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
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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
Kirton & Brown fireside chat
The Federation of BC Writers will feature poets Jónína Kirton and Michelle Poirier Brown (at right) on its May 14… FULL STORY
Word on the Lake’s 20th Anniversary
At a one-day, writer’s workshop in Sorrento, BC in 2002, the late author, Jack Whyte dared to imagine something bigger…. FULL STORY
Fiction at the Jewish Book Fest
HUMOUR Sun Feb 12, 3:00 pm at White Rock South Surrey JCC 3033 King George Blvd, Surrey … FULL STORY
Tsering Yangzom Lama and TRAS
Join the Trans-Himalayan Aid Society (TRAS), which was started by George Woodcock in 1962, in a conversation with author Tsering… FULL STORY
P.W. Bridgman on creativity
Date: Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 Time: 7pm PST – The program will be approximately 1 hour. Location: Zoom meeting – link will… FULL STORY
BC’s Isaac a Giller Prize judge
Brian Thomas Isaac, the BC author of All the Quiet Places (Touchwood, 2021) is one of this year’s judges for… FULL STORY
Writing a Ukrainian Saga at This Time
By Diana Stevan (pictured reading) When I heard the news that Russia had invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, I… FULL STORY
Connecting through photography
At a free event at the Jewish Community Centre, as part of the Jewish Book Festival, Yosef Wosk (at right)… FULL STORY
FBCW live poetry event
Neil Surkan (at right) will host an afternoon of online poetry via Zoom on Saturday, January 14 at 2 pm,… FULL STORY
Jewish Book Festival update
The JCC Jewish Book Festival (Feb. 11-16, 2023) is bringing authors from across Canada, USA, Israel and Germany for in-person… FULL STORY
Anne Cameron: a voice like no other
Anne Cameron, a British Columbia original, was born in Nanaimo, B.C. on August 20, 1938, and she died of bacterial… FULL STORY
Junie Désil & Alisha Davidson chat
The Federation of BC Writers’ next Fireside Chat event will feature poet Junie Désil (at right) and special guest host… FULL STORY
