Thane McLellan dies at 68
Remembered by many in the B.C. book trade as an affable bookseller for the Duthie Books chain, Philip Thane McLennan… FULL STORY
Bookselling & Libraries
Sim donates to libraries & galleries
Author, editor and self-publisher Gary Sim has completed a series of donations to arts organizations in 2014. Recipients included the… FULL STORY
A borrower and a lender be
The response to an article in B.C. BookWorld [The Roving Bookseller] about David Ellis has prompted Ellis to speak his… FULL STORY
Bumper crop for “Bazzies”
Judging is now underway for the third annual Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia to be… FULL STORY
District celebrates half-century
In celebration of 50 years of library service on the North Shore, North Vancouver District Public Library has published Fifty!… FULL STORY
Hugh’s News #5 Munro’s Books sold
HUGH’S NEWS #5 HOT NEWS – MUNRO’S BOOKS HAS NEW OWNERS Munro’s Books, the longtime Victoria bookstore associated with Canada’s… FULL STORY
Ivy’s celebrates 50 years in Oak Bay
The late Ivy Mickelson’s spirit will doubtless preside during the festivities to mark the 50th year of independent bookselling at… 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
Paul Whitney on eBooks
Paul Whitney has completed a new report for Canada Council son the potential impact of eBooks. eBOOKS ARE: 1. TECHNOLOGICAL… FULL STORY
Stealing Atwood: Ebooks in Public Libraries
Michael Elcock of Sooke is the non-fiction author of A Perfectly Beautiful Place and Writing on Stone. He has written… FULL STORY
“We’re distinct, too”: Woodcock’s history of B.C.
Born in Winnipeg and raised in England, George Woodcock came to BC to farm near Sooke in 1949. Following a… FULL STORY
Little Sister’s no longer guilty until proven innocent
From 1986 to 1996 a humble West End bookstore challenged Canada Customs on the discriminatory censorship its agents exercised when… FULL STORY
Goodbye Octopii
The first location of Octopus Books was opened in 1977 by P.R. Brown and her partner Jules Comeault. It quickly… FULL STORY
Remembering Václav Havel
On a lovely sunny Fall day in October 2011 in Prague, stomach I wrote the following note for a Czech… FULL STORY
Jim Munro Honoured
The Association of Book Publishers of BC is delighted to announce that Jim Munro of Munro’s Books will receive the… FULL STORY
Betty Keller
For seven summers Betty Keller has placed her own writing career on hold to mastermind one of the most successful… FULL STORY
Warren Tallman
Veering Off Down Goof Lane [Georgia Straight, symptoms Vol. 12 No. 535, 1978] Warren Tallman was on the committee that… FULL STORY
Remembering R2B2: A Naïf’s Story
In the mid-Eighties I worked at Octopus West, a wonderful used bookstore in the 2100 block of West 4th in… FULL STORY
