Victoria Book Prize winners
For her 11th title, Pauline Holdstock (at right) has won the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize for Confessions with Keith:… FULL STORY
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BC books win Moonbeams
The Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards recognize and reward books that support childhood literacy and life-long reading. Three BC-authored books earned… FULL STORY
Victoria Book Prizes
The $5,000 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize, now in its 20th year, is awarded to a Greater Victoria author… FULL STORY
EXCERPT – Dead West: a novel
In 2021, Richards published the first title in her “The Ending” series about a woman who becomes a hired killer,… FULL STORY
Klein at Van Writers Fest
New York Times bestselling author, activist and UBC professor, Naomi Klein will be at the upcoming Vancouver Writers Festival promoting… FULL STORY
Vaillant speaks with Leslie Anthony
The Whistler Writers Festival will be presenting best-selling author, John Vaillant (at right, photo by by Ian Hinkle) at this… FULL STORY
Van Book Award shortlist
The annual City of Vancouver Book Award has released its shortlist for 2023, including poetry, fiction, memoir, an art book… FULL STORY
SCWES Book Award winners
Founded by the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Association, organizers for the inaugural SCWES Book Awards for BC Authors have… FULL STORY
Jay’s Story
EXCERPT Sharing Our Journeys 2 – Queer BIPOC Elders Tell Their Stories (Filidh Publishing $20.50) edited by Ron Kearse Ron… FULL STORY
Poems on buses
The line-up for the 2023/24 Poetry in Transit program, sponsored by the Association of Book Publishers of BC (Books BC),… FULL STORY
Fisher gets history award
Historian, academic and author, Robin Fisher (pictured at right) has been awarded the 2022 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing… FULL STORY
Chileans remember the coup
Almost fifty years ago on September 11, 1973 a military coup took place in Chile, resulting in President Salvador Allende’s… FULL STORY
George Bowering’s books
by George Bowering There was a time when I lived in a huge house in Kerrisdale, with seven of the… FULL STORY
Darrel J. McLeod’s debut fiction
Nehiyaw (Cree) writer Darrel McLeod made a big splash with his first two memoirs, Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age… FULL STORY
New grant for poets of modest means
The Writers’ Trust has announced the establishment of the DC Reid Poets’ Grant. The new program will anonymously deliver grants… FULL STORY
Sasquatch researcher bio
Stories of Sasquatch, also known as Bigfoot, endure in popular culture, Indigenous stories and folklore. People continue to report sightings… FULL STORY
BC creators win Indigenous award
Author Samantha Beynon and illustrator Lucy Trimble were recognized at the sixth annual Indigenous Voices Awards (IVAs) in the Published… FULL STORY
Gary Geddes at hybrid poetry reading
Derek Beaulieu of Banff, Alberta and Gary Geddes of Thetis Island, BC will read from their recent poetry collections at… FULL STORY
BC foodie memoir up for award
Gabriola Island’s Margot Fedoruk (at right) has been shortlisted for the 2023 Taste Canada Awards in the Culinary Narrative category…. FULL STORY
Spring reading event
As part of its year-round programming, the Whistler Writers Festival is holding its spring event on June 15, which combines… FULL STORY
