Galiano boasts some of B.C.’s best

GALIANO ISLAND BOOKS TO HOST SIXTH ANNUAL GALIANO LITERARY FESTIVAL The SIXTH ANNUAL Galiano Literary Festival, to be held February… FULL STORY

Three B.C. poets up for Pat Lowther

Three B.C. poets have been shortlisted for the 2021 Pat Lowther Memorial Award: Cicely Belle Blain (at right) for Burning… FULL STORY

Sanford Blade up for two awards

Susan Sanford Blades of Victoria has won the ReLit Award for Fiction for her novel, Fake It So Real (Nightwood… FULL STORY

BC & Yukon Book Prizes Shortlist

The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced the names of the finalists for the 37th Annual BC & Yukon… FULL STORY

Fed’s new president

The Federation of British Columbia Writers has elected Jacqueline Carmichael as its new president. She replaces Keith Liggett, who stepped down… FULL STORY

Mutonji’s quest for balance

“There is a humungous amount of emotional labour that comes from being a writer of colour,” says Téa Mutonji. “In… FULL STORY

Chantal Gibson wins Lowther Award

Chantal Gibson’s debut book of poetry, How She Read (Caitlin $20), has won the Pat Lowther Memorial Award presented annually,… FULL STORY

From tar paper to wars & books

Grand Chief Ron Derrickson describes his memoir due in October, Fight or Submit: Standing Tall in Two World (ECW 2020),… FULL STORY

Sierra Club’s Pinch wins Ryga

Since 2004, the annual George Ryga Award has been presented to a B.C. writer who has achieved an outstanding degree… FULL STORY

Bowering wins the Woodcock

It had to happen sooner or later. The ever-prolific George Bowering—who used to borrow George Woodcock’s tape recorder back in… FULL STORY

2020 Jewish Book Festival

BOOK LAUNCH IN THE WALDMAN LIBRARY Wednesday February 12 | 2:00–3:00pm GLORIA LEVI / Kissing an Old Dream Goodbye: A Memoir… FULL STORY

Wheeler dealers

Jesse Donaldson’s new book, Land of Destiny: A History of Vancouver Real Estate (Anvil $20) will be launched December 19…. FULL STORY

Portrait of a harrowing past

Helen Knott has made the longlist for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize for Non-Fiction for her first book In My… FULL STORY

Williams wins Giller

UBC assistant professor of poetry in the Creative Writing program, Ian Williams is $100,000 richer having won the lucrative Scotiabank… FULL STORY

Kogawa’s new story app

Vancouver’s Joy Kogawa has embraced the latest story-telling technology with her new narrative, East of the Rockies, which was produced… FULL STORY

WW II fictional memoir launch

Amanda Hale will be reading from her latest historical fiction novel, Mad Hatter (Guernica 2019) on Tuesday, November 12 at… FULL STORY

Call for Submissions

THE BASIL STUART-STUBBS PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOLARLY BOOK ON BRITISH COLUMBIA Established in memory of Basil Stuart-Stubbs (pictured at right),… FULL STORY