Three ships, one name, one world
Most British Columbians know that Greenpeace’s flagship vessel is the green-hulled, rainbow-adorned Rainbow Warrior, first launched from Vancouver to protest… FULL STORY
Most British Columbians know that Greenpeace’s flagship vessel is the green-hulled, rainbow-adorned Rainbow Warrior, first launched from Vancouver to protest… FULL STORY
Judith Phillips’ follow-up to her co-authored book Bamfield Houses is a family history project that serves to illustrate several decades… FULL STORY
Directed by Marisa Emma Smith of Alley Theatre, Quelemia Sparrow is a First Nations actor and writer from the Musqueam… FULL STORY
Hamilton Mack Laing has a nature park named after him in Comox. There’s a Bruce Hutchison Library in Victoria. Godwin… FULL STORY
On the afternoon of Tuesday, June 18, 1935, about 5,000 striking longshoremen set off from Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver, Canada,… FULL STORY
The B.C. Book Prizes were presented at Government House in Victoria on Saturday, April 30. This year’s Lieutenant Governor’s BC… FULL STORY
Many of today’s acclaimed Asian-Canadian writers were first published in Ricepaper. With Allan Cho and Julia Lin, Jim Wong-Chu has… FULL STORY
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Governor General’s (GG) book awards, UBC’s Rare Books and Special Collections presents a… FULL STORY
Renae Morriseau of Vancouver has been widely seen for her ongoing role in the CBC TV series North of 60…. FULL STORY
Inspired by the City of Courtenay’s 100th anniversary, the Comox Valley Writers Society undertook to compile a reference book of… FULL STORY
USNA: The United States of North America is a cooperatively produced, futuristc, self-published graphic novel from David Longworth, Harry Kalensky… FULL STORY
There is another book prize in our midst. It’s called–for real–The Joan Betty Stuchner—Oy Vey! —Funniest Children’s Book Award. The… FULL STORY
The 2015 winner of the City of Vancover Book Prize was Wayde Compton for The Outer Harbour from Arsenal Pulp… FULL STORY
Among the thirteen presenters at the 13th annual Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival in Salmon, May 20-22, at the… FULL STORY
Born and raised in Hazelton, Gitxsan leader Neil J. Sterritt will be launching his new book, Mapping My Way Home:… FULL STORY
In a National Geographic book called Destinations of a Lifetime, Munro’s Books of Victoria has been listed third in a… FULL STORY
Alan Twigg named recipient of the 13th annual Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence The West Coast Book Prize Society… FULL STORY
Shortlist for Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for historical writing in 2015 announced The Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing is the… FULL STORY
Dagger Editions, as a new imprint of Caitlin Press, will publish literary fiction, non-fiction and poetry by and about queer… FULL STORY
Two books for this year’s BC Book Prizes have been nominated in more than one category: The Real Thing: The… FULL STORY