Purdy Poetry Prize

“BC poet, Susan Musgrave (l.) is one of three judges for the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize. Submission deadline is Nov. 30, 2025. See more info here.FULL STORY



 

 

 

AUTHORS & BOOKS

Like mother, like daughter

Annie Watts’s second cookbook, beHealthy Cookbook (Port Alberni: AWL Publishing $20), provides 14 reduced-calorie menu plans (just 1,680 calories each)… FULL STORY

Reclaiming Haida Gwaii

Louise Takeda is a Research Affiliate with the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance. Her Master’s degree in Environment and Development… FULL STORY

Marinetti & Mussolini

Richard Cavell, among other things, is the first Canadian to have taught Canadian Literature at the University of Padua. His… FULL STORY

Sister to the rescue

After Dayle Campbell Gaetz’ 2013 novel, Taking the Reins, won a Moonbeam Gold Award for historical fiction, she will follow… FULL STORY

Not a bear or bare lady

Rosella Leslie’s The Cougar Lady: Legendary Trapper of Sechelt Inlet (Caitlin $22.95 pieces together the life story of Asta Bergliot… FULL STORY

The GG’s like BC

Dominating in the GG poetry category were three poets from Victoria and Vancouver including: Christopher Levenson (Vancouver) – Night Vision… FULL STORY

Innocence withheld

Labour lawyer Joan McEwen describes Henry’s nightmarish journey towards freedom in her remarkable new book, Innocence on Trial: The Framing… FULL STORY

Szanto clauses

George Szanto will launch his new novel Whatever Lola Wants (Brindle & Glass $19.95) at the library on Gabriola Island… FULL STORY

Lessons from the hive

Many have expressed grave concern over the collapse of honeybee colonies worldwide; few want to take responsibility for this calamity…. FULL STORY

100 Years of Submarines

To commemorate the centenary of Canada’s First World War, former submariner and author Robert W. Mackay will talk about our… FULL STORY

Elizabeth the First

Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May believes Canada under the leadership of Stephen Harper has been suffering from an identity… FULL STORY

Knit picking

Here Sylvia Olsen recalls the origins of her latest book, Knitting Stories (Sono Nis). A few years ago, while I… FULL STORY

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