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
AUTHORS & BOOKS
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
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
