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
AUTHORS & BOOKS
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
Gandhi, King & Kaur
January 30th marks the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s death. April 4th marks the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther… FULL STORY
Fidel & BCBW
Thank you very much for including information about Anita’s Revolution in B.C. BookWorld. I sent a copy of it to… FULL STORY
An open and shut case
I have now turned out the lights at the Cadboro Bay Book Company. This is just a note to say… FULL STORY
All the books fit to print
I am happy to support B.C. BookWorld and its continued emphasis on the printed book. I feel there is absolutely… FULL STORY
Wells, far go
Wow! 25 years, congratulations. B.C. BookWorld makes our decades of ferry trips bearable. I always look forward to the latest… FULL STORY
Singh-ing in the rain
I was so pleased to find the in-depth article about Hugh Johnston’s Jewels of the Qila and Kapoor Singh Siddoo’s… FULL STORY
Cocktail
I am thankful to B.C. BookWorld for giving coverage to my book, Fighting Hatred With Love. I feel really encouraged… FULL STORY
Appreciator
Thanks very much for the super lovely spread on Contingency Plan in B.C. BookWorld [Winter]. What a great Christmas gift…. FULL STORY
Keeping alive
A significant vote of thanks to you for keeping the written word alive in the Amazon jungle and a grateful… FULL STORY
Setting the record straight
As a child I didn’t know anything about our history or culture when I received a book by Isabel M…. FULL STORY
Soldier on!
Good on ya, B.C. BookWorld. It’s no mean feat to survive in today’s “book world” with so many readers. My… FULL STORY
Toronto thrilled
I’m the sales and e-marketing coordinator at University of Toronto Press, and we were thrilled to see the blurb in… FULL STORY
Correction
Just wanted to THANK YOU for BookWorld’s inclusion of the article about my self-published novel The Desserts of War. It truly was… FULL STORY
Remembering Jane Rule
For six decades, Jane Vance “Jinx” Rule was one of the most mature, humourous and responsible voices in Canadian letters,… FULL STORY
The life and times of Bill Bissett
After 45 years as a writer and publisher, bill bissett is the first recipient of the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement… FULL STORY
Prodigious Talents: Woodcock & Skelton
George Fetherling, one of Canada’s foremost men of letters, credits two prolific B.C. writers, George Woodcock and Robin Skelton, as… FULL STORY
You can go home again: Eden Robinson, Haisla novelist
The gritty urban world of Eden Robinson’s new novel Blood Sports (M&S), of Kitamaat (pop. 700), the setting for her… FULL STORY
The Life of Brian Brett
Brian Brett’s memoir shows him as a girlish youth and as a Jethro-like character near his woodpile. That duplicity reflects… FULL STORY
