Punjabi lit at VPL
Sadhu Binning will read from his latest book on Thursday, May 22, at 7 p.m. in Alma VanDusen Room, Lower… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Surjeet Kalsey honoured
Surjeet Kalsey has been accorded a lifetime achievement award as part of the Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program. The award… FULL STORY
Whelan foresaw Sherpa tragedy
In 2010, Dianne Whelan went to Base Camp on Mount Everest where she interviewed climbers, doctors and Sherpas, who had… FULL STORY
Remembering the Angola War
The civil war in Angola began in 1975 and was long, complicated and bloody — an African equivalent of Viet… FULL STORY
Beggar King by Michelle Barker
In many fantasy stories, special powers come with a price and a responsibility. Sorcery can be dangerous and unpredictable. In… FULL STORY
Misplaced Society Girl
Anyone who has used a honey bucket, had to get a vehicle towed out of the ditch on a muddy… FULL STORY
Lorimer is finalist for Canada Prize
Rowland Lorimer is one of three finalists for this year’s Canada Prize in the Social Sciences. He has been shortlisted… FULL STORY
Petrarch’s correspondence
WHEN: Thursday, April 17 TIME: 7:30 pm WHERE: Simon Fraser University downtown campus, 515 West Hastings Sponsored by the… FULL STORY
Nobel winners on Stonehenge
Dr. Harry Karlinsky, Clinical Professor within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, is about to launch an… FULL STORY
Chief Bev Sellars wins Ryga Award
It wasn’t planned—but the memoir recounting abuse at the St. Joseph’s Residential School was released coincidentally with the proceedings of… FULL STORY
Secrets of the olive revealed
In her forthcoming new book Olive Odyssey: Searching for the Secrets of the Fruit That Seduced the World (Greystone $28.95),… FULL STORY
The Pope’s Bookbinder
The Spanish government commissioned a special binding of a religious text to present to the Pope who was to visit…. FULL STORY
Getting a handle on Ranald
The unparalleled, bizarre and tempestuous life story of Ranald Macdonald has never been successfully told. Don Gayton hopes to be… FULL STORY
A hotbed for young writers turns 50
This year UBC Creative Writing marks its 50th anniversary as the longest, continuously operating department of its kind in Canada…. FULL STORY
The heroic reporter
Prior to Haunting Vancouver, Mike McCardell has already raised more than ninety grand for charity with his nine books. He… FULL STORY
C.C. Humphreys at Salmon Arm
C.C. Humphreys is slated to be one of eight authors featured at the Word on the Lake Festival in Salmon… FULL STORY
The voyage of Komagata Maru
The ship had been chartered for $66,000 by Gurdit Singh Sarhali, a Sikh entrepreneur, as a direct challenge to a… FULL STORY
Lighthouse lit
By Caroline Woodward, photos by Jeff George It all started with a runaway Jack Russell terrier on the open deck… FULL STORY
The good, the bad & the just confused
Lots of authors are discreetly prolific—for lots of reasons. Maybe they’re shy, maybe they’re naïve. Or maybe they’re nostalgic for… FULL STORY
Tilly & her sisters
Has anyone noticed? We’ve had a flurry of books only about the lives of individual First Nations women of BC…. FULL STORY
