Fiona Tinwei Honoured
The Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW) has named Vancouver writer Fiona Tinwei Lam as the recipient of the 2026 ACWW… FULL STORY
NEWS & EVENTS
Richmond Reads returns
Richmond Public Library has selected Robyn Harding’s new novel, Strangers in the Villa, as the 2026 Richmond Reads Adult Summer… FULL STORY
Road to Bard
On Sunday, June 28 at 7 p.m., Bard on the Beach will host a launch event for Christopher Gaze’s memoir,… FULL STORY
Buffalo story launch
Métis Cree artist, songwriter and community organizer Sherry Leigh Williams will launch her debut children’s book, Papaashi Bufloo: The Buffalo… FULL STORY
Roy Henry Vickers celebrates 80 years
Roy Henry Vickers, Indigenous artist and storyteller, celebrates his 80th birthday this year with The Best of Roy Henry Vickers:… FULL STORY
Lost Haida Manga Launch
Award-winning Haida artist and storyteller Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas will launch The Lost Haida Manga: A Compendium at Gallery Jones on Saturday,… FULL STORY
Voices of Resilience Launch
The launch of Voices of Resilience: An Anthology of Stories Written by Children of Holocaust Survivors (Amsterdam Publishers $24.95), edited by… FULL STORY
Rodney DeCroo takes the Ryga Award
Born and raised in a small coal mining town just outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Rodney DeCroo has been a Vancouver-based singer/songwriter,… FULL STORY
Aaron Chan, rising star
Vancouver writer, filmmaker and musician Aaron Chan has been selected as one of five recipients of the 2026 Writers’ Trust… FULL STORY
Mother Tongue Talk
“It all started in 1989 after I had attended an international PEN Canada conference in Toronto and Montreal that blew… FULL STORY
PPPPP finalists announced
Vancouver-based poet Ellie Sawatzky and Nelson’s Emily Nilsen have been shortlisted for the inaugural Pamela Paige Porter Poetry Prize (PPPPP),… FULL STORY
Wayman wins Purdy Prize
Tom Wayman has been awarded the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize for his collection Out of the Ordinary… FULL STORY
simpson named Lambda Finalist
jaye simpson has been named a finalist for the 2026 Lambda Literary Awards in the Transgender Poetry category for her… FULL STORY
Butler Shortlisted for BC Prize
Sarah Louise Butler has been shortlisted for the 2026 BC and Yukon Book Prizes in the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize… FULL STORY
Demotopia Launch at UBC
Sung Ming Chow will launch his new novel Demotopia: An Exploration of Democracy and Artificial Intelligence (Electromagnetic Print $26.95) on… FULL STORY
Mayer wins Basil Stuart-Stubbs
Carol E. Mayer has been awarded the 2026 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for her book Sea of Islands: Exploring Objects, Stories,… FULL STORY
Purdy Prize longlist
The longlist for the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize has been announced, spotlighting a strong group of established… FULL STORY
Roots to Branches Launch
Federation of BC Writers (FBCW) will launch Volume 4 of its Roots to Branches anthology series on March 31 at… FULL STORY
Lindi Nolte at Kogawa House
Historic Joy Kogawa House welcomes South African–Canadian spoken word poet Lindi Nolte as its Writer in Residence from March 7… FULL STORY
Cee Peal at VPL
Vancouver Public Library has named Cee Peal its 2026 Indigenous Storyteller in Residence, continuing a program established in 2008 to… FULL STORY
