Getting Wagamese into the circle
Four prizes out of seven went to books with Indigenous content at the 33rd annual B.C. Book Prizes. Richard Wagamese… FULL STORY
NEWS & EVENTS
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The Whistler Writers Festival keeps expanding. Good for them. They feature B.C. authors. Their Spring Reading Series is augmented by… FULL STORY
Leacock opportunity Knox
After his twenty years as columnist for the Times Colonist, the first book by Jack Knox, Hard Knox: Musings From… FULL STORY
Mercy Journals wins big in USA
Claudia Casper’s third novel, The Mercy Journals (Arsenal 2016), first reviewed by Joan Givner in BC BookWorld, has won the… FULL STORY
“It’s in my DNA.”
Hockey ain’t like it used to be back in the good ‘ol days when there were only six teams in… FULL STORY
Hawley wins six grand for Witching
Alix Hawley of Kelowna has won the $6,000 CBC Short Story Prize for her story, Witching. Hawley was runner-up in… FULL STORY
Litigation + Negotiation = Progress
Two months after Aboriginal Rights Claims and the Making and Remaking of History (McGill-Queen’s 2016) was chosen as this year’s… FULL STORY
Carole Itter receives Audain Prize
Sculptor and writer Carole Itter has been selected as the 13th recipient of the $30,000 Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement… FULL STORY
Wyman receives first Wyman Award
Instituted by community leader and philanthropist Dr. Yosef Wosk, The Max Wyman Award for Cultural Commentary is a new $5,000… FULL STORY
Douglas Coupland gets his due
Douglas Coupland has been selected as the 14th recipient of the annual Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence in B.C…. FULL STORY
Nearly a century at Chilliwack Lake
Shelley O’Callaghan’s How Deep is the Lake: A Century at Chilliwack Lake (Caitlin $24.95) is a history of nearly one… FULL STORY
Eriksson up for Foreword Award
Ann Eriksson’s fifth novel, The Performance (Douglas & McIntyre, $22.95), has been shortlisted as one of 19 finalists from Canada… FULL STORY
Lori lauded
Vancouver author and bee educator Lori Weidenhammer has won a National Outdoor Book Award for Victory Gardens for Bees: A… FULL STORY
Damn churches in B.C.
B.C. is less religious than other provinces. Or, if you prefer, it is more irreligious. Having received the Floyd S…. FULL STORY
October Ferries gets publishing berth
In 2005, playwright Charlotte Cameron moved from Edmonton to Gabriola Island where she soon became fascinated by Malcolm Lowry and… FULL STORY
Robin Fisher eclipses 20,000-mark
Few B.C. authors published in B.C. can boast sales of 20,000 copies for one title. Robin Fisher’s Contact and Conflict… FULL STORY
B.C. authors & illustrators shortlisted
The 33rd annual BC Book Prizes gala awards will be presented in Vancouver on April 29. Adèle Barclay of Vancouver… FULL STORY
Slumach revisited
Having served as the editor of BC Historical News from Spring 1999 to Summer 2003, the indefatigible Fred Braches has… FULL STORY
Campbell wins Freedom to Read
For her second book, A Disappearance in Damascus: A Story of Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War (Knopf… FULL STORY
Appleton longlisted
Craft beer pioneer Frank Appleton, author of Brewing Revolution: Pioneering the Craft Beer Movement (Harbour Publishing, 2016), has been longlisted… FULL STORY
