Airstreams Elegies

Toby Snelgrove of Mayne Island feelanced for the Vancouver Courier in the 1980s as a photographer, then became the photojournalist… FULL STORY

Hudson’s Hope springs eternal

Shirlee Smith Matheson and her husband Bill Matheson (born in Peace River, Alberta) arrived in Hudson`s Hope, BC, in 1965,… FULL STORY

Trilogy completed

At age 80, Bruce Fraser will be touring in the Spring of 2018 to promote his third novel in Kamloops,… FULL STORY

Ecotrilogy presents 192 columns

Ray Grigg, author of numerous internationally sold books on Eastern philosophy, and an environmental columnist who wrote a weekly Shades of… FULL STORY

Bill Stenson’s hard-won ascendancy

Mother Tongue Publishing of Salt Spring Island B.C. has  announced Bill Stenson has won its 4th Great BC Novel Contest… FULL STORY

A century of student life at UBC

Founded in 1915, UBC Vancouver is one of Canada’s largest campuses, with a total enrollment of 54,000 and an alumni… FULL STORY

Indian Horse gallops into cinema

INDIAN HORSE, THE MOVIE BASED ON RICHARD WAGAMESE’S AWARD-WINNING NOVEL, WILL OPEN IN THEATRES ACROSS CANADA ON APRIL 13th, 2018… FULL STORY

B.C. writers score four big wins

Author of thirty books, the indefatigable Daniel Francis (right) of North Vancouver is this year’s winner of the prestigious Governor… FULL STORY

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