Buday wins and loses Great BC Novel contest
Grant Buday was announced as the winner of the third Great BC Novel Contest for Atomic Road (to be published… FULL STORY
NEWS & EVENTS
Red skin, white masks
At UBC’s Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 1825 Main Mall, on Tuesday, March 8, at 1 pm, Glen Coulthard… FULL STORY
Out with old, in with the Younging
Formerly an Assistant Director of Research for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Dr. Greg Younging has resumed his… FULL STORY
Tippett octet gets Stuart-Stubbs’ nod
Made in British Columbia: Eight Ways of Making Culture (Harbour $32.95) by Pender Islander Maria Tippett is one of three… FULL STORY
Twice lucky in February
The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Strait of Georgia (Harbour Publishing, $39.95) has just won the Vancouver Aquarium Coastal Ocean… FULL STORY
Fahmy recognized by TWUC
During Freedom to Read Week in Canada, the Eygytian-born Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy was accorded the 2016 Freedom to Read… FULL STORY
Pickton pens book, claims innocence
After his handwritten manuscript riddled with spelling mistakes was mailed out of prison by a convicted sex offender, the serial… FULL STORY
Cycling the Islands
Due in May, John Crouch’s Cycling the Islands: A Guide to Scenic Routes on the San Juan and Gulf Islands… FULL STORY
Self-publishing seminar at VPL
About half of the best books that arrive at B.C. BookWorld these days are essentially self-published. Given the distance of… FULL STORY
Sway has smooth sailing in Las Vegas
The husband-and-wife team of writer and photographer Anne Vipond (b. 1957) and writer William Kelly has cruised the Inside Passage… FULL STORY
Travel writers, come hither
BC ASSOCIATION OF TRAVEL WRITERS ANNOUNCES 2016 TRAVEL WRITING SYMPOSIUM British Columbia – Too Beautiful for Words The BC Association… FULL STORY
Rooting for Riel
Joining with participants from over fifty countries, long-time Louis Riel activist David Doyle returned to Havana in January of 2016… FULL STORY
Baker searches for historic ancestor
The Mapmaker’s Soul – indigenous influences & untold stories about the early explorers https://www.banyen.com/events/mapmaker Book Launch/Reading with Wade Baker and… FULL STORY
Super 8 Motel detectives
Nelson-based Rachel M. Greenaway will make her debut as an author at the first annual CUFFED Crime Writers Festival program… FULL STORY
Doyle compares Riel to Marti
David Doyle, Powell River historian and author (FROM THE GALLOWS – the lost testimony of Louis Riel – Canada 150 Edition)… FULL STORY
The Resumption of Gary Geddes
The title poem of Gary Geddes’ The Resumption of Play (Quattro $18) received the 2015 Malahat Review Long Poem Prize… FULL STORY
Mr. Darcy comes to Granville Island
Hyped as swoon-worthty by the ever-burgeoning Arts Club Theatre, a rendition of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice will play in… FULL STORY
WOTS — madrona style
The initials WOTS in Canada usually stand for Word On The Street. But drive just south of Blaine and it’s… FULL STORY
Turning 15 with Borrie
SFU Writer’s Studio will soon be marking its 15th Anniversary as a cauldron for literary activity in B.C. As well… FULL STORY
Gabriola celebrates Lowry
If you go to Paris, you can visit Balzac’s house or find the graves of famous authors in the world’s… FULL STORY
