Phyllis Webb (1927 – 2021)
Poet Phyllis Webb, who received the 1999 George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award for an Outstanding Literary Career in British Columbia,… FULL STORY
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Bloodroot – take 2
Betsy Warland, one of Canada’s leading feminist writers of creative non-fiction, prose and poetry, has released a second edition of… FULL STORY
Lee Maracle 1950 – 2021
One of the first Indigenous writers in Canada to publish fiction, Lee Maracle died at the age of 71 on… FULL STORY
The Cree word for …
UBC assistant professor, Dallas Hunt’s debut collection of poetry, Creeland (Nightwood $18.95) plunges readers into Indigenous lifeworlds with commonplace everyday… FULL STORY
Psychedelic psychiatry
Vancouver’s Jesse Donaldson (right) has co-authored with Saskatoon-based Erika Dyck, The Acid Room: The Psychedelic Trials and Tribulations of Hollywood… FULL STORY
Mines is Yiddish Book Center pick
“The Rivals” and Other Stories by Jonah Rosenfeld, translated from the Yiddish by Rachel Mines, has been selected by the… FULL STORY
Twenty-five years of Poetry in Transit
Some of the most eye-catching reading material on Vancouver’s public transit is displayed on the poetry posters that occasionally appear… FULL STORY
Playwright recounts mental illness
Filmmaker, playwright and mental-health advocate Kagan Goh (at right) has released his debut memoir, Surviving Samsara: A Memoir of Breakdowns,… FULL STORY
3 thrillers at the Vancouver Writers Fest
British Columbia is blessed with a plethora of talented authors who write thrillers and speculative fiction. The Vancouver Writers Fest… FULL STORY
Evolution of a trilogy
With the publication on October 15 of My Two-Faced Luck (Now or Never, 2021) that examines the queer life of… FULL STORY
Victoria Book Prize finalists
Two authors will come away with awards from the City of Victoria Book Prizes on the evening of Sunday, October… FULL STORY
B.C. writers galore at VWF
In its upcoming hybrid mix of in-person and digital events, the Vancouver Writers Fest features a diverse line-up of authors… FULL STORY
This little bear went to Stanley Park
Kathleen Sheridan Russell has published a book, with illustrations by Lucy Watson, about a bear that accidentally fell asleep in… FULL STORY
Adventures with words
UBC professor of statistics, Dr. Jonathan Berkowitz is perhaps better known as the Word Guy on CBC Radio’s North by… FULL STORY
Emerg department myths & facts
More than 15 million people visit a hospital emergency department in Canada every year. But did they need to go… FULL STORY
Whistler Writers Fest 2021
The 2021 Whistler Writers Festival has released a reading list for its 20th festival including B.C. authors such as Gail… FULL STORY
Celebrating Haida culture
Jigging for Halibut with Tsinii (HighWater Press, 2021) and Learning to Carve Argillite (HighWater Press, 2021), due out September 28,… FULL STORY
Kogawa House poems & pix
Bowen Island’s Jude Neale is set to release a collection of poetry and photography produced from her stint as a… FULL STORY
Heritage classic gets update
Art Downs (1924 – 1996) may be known as one of the forefathers of the B.C. publishing industry for founding… FULL STORY
A new epic fantasy
Renée Sarojini Saklikar has published an epic fantasy told in verse: Bramah and the Beggar Boy (Nightwood $26.95). Ten years… FULL STORY
