Betty Keller wins Woodcock Award
Vancouver Public Library and Pacific BookWorld News Society are pleased to announce Betty C. Keller is the 28th recipient of… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
The lost Joey
Squamish-based Wendy Winter has written her debut children’s book, Where’s My Joey? (Self-published $7.78), with illustrations by Roxana Antochi. It’s… FULL STORY
A tragic life
With access to court transcripts and many related documents, Helen Webster has written the true story of four-year-old Susan who… FULL STORY
A cure for zombification
Junie Désil is of Haitian ancestry, born of immigrant parents in Montreal and raised in Winnipeg. Her debut book of… FULL STORY
Music & human dignity
To advocate for musical work in the Downtown Eastside, and elsewhere in the world, as a means to promote human… FULL STORY
Adventures in bookstores
For those wishing to tour Metro Vancouver’s book culture through secondhand and antiquarian bookstores, there’s an updated guide, Secondhand and… FULL STORY
Marrying up
Michael Tregebov’s Winnipeg-based novels continue with The Renter (New Star $18), the story of a young Jewish man in the… FULL STORY
Hidden desires
Having written books in many genres, Jen SookFong Lee will release her debut collection of poems in April, The Shadow… FULL STORY
Getting clean
In her 11th title (including two craft cookbooks), Stranded (Orca Soundings $10.95) Jocelyn Shipley writes about Kipp whose life keeps… FULL STORY
The tales of two women
The next Oxygen Art Centre author readings in Nelson will include: Victoria-based Kate Braid on what its like to be… FULL STORY
Man@the_airport
Hassan Al Kontar was a young Syrian working in the UAE in 2011 when civil war broke out in his… FULL STORY
The wonder of frogs
Author and illustrator, Scot Ritchie’s new kidlit picture book Lilliana and the Frogs (Harbour $22.95) is about a young frog-lover… FULL STORY
Hot and cold lullabies
“Let me begin with a warning” heads one of Janet Vickers’ new poems in Sleep With Me: Lullaby for an… FULL STORY
Down on the farm
Linda Thompson grew up on a cattle and potato farm in the Pemberton Valley. As an adult, she has lived… FULL STORY
Nature’s wisdom
Award-winning storyteller Nicola I. Campbell takes young readers on a journey of discovery through the wilderness in Stand Like a… FULL STORY
Hiking a peak a week
When Angie Abdou challenged her daughter, Katie to hike a peak a week with her over the summer holidays one… FULL STORY
Gothic Canadian vet stories
In Night Watch: The Vet Suite (Invisible Publishing $19.95), due out in February 2021, Prince George-based Gillian Wigmore explores the… FULL STORY
The ‘burbs
Taryn Hubbard’s first collection of poems, Desire Path (Talonbooks $16.95) speaks to the urge to explore home in the suburbs;… FULL STORY
Fox the potter
One of B.C.’s senior potters, Mary Fox has written: My Life as a Potter: Stories and Techniques (Harbour $44.95), part… FULL STORY
Able to lead
Victoria-based Benjamin Isitt has co-authored with Ravi Malhotra Able to Lead: Disablement, Radicalism, and the Political Life of E.T. Kingsley… FULL STORY
