Good wins award for first novel
Michelle Good has won the 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award for Five Little Indians (Harper Collins, 2020). The prize,… FULL STORY
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TRU prof recognized for kidlit
How Hope became An Activist (Dixi Books UK, 2020), a picture book for kids on the issues of sweat-shop labour… FULL STORY
Having a baby
With extra time on their hands during the pandemic, Jhenifer Pabillano and her friend Sarah Chan reconnected (remotely) with 27… FULL STORY
simpson up for award
Poet jaye simpson has been shortlisted for a 2021 Indigenous Voices award in the Published Poetry in English category for… FULL STORY
Living with autism
by Terrance James April was Autism Month. I have a grandchild on the autism spectrum and was keen to read… FULL STORY
UBC Faculty of Medicine at 70
Review by George Szasz CM, MD Dreamers, Skeptics and Healers: The Story of BC’s Medical School by Wendy Cairns, John… FULL STORY
Armenian longing
A descendent of Armenian genocide survivors, SFU professor Celeste Nazeli Snowber explores the relationship between longing, belonging and identity in… FULL STORY
James Heneghan 1930 – 2021
Born in Liverpool on October 7, 1930, James Heneghan came to Vancouver in 1957 where he eventually began writing fiction… FULL STORY
Two ships & Canadian sovereignty
The legendary ship, St. Roch is famous for its 1940s west-east traverse of the Northwest Passage made to ensure Arctic… FULL STORY
One life, 110 pages
Matsuki Masutani of Denman Island covers a lot of ground in I will be more myself in the next world… FULL STORY
Christmas wins the Sheri-D Wilson
Vancouver poet Jillian Christmas has won the 2021 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award, which honours an established Canadian poet with… FULL STORY
Not-so-pretty haiku
“Lots of people think of cherry blossoms when they think of haiku,” says Isabella Mori in a recent post from… FULL STORY
Laurence takes the Wyman
Visual arts critic Robin Laurence has won the 2021 Max Wyman Award in Critical Writing. Robin Laurence is an independent… FULL STORY
Mynett wins Ryga Award
Vancouver author Geoff Mynett has won the 2021 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature for Service on the… FULL STORY
Ryga Award shortlist
The five B.C. authors shortlisted for the 2021 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature are: Jean Barman for… FULL STORY
Two pieces of cloth and freedom
“For as long as I can remember, I have thought of the Holocaust every day.” — Joe Gold David Goldberger always… FULL STORY
Campbell wins Stuart-Stubbs Prize
SFU professor, Lara Campbell (right) has won the 2021 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia for… FULL STORY
Whistler Indie Book Awards open
Entries for the 2021 Whistler Independent Book Awards are now being accepted. Entries will close April 30, 2021. The Whistler… FULL STORY
Bonnie Sherr Klein
Bonnie Sherr Klein (right, photo courtesy of NFB) was born in Philadelphia on April 1, 1941 and immigrated to Canada… FULL STORY
Perilous times
After receiving award nominations for his first two books of short stories, retired journalist, Don McLellan has released his third… FULL STORY
