Western Canada Jewish Book Awards
Five of the six Western Canada Jewish Book Awards were won by British Columbia-based authors. Here are the BC winners…. FULL STORY
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Stumbling toward redemption
Many of the characters in Bill Gaston’s eighth collection, Tunnel Island (Thistledown $24.95), have dark backstories. Others lead unconventional, eccentric… FULL STORY
A hockey origins tale
In a retelling of the origins of hockey through an Indigenous lens, the late Musqueam elder and storyteller, Henry Charles… FULL STORY
Victoria Book Prizes’ new poetry award
The Victoria Book Prizes is introducing the DC Reid Poetry Prize this year to recognize outstanding poets in the Capital… FULL STORY
Bruce McIvor interview
Intro: Aboriginal law expert and advocate for Indigenous rights, Bruce McIvor is also the author of two books that provide… FULL STORY
BC & Yukon Book Prizes 2025
The shortlisted writers for the 41st BC & Yukon Book Prizes has been announced. The winners in the eight categories… FULL STORY
Poetry reading and live music
In honour of National Poetry Month, North Shore-based writer Trevor Carolan (at right) will be reading from his new poetry… FULL STORY
George Ryga Award shortlist – 2025
Once again six authors have been shortlisted for the George Ryga Award, an annual literary prize for a BC writer… FULL STORY
Kit Pearson gets the Woodcock
Kit Pearson (at right) won the Governor General’s Award for English-language children’s literature in 1997. She received the 11th annual… FULL STORY
Stop global warming now
When retired microbiologist W. “Tom” Thomson Martin (at right) hears someone responding to the growing environmental climate catastrophe with the… FULL STORY
BC writers at Jewish Book Fest
STAN LUBIN, author of 123 Very Short Stories from a Very Long Life in Medicine (FriesenPress, 2023) Composed of personal anecdotes,… FULL STORY
Former BC gov’t minister speaks out
The JCC Jewish Book Festival opens Feb. 22 with Selina Robinson (at right) talking about her memoir, Truth Be Told… FULL STORY
Indigenous social work
Stitching Our Stories Together: Journeys Into Indigenous Social Work (University of Regina Press $34.95), due out in February, is a… FULL STORY
A Culinary Journey Through Time
Ann-Lee (at right) and Gordon Switzer met in a poetry class and fell in love over a dish of eggplant… FULL STORY
Flirting with justice
Brian O’Neill (at right) examines the 1990s true crime case in which Vancouverite Gillian Guess served as a juror during… FULL STORY
Strathcona to the Spanish Civil War
For a good introduction to 1930s Vancouver, pick up a copy of David Spaner’s novel, Keefer Street by David Spaner… FULL STORY
Vancouver’s Black lifeguard legend
Ruby Smith Diaz (at right) delves into the story of Serafim “Joe” Fortes, a pioneering Black lifeguard who became a… FULL STORY
Bold plant-based eats
Vancouver-based Linda Purcell’s Veggie Outlaws: Most Wanted Vegan Recipes (Library and Archives Canada $34.95) is a vegan cookbook packed with… FULL STORY
Behind the iron curtain
Author Jadzia Prenosil’s memoir, My Childhood Behind the Iron Curtain (Island Blue Print $19.99) details her childhood in 1960s Communist… FULL STORY
2024 Victoria Book Prize Winners
Local authors Kathryn Mockler (at right) and Raina Delisle emerged winners at the Victoria Book Prizes this year. The City… FULL STORY
