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
NEWS & EVENTS
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
Jim Wong-Chu (1949-2017)
With the passing last week of Vancouver poet, activist and mentor, Jim Wong-Chu, Vancouver lost a pioneer of the Asian… FULL STORY
VPL’s literary landmarks expand
Eight more B.C. authors are sited by a program to recognize the city’s vibrant literary and publishing culture. VANCOUVER, B.C…. FULL STORY
Writing on not fighting
Bill Geimer of Sooke has written Canada: The Case for Staying Out of Other People’s Wars, which follows Canada’s involvement… FULL STORY
Harrison Fest gets literary, too
UFV’s Literary Café at the Harrison Festival of Arts offers an opportunity to get up close and personal with four… FULL STORY
Jordan Abel bags Griffin
The prize money for the Griffin Poetry Prize, founded in 2000, is up to 65 grand per category. This year… FULL STORY
Wade’s wide, wide, wild world
The public is now invited to hear him at the Vancouver Public Library’s main branch at 7 p.m. on June… FULL STORY
