Elvis is in the trailer park
Leslie Gentile of Brentwood Bay has published her debut kidlit novel Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer (Cormorant $13.95)… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Dear Ivan
For an inveterate traveler and performer like Ivan Coyote, the Covid-19 pandemic initially proved to be confining. The non-binary writer… FULL STORY
Mystery in the keynote of Beethoven
Novelist Melanie Jackson has written over 15 mysteries for young people, often using a theme like the five she titled… FULL STORY
The courageous parents
After two books of poetry and a chapbook, Nelson-based Jane Byers has written a memoir, Small Courage: A Queer Memoir… FULL STORY
Surviving a drunk driver
After getting hit head-on by a serial drunk driver as she was driving home to Nelson in 2013, performer, singer,… FULL STORY
A Syrian meal for cheer
Vancouver author, activist and former Syrian refugee, Danny Ramadan has published his first children’s book, Salma the Syrian Chef (Annick… FULL STORY
Oy Vey! shortlist
Susin Nielsen’s Princess Puffybottom and Darryl (Penguin Random House $21.99) has been shortlisted for a 2020 Joan Betty Stuchner –… FULL STORY
Heal thyself and your relationship
The Telling Method (Self-published $24.95), Robert Ziegler’s second novel, explores a relationship between two writers, both with mental health conditions,… FULL STORY
B.C. authors win First nation awards
Richard Van Camp (right) has won the 2020 CODE Burt Award in the English Language category (worth $6,000) for Moccasin… FULL STORY
The River Answers
Bowen Island poet Jude Neale’s eighth collection of poems, The River Answers (Ekstasis $23.95) is “full of questions that make… FULL STORY
Battling Great Old Ones
Monsters! Mini-subs! H.P. Lovecraft reading poetry at Pender Harbour’s Egmont pub on open mic night! These all feature in David… FULL STORY
Race & politics in education
Kogila Moodley has written Race, Culture, and Politics in Education: A Global Journey From South Africa (TCP, Columbia University Press… FULL STORY
Big reader
A lifelong reader of books, always with a book on the go, Victoria-based Susan Olding has written a collection of… FULL STORY
Poetry writing workshop
Cynthia Sharp will present a Zoom poetry writing workshop on April 14, 4 – 5 pm PST: “Communing with Nature.”… FULL STORY
Beat reading
Deep Cove author, Trevor Carolan is set to be part of a new YouTube Spotlight concert series when he livestreams… FULL STORY
Mountain culture
Kamloops-based George M. Johnson has published his second picture book for kids, Marisa and the Mountains (Simply Read $21.95) about… FULL STORY
Surfer dude
Photographer Marcus Paladino struggles to explain in words why he specializes in taking pictures of surfers on Vancouver Island’s west… FULL STORY
Teenage friendship
Vancouver Island-based LS Stone’s debut YA novel, What’s in it for Me? (Rebel Mountain $13.95) is about teen friends, Nick… FULL STORY
Loneliness and alcohol
Burnaby’s Aidan Chafe follows up his first collection of poetry Short Histories of Light (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016) with Gospel Drunk (University of Alberta… FULL STORY
2022 Bressani Literary Prize
The Association of Italian-Canadian Writers (AICW) has announced the 2022 edition of the biennial F.G. Bressani Literary Prize. The following… FULL STORY
