2024 Writers’ Trust Award Winners

Each year, Writers’ Trust of Canada awards eleven prizes to authors across the country. The following BC-based authors were able… FULL STORY
Each year, Writers’ Trust of Canada awards eleven prizes to authors across the country. The following BC-based authors were able… FULL STORY
BC-based Ekstasis Editions and publisher Richard Olafson (at right) is hosting a reading event at the Supermarket Bar and Variety… FULL STORY
BC poet Rachel Rose (at right) will be conversing with author Ayelet Tsabari, about her debut novel Songs for the… FULL STORY
Vancouver author David Spaner will be launching his novel, Keefer Street (Ronsdale Press $24.95) on Saturday, November 16, at the… FULL STORY
People’s Co-op Bookstore will be hosting the launch event of Jon Bartlett and Brian Robertson’s When Heroes Become Villains (New… FULL STORY
Author Henry Tsang (at right) was presented the Vancouver Book Award at the Awards Ceremony last week, for his book,… FULL STORY
Vancouver’s David Lester (at right) is set to release his latest graphic novel, Revolution by Fire: New York’s Afro-Irish Uprising… FULL STORY
Four BC based authors have been shortlisted for the 2024 Writer’s Trust Award, within two categories. The winners will be… FULL STORY
The NYC Big Book Award has honored Caitlin Hicks’ Kennedy Girl (Brown Posey Press $27.10) as a Distinguished Favorite in… FULL STORY
Vernon poet, John Lent (at right), will be launching his poetry collection, Molecular Cathedral: The Poetry of John Lent (Wilfred… FULL STORY
Author Margit Hesthammar is launching her latest book, The Devil Spinners (FriesenPress $25.69) on October 26, from 2:00 – 3:00… FULL STORY
Wayne McCrory’s book, The Wild Horses of the Chilcotin: Their History and Future (Harbour $39.95) has been shortlisted for the 2024… FULL STORY
The 40th Annual BC & Yukon book prizes Gala was held on the 28th of September, 2024, and the following… FULL STORY
The University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) is set to host the 2024 Fraser Valley Writers Festival (FVWF), bringing together… FULL STORY
From debut authors to Giller Prize nominees, the Whistler Writers Festival consistently brings together top local and Canadian talent each… FULL STORY
Katrina Kwan, along with Sarah Suk, author of The Space Between Here & Now, will be having a discussion about… FULL STORY
M.A.C. Farrant, will launch the 20th anniversary edition of her memoir, My Turquoise Years (Talonbooks $21.95) on October 10th at… FULL STORY
Massy Books and Thomas Girard (at right) will be hosting Girard’s memoir launch, Son of Greg Girard (self-published, $42.14), in conversation… FULL STORY
Five BC-based authors have made it to the longlist of the 2024 Giller Prize, chosen from more than 100 books… FULL STORY
Acclaimed Indigenous author, Eden Robinson (at right), will be joining the historic Joy Kogawa House as the Writer-in-Residence this September…. FULL STORY