BC Poets dominate LCP awards

Three BC poets have been shortlisted for the 2022 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award sponsored by the League of Canadian Poets:… FULL STORY

2022 BC & Yukon Book Prizes

The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced the names of the finalists vying for recognition in eight categories at… FULL STORY

BC poet shortlisted for Griffin prize

Shortlisted writers for Canada’s richest poetry prize, the Griffin Poetry Prize include B.C.’s Tolu Oloruntoba for his debut collection, The… FULL STORY

Two BC writers shortlisted for prize

B.C. writers, Joanna Chui (at right) and Jody Wilson-Raybould have been shortlisted for the 2022 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political… FULL STORY

Morton gets Ryga Award

Alexandra Morton’s story of her lifelong struggle, Not On My Watch: How a Renegade Whale Biologist Took on Governments and… FULL STORY

Talonbooks Spring launch

Four poets will appear in person to launch new work at Talonbooks Spring launch: bill bissett, Ivan Drury, Jónína Kirton,… FULL STORY

Spring poetry reading

The Federation of BC Writers has scheduled its monthly poetry reading session, In/Verse this April with Susan Alexander (at right)… FULL STORY

Robin Hood comes out of the forest

The social critic Stan Persky once described Alan Twigg (at right) as “the Robin Hood of Canadian Literature.” Now the… FULL STORY

2022 Ryga Award shortlist

The shortlist for the 2022 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature, in alphabetical order, is: * Francis, Daniel…. FULL STORY

A Zoom evening with Trevor Carolan

On April 7, at 7 pm, author and poet Trevor Carolan will introduce and read poems from his latest poetry… FULL STORY

Proverbs wins history award

Author Wendy Proverbs of Victoria has won the Jeanne Clarke Local History Award for her book Aggie and Mudgy: The… FULL STORY

The quiet Patrick Lane

Coming three years after Patrick Lane’s death in 2019, The Quiet in Me: Poems (Harbour $18.95) is a collection of… FULL STORY

Betts wins Stuart-Stubbs

Dr. Gregory Betts is the 2022 recipient of the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia for… FULL STORY

Whistler Fest announces new director

Filmmaker and author Rebecca Wood Barrett is the new head of the Whistler Writers Festival, taking over from founder, Stella… FULL STORY

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

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