Fostering queer-friendly classrooms
A trans professor from Vancouver, LJ Slovin (at right), followed six trans youth over a year (with some later follow-up)… FULL STORY
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How I ended up writing a political fable … and what I discovered when I did so
by Herschel Hardin Jack in Pemberland (FriesenPress $19.25) is the title of my book, a tale of the discovery of… FULL STORY
Fertig’s new poems
“After decades of publishing other writers, I decided there was still one more book of poetry in me,” writes Mona… FULL STORY
Journalism for everyone
Christopher Cheung (at right) spent his childhood in a multicultural neighbourhood in Vancouver that he believed wasn’t reflected in the… FULL STORY
A publisher for BC
On the way in somebody asked me if I am now the oldest active BC publisher. It’s a shock to… FULL STORY
On the path to reconciliation
by George Melnyk Sandra Hayes-Gardiner’s book, Crossing the River: An unsettling memoir (BixBooks, 2024) is a worthy addition to the memoir… FULL STORY
Alan Twigg’s tribute to Rudolf Vrba
by Guy Bennett Rudolf Vrba (1924-2006) was a Slovak-Jew who escaped from Auschwitz at the age of 19, then co-wrote… FULL STORY
Whistler Book Awards shortlist
The following BC based authors are shortlisted for the 2024 Whistler Independent Book Awards within three categories. The shortlisted nominees… FULL STORY
Afghani flight to freedom
Zia’s Story by Shahnaz Qayumi (Tradewind $14.95) Writing for young readers about the impact of a battle-scarred country on families… FULL STORY
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize winner
John Vaillant (at right) has won the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for Fire Weather: The Making of… FULL STORY
Ryga Award Winners
The 2024 George Ryga award for social awareness is tied between two exemplary BC authors, Helen Knott for Becoming a… FULL STORY
BC & Yukon Book Prizes Shortlist
The following authors and books are competing as finalists within eight categories at the 40th Annual BC and Yukon Book… FULL STORY
100 years of BC books
Howard White (at right) has been Western Canada’s most enduring and influential book publisher during the past fifty years. He… FULL STORY
Ren Louie’s Kidlit Books
Indigenous author Ren Louie (at right) will be publishing a brand-new adaptation of his book for children from 6 to… FULL STORY
De Castell’s new fantasy release
Sebastien de Castell is set to release the first book of his new fantasy series in April, Play of Shadows… FULL STORY
Manolis nominated for Polish Award
Manolis Aligizakis, Cretan-Canadian Poet, author and translator has been shortlisted for the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award, a prestigious prize… FULL STORY
William Gibson gets the Woodcock
International bestseller of speculative fiction, and the author credited with inventing the term “cyberspace,” William Gibson will be presented with… FULL STORY
Naqvi makes her debut
Pakistani-Canadian writer Zehra Naqvi’s (at right) debut book of poems and prose, The Knot of My Tongue (McClelland & Stewart… FULL STORY
Lynn Johnston’s new books
Lynn Johnston (at right), famous for her comic strip For Better or For Worse, which was published in more than… FULL STORY
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BOOK EXCERPT In his 40 years of experience working on sustainable urban design, UBC architecture and planning professor Patrick Condon… FULL STORY
