within… FULL STORY
Mary Fox
Renowned potter Mary Fox shares her knowledge of glazing in Developing Glazes: Low-Fire Reduction and Oxidation (Harbour Publishing $44.95), a… FULL STORY
Scott McIntyre
A lifelong champion of Canadian books, Scott McIntyre has shaped the nation’s literary landscape for more than half a century…. FULL STORY
Marsha Lederman’s New Book Launch
Join Marsha Lederman at the Jewish Book Festival on Thursday, September 18 at 7:00 pm for the launch of her new… FULL STORY
The light that remains
“After arriving at the airport or Greyhound terminal I would find my way to a hotel or motel room downtown… FULL STORY
Victoria’s Seal-ebrity
Emerson the Elephant Seal (Harbour Publishing $24.95) is a lively picture book for ages 3–5 inspired by the true tale… FULL STORY
Largest Free Literary Festival
Vancouver’s biggest all-FREE literary celebration returns this fall. Word Vancouver (Sept. 14–20, 2025) offers nearly 40 free events citywide, ending… FULL STORY
The street’s music
“DeCroo’s photos have spotlit a Vancouver that’s about something more than unlimited growth and runaway commerce.”—Mike Usinger, Georgia Straight senior… FULL STORY
A history of Ucluelet
Shirley Martin’s Calm Harbour, Turbulent Seas: A History of Ucluelet (Harbour Publishing $39.95) is a comprehensive account of the coastal… FULL STORY
Whitney French
In Syncopation (Wolsak and Wynn $24.00), Whitney French imagines a fractured future where memory is currency, migration is survival and… FULL STORY
Katie Welch
When a massive earthquake devastates the Pacific coast in 2045, Del Samara flees into isolation—abandoning her family, her ruined home,… FULL STORY
Peter Darbyshire
Peter Darbyshire is the author behind the supernatural Cross series and other acclaimed works of fiction, blending dark humour, myth… FULL STORY
Leslie Gentile
Leslie Gentile is a singer-songwriter and author based on Vancouver Island. Of Scottish, Tuscarora and Coast Salish ancestry, she spent… FULL STORY
Lorne Daniel
After decades away from poetry, Victoria-based writer Lorne Daniel returns with What Is Broken Binds Us (University of Calgary Press… FULL STORY
