First Nations connecting through stories
It’s not often you find the writings of a teenager lumped in with those of a man serving a life… FULL STORY
NEWS & EVENTS
Thien takes Giller
Madeleine Thien’s third novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Knopf), has won the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize after having… FULL STORY
Kogawa House saved — again
Joy Kogawa House, at 1450 West 64th Avenue, in the Marpole district of Vancouver, has been saved–once again. This house… FULL STORY
Witness fitness
Nightwood Editions’ author Gregory Scofield has won the $25,000 Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize for a poet in mid-career in… FULL STORY
Courage in Damascus
Deborah Campbell’s second book, A Disappearance in Damascus: A Story of Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War (Knopf… FULL STORY
What Pauline couldn’t say
Janet Rogers, according to George Elliott Clarke, Parliamentary Poet Laureate (2016-17), “is as fearless as an eagle feather and as… FULL STORY
Clark Park revisited
BOOK LAUNCH The Last Gang in Town: The Epic Story of the Vancouver Police vs. the Clark Park Gang (Arsenal… FULL STORY
Madeleine Thien – a triple threat
Madeleine Thien’s third novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Knopf), has won the Governor General’s Award for Fiction. Also… FULL STORY
Merna Forster wins Berton Award
A steadfast campaign to feature prominent Canadian women on banknotes has earned Victoria historian and writer Merna Forster the $5000… FULL STORY
Métis meeting of the minds
Prairie-born Métis/Icelandic Jónína Kirton coordinated the first National Indigenous Writers Conference in Vancouver in 2013. She is another graduate of… FULL STORY
Winners: feral girl and basketball player
A wild girl in 19th century France and a contemporary competitive basketball player were the characters that captured the judge’s… FULL STORY
All hail piffle
The news about Canada’s print media is grim. Maclean’s newsmagazine, over 105 years old and a weekly since 1978, will… FULL STORY
Regenerating validation
Joe Denham’s third book of poetry, Regeneration Machine, has been named as a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award… FULL STORY
Fine Form at ARTSTARTS
Sandy Shreve and Kate Braid (right) are launching the second edition of In Fine Form: A Contemporary Look at Canadian… FULL STORY
Spicy recipes for food and life
They started their first restaurant in 1994, opened a second one ten years later and began writing cookbooks in 2006… FULL STORY
Whitewater friction fiction
Clea Young’s debut collection Teardown will be launched at the Book Warehouse (4118 Main Street, Vancouver) on Tuesday, October 4, … FULL STORY
Mary Filer gets her due
The Unheralded Artists of BC is a series of books illustrating and illuminating the lives and art of previously undocumented… FULL STORY
Ex-bar owner examines alcohol
Book lovers will get the chance to see what the current writer-in-residence at the Joy Kogawa House, Toronto journalist and… FULL STORY
Sorrow and gentle humour prevails
CBC Books, CBC’s online home for literary content, together with its partners the Canada Council for the Arts, Air Canada… FULL STORY
From Pitt Meadows to acceptance
Phinder Dulai has received news that his book written in response to the Komagata Maru incident and his life in… FULL STORY
