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
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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
WIBA 2023 shortlist
The shortlisted nominees for the 2023 Whistler Independent Book Awards (WIBA) are: The fiction nominees are: Renny DeGroot for Heritage House… FULL STORY
First Nations’ land & water
Award-winning author, Katherine Palmer Gordon (at right) will be launching her new book This Place Is Who We Are (Harbour… FULL STORY
Methodist rez schools
At a reading in Nanaimo, local historian Robert Janning will be giving out free copies of his new book The… FULL STORY
Western Canada Jewish Book Awards
The following winners of the 2023 Western Canada Jewish Book Awards were announced on June 24: For Fiction (Nancy Richler… FULL STORY
BC book wins maritime award
Robert G. Allan (pictured at right) and Peter A. Robson have won the 2023 John Lyman Book Award in the… FULL STORY
Chocolate Lily winners
Here are the 2023 Chocolate Lily Awards: -Novel Category: My Best Friend is Extinct (Orca $10.95) by Rebecca Wood Barrett (pictured… FULL STORY
BC poet wins Canada-Japan Award
Matsuki Masutani (pictured at right) of Denman Island has won a Canada-Japan Literary Award this year for his poetry book… FULL STORY
Denman Writers Fest turns 20
By Howard Stewart The Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival is on again this year, from Friday July 21 to… FULL STORY
