Mediate, don’t litigate
Going to court to settle a disagreement is expensive and unpredictable according to a seasoned lawyer of 34 years, David… FULL STORY
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B.C. authors at Jewish Book Fest
The 36th Annual JCC Jewish Book Festival scheduled for February includes several B.C. authors: Yosef Wosk, Seth Klein, Bonnie Sherr Klein, Rae Mate, Myriam… FULL STORY
Okanagan author reading
Two Okanagan authors, Hannah Calder (right) and Michael V. Smith will read from, and discuss their work virtually at an… FULL STORY
Memoir as poetry
Sharon Thesen (pictured) has co-authored with Janet Gallant a long poem about Gallant’s life, The Wig-Maker (New Star $16), due… FULL STORY
David Robinson (1947 – 2020)
With the encouragement of an exceptional English teacher named Harry Locke (also a formative influence on several B.C. authors) the… FULL STORY
Cecil Paul 1931 – 2020
Also known by his Xenaksiala name, Wa’xaid, Cecil Paul (right) was one of the last fluent speakers of his people’s… FULL STORY
Chocolate Lily award 2020 nominees
Sari Cooper, author of The Horse of the River (Harbour $12.95) is one of this year’s nominees for the B.C…. FULL STORY
2020 WCJ book awards
The B.C. winners at the Western Canada Jewish Book Awards this year include: Rhea Tregabov (right), who took the Nancy… FULL STORY
Selby gets U.S. recognition
Cranbrook public librarian and BC BookWorld reviewer Mike Selby’s (right) book Freedom Libraries: The Untold Story of Libraries for African… FULL STORY
The ecstasy of Michelle Good
The phenomenon of truthfully representing Indigenous realities in Canada started with Summerland playwright George Ryga’s The Ecstasy of Rita Joe,… FULL STORY
The Tolstoy you didn’t know
Leo Tolstoy’s role as the world’s first global thinker is brought to light with the release of Tolstoy’s Words To… FULL STORY
Hope is an activist
How Hope Became an Activist (Dixi Books UK $19.99) is George Johnson’s picture book for kids about sweat-shop labour and… FULL STORY
The great Mifflin Gibbs
The first non-fiction book about B.C.’s black pioneers, Crawford Kilian’s (pictured at right) Go Do Some Great Thing (Harbour $26.95), concentrates… FULL STORY
Dagnino’s novel now an audiobook
The audiobook of Arianna Dagnino’s novel The Afrikaner (Guernica $20), set in Namibia and South Africa and reviewed in BC… FULL STORY
From moccasins to the Green Party
A member of the Ktunaza First Nations of the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers region of British Columbia, Earl Einarson, formerly… FULL STORY
Writing about community
A writing workshop focused on people writing about community will be held Nov. 28 and 29 at the Slocan Lake… FULL STORY
Chow celebration
When award-winning author, historian and multicultural champion Lily Chow announced she would be retiring from the New Pathways to Gold… FULL STORY
Discrimination and profiling
Firebird by Glen Huser (Ronsdale $12.95) Review by Sage Birchwater After Canada entered World War One as an ally to… FULL STORY
Seeking ‘Gold Mountain’
Photo: Dukesang & wife Lin, courtesy Victor Calvin Hoe. “For over three weeks we have been docked in the harbour… FULL STORY
Victoria Book Prizes winners
Lorna Crozier (at right) and Mark Leiren-Young have been announced as the 2020 Victoria Book Prizes winners. Crozier took the… FULL STORY
