Scholar-turned-philanthropist-turned-art-collector-turned-writer/philosopher, Yosef Wosk will be launching his first collection of non-fiction, Naked in a Pyramid: Travels and Observations (Anvil $22)… FULL STORY
Joanna Streetly (at right) won the FBCW Literary Contest Poetry Award for her piece, Ringtone. Streetly’s work is published in… FULL STORY
THE PROLOGUE EVENT: BOOK LAUNCH Ordinary, Extraordinary: My Father’s Life by Bernard Pinsky January 28, 2024 | 1-3 PM |… FULL STORY
Two BC mid-career authors were recognized as this year’s Writers’ Trust Award Winners for their remarkable bodies of work and… FULL STORY
For his book, Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast (Knopf $38), John Valliant of Vancouver has won the UK’s… FULL STORY
Prince George poet and publisher, Barry McKinnon died on October 30. His collection, Pulplog (Caitlin, 1991) won the 1992 Dorothy… FULL STORY
This year’s editions of the Best Canadian Series, a compilation of essays, poetry and short fiction published by Biblioasis, include… FULL STORY
Duane Lawrence’s (at right) kidlit, Sammy Squirrel & Rodney Raccoon: A Stanley Park Tale (Granville Island Publishing, 2007) has captured… FULL STORY
Frances Peck (at right) and Ruth DyckFehderau will be launching their latest novels Uncontrolled Flight (NeWest $24.95) and I (Athena)… FULL STORY
Margot Fedoruk (at right), has won the Taste Canada Food Writing Silver award in the Culinary Narratives category for… FULL STORY
Tom Stewart (at right) has won The Whistler Independent Book Award for Fiction for his first novel, Immortal North (Lucky… FULL STORY
The 2023 George Woodcock Award winner, Susan Musgrave (at right), has racked up more honors, including being shortlisted in this… FULL STORY
For her 11th title, Pauline Holdstock (at right) has won the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize for Confessions with Keith:… FULL STORY
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
The $5,000 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize, now in its 20th year, is awarded to a Greater Victoria author… FULL STORY
In 2021, Richards published the first title in her “The Ending” series about a woman who becomes a hired killer,… FULL STORY
New York Times bestselling author, activist and UBC professor, Naomi Klein will be at the upcoming Vancouver Writers Festival promoting… FULL STORY
The Whistler Writers Festival will be presenting best-selling author, John Vaillant (at right, photo by by Ian Hinkle) at this… FULL STORY
The annual City of Vancouver Book Award has released its shortlist for 2023, including poetry, fiction, memoir, an art book… FULL STORY
Founded by the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Association, organizers for the inaugural SCWES Book Awards for BC Authors have… FULL STORY
