Intertidal poems win contest
The winner of the 2022 Poetry Chapbook Contest run by Salt Spring Island’s Raven Chapbooks is Zoe Dickinson (at right),… FULL STORY
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Vancouver’s Development History
by Sam Sullivan In the 1970s, the winds of social change were blowing, more people were demanding a say and… FULL STORY
2022 champion of free expression
Canada’s Book and Periodical Council has named Victoria-based Robin Stevenson (at right) as the 2022 champion of free expression. Stevenson… FULL STORY
Brainy ideas
The cover image of The Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon’s Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him (Penguin Random House $32.95)… FULL STORY
Extreme bush pilot
Review by Graham Chandler “I had arrived in Canada a broken young man from an old, conservative and academic family,… FULL STORY
Jewish Book Fest finale
Two B.C. authors will be launching books on the last day of the JCC Jewish Book Festival, Tuesday, April 5… FULL STORY
Requiem for the Mayne Queen
Saturna Island’s fledgling publisher, Cliffside Publishing is set to release a third title, Mayne Queen: the passing of a ferry… FULL STORY
Greco on NPR & at Patricia Theatre
Surrey-based Heidi Greco (pictured at right) has been interviewed by National Public Radio about her book Glorious Birds (Anvil, 2020)… FULL STORY
Rachel Rose at JCC Jewish Book Fest
Rachel Rose will be participating in an online short stories event at the JCC Jewish Book Festival next Tuesday, February… FULL STORY
Lily Chow gets OC honour
Award-winning author, historian and multicultural champion, Lily Chow (at right, photo Steve Chow) was appointed as a member of the… FULL STORY
Holocaust Prisoner #42821
George L. Pál is one of the Holocaust writers featured in Out of Hiding: Holocaust Literature of British Columbia (Ronsdale,… FULL STORY
Vicki Jensen, FRCGS
Maritime historian and Vancouver author Vickie Jensen, who recently authored Deep, Dark and Dangerous: The Story of British Columbia’s World-Class… FULL STORY
Frances Peck Q&A
BCBookLook: When did you decide to write your first novel, The Broken Places (Newest $24.95) and how long did it… FULL STORY
Overcoming the myth of normal
Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside activist and physician, Dr. Gabor Maté has co-authored with his son Daniel Maté, The Myth of Normal:… FULL STORY
Saturna Island’s Money family
The publisher of the series, Making a Living on Saturna, David Osborne says when he first met Bill Schermbrucker, a… FULL STORY
37th annual Jewish Book Festival
Several BC authors will be at the 37th annual JCC Jewish Book Festival from February 6 – 10 this year… FULL STORY
Mona Fertig retiring
After thirteen years and 52 books, Mona Fertig, founder of Mother Tongue Publishing (MTP) has announced she will retire at… FULL STORY
Nanaimo author wins U.S. prize
Craig Taylor has won the 2021 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize in the nonfiction category for New Yorkers: A City… FULL STORY
D&M author wins GG
Douglas & McIntyre author, Norma Dunning has won the 2021 General Governor’s Award for Fiction for Tainna: The Unseen Ones… FULL STORY
Tibetan animals
B.C. author, Michael Buckley’s The Snow Leopard’s New Friend: Eco-Tales from Tibet (Sumeru US$34.95) for children aged 8 years and older,… FULL STORY
