2026 Woodcock & Ryga Winners
The local literary community gathered at the Vancouver Public Library’s Central Library on Friday, July 24, to celebrate two outstanding… FULL STORY
NEWS & EVENTS
Coles Penticton hosts Okanagan writers
Come and see twelve authors local to the Okanagan area in a special one-day event to be held at Cherry… FULL STORY
Biblioasis Double Launch
Biblioasis authors Pauline Holdstock and Richard Kelly Kemick will launch their newest books during a free public event at Upstart… FULL STORY
Woodcock & Ryga Awards
The annual George Woodcock and George Ryga Awards ceremony will take place at Vancouver Public Library’s Central Library on Friday,… FULL STORY
The Lowry Walk
The Deep Cove Heritage Society and the Elders Council for Parks will present The Lowry Walk on Tuesday, July 21,… FULL STORY
Fiona Tinwei Honoured
The Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW) has named Vancouver writer Fiona Tinwei Lam as the recipient of the 2026 ACWW… FULL STORY
Richmond Reads returns
Richmond Public Library has selected Robyn Harding’s new novel, Strangers in the Villa, as the 2026 Richmond Reads Adult Summer… FULL STORY
Road to Bard
On Sunday, June 28 at 7 p.m., Bard on the Beach will host a launch event for Christopher Gaze’s memoir,… FULL STORY
Buffalo story launch
Métis Cree artist, songwriter and community organizer Sherry Leigh Williams will launch her debut children’s book, Papaashi Bufloo: The Buffalo… FULL STORY
Roy Henry Vickers celebrates 80 years
Roy Henry Vickers, Indigenous artist and storyteller, celebrates his 80th birthday this year with The Best of Roy Henry Vickers:… FULL STORY
Lost Haida Manga Launch
Award-winning Haida artist and storyteller Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas will launch The Lost Haida Manga: A Compendium at Gallery Jones on Saturday,… FULL STORY
Voices of Resilience Launch
The launch of Voices of Resilience: An Anthology of Stories Written by Children of Holocaust Survivors (Amsterdam Publishers $24.95), edited by… FULL STORY
Rodney DeCroo takes the Ryga Award
Born and raised in a small coal mining town just outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Rodney DeCroo has been a Vancouver-based singer/songwriter,… FULL STORY
Aaron Chan, rising star
Vancouver writer, filmmaker and musician Aaron Chan has been selected as one of five recipients of the 2026 Writers’ Trust… FULL STORY
Mother Tongue Talk
“It all started in 1989 after I had attended an international PEN Canada conference in Toronto and Montreal that blew… FULL STORY
PPPPP finalists announced
Vancouver-based poet Ellie Sawatzky and Nelson’s Emily Nilsen have been shortlisted for the inaugural Pamela Paige Porter Poetry Prize (PPPPP),… FULL STORY
Wayman wins Purdy Prize
Tom Wayman has been awarded the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize for his collection Out of the Ordinary… FULL STORY
simpson named Lambda Finalist
jaye simpson has been named a finalist for the 2026 Lambda Literary Awards in the Transgender Poetry category for her… FULL STORY
Butler Shortlisted for BC Prize
Sarah Louise Butler has been shortlisted for the 2026 BC and Yukon Book Prizes in the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize… FULL STORY
Demotopia Launch at UBC
Sung Ming Chow will launch his new novel Demotopia: An Exploration of Democracy and Artificial Intelligence (Electromagnetic Print $26.95) on… FULL STORY
