Barman wins 21st Woodcock Award
B is for Barman Jean Barman is the 21st recipient of the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award for an outstanding… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Cedar, totems, Jewitt & other gifts
Hilary Stewart (November 3, 1924 – June 5, 2014) by Vickie Jensen Hilary was both a close friend and a… FULL STORY
Dulai’s migrant ship
After a long gestation period, Phinder Dulai’s third book of poetry examines the infamous Komagata Maru “incident” in the Vancouver… FULL STORY
Webb sights
Having edited and written the introduction for Phyllis Webb’s Selected Poems (Talonbooks 1971), John F. Hulcoop has stayed the course,… FULL STORY
Muckle gets third edition
As a follow-up to Wilson Duff’s seminal Indian History of British Columbia, Robert J. Muckle’s overview of B.C.’s First Nations… FULL STORY
Hugh’s News #2
Congratulations to Vancouver’s Renée Saklikar whose much-shortlisted and bestselling Children of Air India (Nightwood) was chosen best poetry book in… FULL STORY
Yours truly, Vincent
By the time Vincent van Gogh died at age thirty-seven in 1890, he had written about one thousand letters, mostly… FULL STORY
Manolis launch for Autumn Leaves
Originally written in Greek, Manolis’ lastest collection of poems, Autumn Leaves (Ekstasis $23.95) has been printed in an en face… FULL STORY
Hugh’s News #3 Blanche Howard
Condolences to the family and fans of North Vancouver novelist Blanche Howard, who died at the age of 91 on… FULL STORY
Giardini new SFU Chancellor
Anne Giardini has become the first B.C. author chosen to be the Chancellor of a university. Giardini was installed as… FULL STORY
Adams’ fourth Whitewater cookbook
Shelley and Mike Adams are the former owners of the Whitewater ski hill near Nelson, B.C. There she ran the… FULL STORY
Yahgulanaas at Indian Summer
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas will be speaking at Indian Summer: A Festival of Arts, Ideas and Diversity in Vancouver this July…. FULL STORY
“Letters made Canlit into an institution”
Venerable poets Earle Birney and Al Purdy were kindred spirits who developed a friendship through letters. Both were dedicated literary… FULL STORY
The Doctor is back
A civil rights lawyer in Richmond, Robert Friedland has had two stories selected to be read on CBC’s The Vinyl… FULL STORY
Remembering Hilary Stewart
It is with sadness we must note the passing on June 5 of the renowned BC artist and author Hilary… FULL STORY
Oliver wins Lowther Award
Alexandra Oliver is the winner of this year’s $1,000 Pat Lowther Memorial Award for the best book of poetry by… FULL STORY
Morton & Fertig deserve OBCs
B.C. authors are everywhere… First of all, it’s nice to see an online poll from The Tyee people inviting public… FULL STORY
Barman named 21st Woodcock winner
Jean Barman will receive the 21st annual George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award for an exemplary literary career at the central… FULL STORY
Interviewing the interviewer
Joseph Planta has spent ten years building a collection of hundreds of audio interviews with artists, authors, stuff journalists, and… FULL STORY
O is for Osler
One of the earliest bedtime stories Sanford Osler can recall was Holling C. Holling’s Paddle-to-the-Sea about a First Nations boy… FULL STORY
