Centennial of Winnipeg Strike
It was once the most famous labour strike in Canadian history. Now few Canadians know much about it: In May… FULL STORY
NEWS & EVENTS
Divided they withstand
Born and raised in Iran, Nilofar Shidmehr came to Canada in 1997 and earned her MFA in Creative Writing from… FULL STORY
Two world wars in Italy
Vittorino Dal Cengio has mainly published in Italian with the exception of On the Devil’s Tail in Combat with the… FULL STORY
From Warsaw to Hamilton
One of the authors set to appear at the 34th annual Jewish Book Festival, February 9-14 at Vancouver’s Jewish Community… FULL STORY
Esi Edugyan wins her 2nd Giller Prize
As anyone who listens to CBC knows–from hearing it over and over–Esi Edugyan is the winner of this year’s $100,000… FULL STORY
B.C. wins at G.G. Awards
Diversity honoured Four of this year’s thirty Governor General’s Award nominees in English were published in B.C.; two others are… FULL STORY
Victoria Book Prizes 2018
Monique Gray Smith was awarded the Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize for Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation (Orca)… FULL STORY
Wooldridge receives Douglas Award
In September of 2018, Andrew Wooldridge accepted the Jim Douglas Award from the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia… FULL STORY
Page again up for a fiction prize
On Wednesday, September 26, 2018, it was announced that Dear Evelyn by the often-nominated Salt Spring Islander Kathy Page has been shortlisted… FULL STORY
Stuart-Stubbs: Call for Submissions
THE BASIL STUART-STUBBS PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOLARLY BOOK ON BRITISH COLUMBIA Established in memory of Basil Stuart-Stubbs, this annual prize… FULL STORY
Conversing with Converse
The Sidney and Peninsula Literary Society presents readings by Yvonne Blomer and Cathy Converse on September 21st as part of… FULL STORY
Tofino gets Poet Laureate
Yes, Tofino now has its own Poet Laureate, too. The first one is Joanna Streetly who has also launched her… FULL STORY
George Woodcock prize speeches
Ann Graham Walker, president of the Federation of British Columbia Writers gave the following introductory remarks at the 25th George… FULL STORY
Come on up for the Rising
PRESS RELEASE 2018 — Adapted Sharon Wood’s forthcoming memoir of mountaineering, Rising, due in 2019, will double as a meditation… FULL STORY
Beyond Mile Zero wins twice
Beyond Mile Zero wins a gold medal in the 2017 Foreword Indies Lily Gontard and Mark Kelly’s highway odyssey of… FULL STORY
Public invited to Lupick ceremony
Journalist Travis Lupick will receive the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness on June 28 in Vancouver. TRAVIS LUPICK Travis… FULL STORY
Public invited to Crozier ceremony
Lorna Crozier will receive the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement for B.C. literature at Vancouver Public Library, June 28. LORNA CROZIER… FULL STORY
Indominatible Aquarianism
It is the dawning of the aging of Aquarius. For her second book, Helen Wilkes has encouraged people who are… FULL STORY
Bering up nicely
Stephen R. Bown’s account of the doomed expedition of Vitus Bering, Island of the Blue Foxes, was the lone B.C.-published book… FULL STORY
Life on Mars without Bowie
Born in Ottawa, Lori McNulty of Vancouver has been shortlisted for the twenty-first annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award honouring the… FULL STORY
