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
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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
Wasserman wins the Wyman
Theatre critic, author and actor Jerry Wasserman is the winner of this year’s Max Wyman Award in Critical Writing. The… FULL STORY
W. Canada Jewish book awards
BC authors dominated this year’s shortlists for the Western Canada Jewish Book Awards. ALAN TWIGG (pictured at right) was nominated… FULL STORY
What’s in a name?
Kumtuks (Chinook word for “knowledge”) has posted a new video about the Vancouver School Board’s approach to BC History. The… FULL STORY
Twigg takes the 20th Ryga Award
The recipient of this year’s George Ryga Award for a BC writer who has achieved an outstanding degree of social… FULL STORY
Oy Vey! awards & BC authors
The Joan Betty Stuchner — Oy Vey! — Funniest Children’s Book Award committee has shortlisted four BC authors this year…. FULL STORY
Ryga Award shortlist
Five writers have been shortlisted for the 2023 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature (Ryga pictured at right)…. FULL STORY
Musgrave gets Woodcock Award
Nominated for three Governor General’s Awards, Susan Musgrave’s witty, observant and insightful work has received much recognition including the $20,000… FULL STORY
BC’s newest publisher
BC BookWorld interviews Wendy Atkinson who has taken over Ronsdale Press after the passing of publisher Ron Hatch. An arts… FULL STORY
Poems line by line
An upcoming author talk by Renée Sarojini Saklikar (at right), sponsored by the Canadian Authors Association, reviews her poetry and… FULL STORY
Poetry and music chapbook launch
Isabella Mori (at right) will be launching her chapbook Not So Pretty Haiku at an event called Enchanted Plants, Enchanted… FULL STORY
Amos wins Stuart-Stubbs prize
Victoria’s Robert Amos has won the 2023 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia for E.J. Hughes:… FULL STORY
The making of a philanthropist
What makes a soldier? What makes a business mind? What makes a philanthropist? Terry Salman (at right) tells all in… FULL STORY
