Five Indigenous writers

EVENT Magazine presents “Aboriginal Voices: an evening of poetry & prose,” featuring readings and discussion by five exciting Aboriginal writers:… FULL STORY

Tanzanian novel wins in Whistler

Often we read of overnight success stories in literature, glowing accounts of  young writers who receive whopping contracts for their… FULL STORY

Flett’s success at B.C. Book Prizes unprecedented

Vancouver-based Cree/Metis author, visual artist, and illustrator Julie Flett has done it again. Set in the Nicola Valley, with text… FULL STORY

A contemporary adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Little Eyolf, Hiro Kanagawa’s play Indian Arm (Playwrights Canada 2016) will be accorded the… FULL STORY

Long Ago Person Found

You might not know that B.C. is home to the oldest, well-preserved human remains in North America. After three sheep… FULL STORY

Pitts stops

Some applause is in order. Publisher Mona Fertig on Salt Spring, despite her ongoing differences with funding agencies, has managed… FULL STORY

Uphill all the way

Previously a mayor of Fernie, Thomas Uphill (at right) was B.C.’s longest serving MLA from 1920-1960. His political career began… FULL STORY

Thanh & Ruurs triumph

Yasuko Thanh has won the 14th annual, $5,000, City of Victoria Butler Book Prize for Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow… FULL STORY

Beat goes on

Grammas sit in chairs and reminisce. A few of the old Beat poets are still left standing. Take, for example,… FULL STORY

Same old story

Only seven B.C. writers were shortlisted for major, national literary awards this fall. Only one of these was published from… FULL STORY

UK graphic novelist at UBC

For British-based graphic novelist and activist Kate Evans (at right), the only proper response to the refugee crisis facing Europe… FULL STORY

Julie Flett: finalist & festival reader

Vancouver-based Cree/Metis author, visual artist, and illustrator Julie Flett is a finalist for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award organized… FULL STORY

Love and grandmothers is all you need

Powered by Love: A Grandmothers’ Movement to End AIDS in Africa will soon be published by Goose Lane on Oct…. FULL STORY

Boraks-Nemetz at Jewish Book Fest

Lillian Boraks-Nemetz will launch her new adult novel at the 33rd annual Cherie Smith Jewish Book Festival in Vancouver at… FULL STORY

Stuart-Stubbs Prize submissions

Call for Submissions THE BASIL STUART-STUBBS PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOLARLY BOOK ON BRITISH COLUMBIA Established in memory of Basil Stuart-Stubbs,… FULL STORY

Victoria finalists announced

Celebrating 14 years, the Victoria Book Prize Society is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2017 City of Victoria… FULL STORY

From the Somme to Shaughnessey

John MacLachlan Gray will launch his novel, The White Angel (Douglas & McIntyre, $29.95), at The Wolf & Hound (3617… FULL STORY

From Haida Gwaii to Cultch

Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson held a book launch and CD release event for Out of Concealment: Female Supernatural Beings of Haida Gwaii… FULL STORY

Henthorne gets Nautical Society award

Colin Henthorne has been awarded the Canadian Nautical Research Society’s Keith Matthews Award for a book deserving special recognition for… FULL STORY

Powell Street before internment

Award-winning filmmaker and magazine editor Jesse Nishihata (1929 – 2006) has had a memoir published posthumously, Powell Street Diary: A… FULL STORY