Alan Twigg opens JBF
BC BookWorld founder, Alan Twigg will open the Jewish Book Festival on Saturday, February 10, when he interviews Michael Posner,… FULL STORY
NEWS & EVENTS
New poetry for a new year
Sponsored by the locally produced poetry magazine Some, Vancouver poet Fred Wah will be joining visiting poets from North Carolina,… FULL STORY
Cumberland Launches Debut Novel
It’s a story known well in the world of opera. Madama Butterfly, a young geisha in early 20th-century Japan marries… FULL STORY
Canadian Book Club Award winners
Christina Myers (at right) has won the Canadian Book Club Award for Fiction for her novel, The List of Last… FULL STORY
Galiano boasts some of B.C.’s best
GALIANO ISLAND BOOKS TO HOST SIXTH ANNUAL GALIANO LITERARY FESTIVAL The SIXTH ANNUAL Galiano Literary Festival, to be held February… FULL STORY
Three B.C. poets up for Pat Lowther
Three B.C. poets have been shortlisted for the 2021 Pat Lowther Memorial Award: Cicely Belle Blain (at right) for Burning… FULL STORY
Sanford Blade up for two awards
Susan Sanford Blades of Victoria has won the ReLit Award for Fiction for her novel, Fake It So Real (Nightwood… FULL STORY
BC & Yukon Book Prizes Shortlist
The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced the names of the finalists for the 37th Annual BC & Yukon… FULL STORY
Fed’s new president
The Federation of British Columbia Writers has elected Jacqueline Carmichael as its new president. She replaces Keith Liggett, who stepped down… FULL STORY
Mutonji’s quest for balance
“There is a humungous amount of emotional labour that comes from being a writer of colour,” says Téa Mutonji. “In… FULL STORY
Chantal Gibson wins Lowther Award
Chantal Gibson’s debut book of poetry, How She Read (Caitlin $20), has won the Pat Lowther Memorial Award presented annually,… FULL STORY
From tar paper to wars & books
Grand Chief Ron Derrickson describes his memoir due in October, Fight or Submit: Standing Tall in Two World (ECW 2020),… FULL STORY
Sierra Club’s Pinch wins Ryga
Since 2004, the annual George Ryga Award has been presented to a B.C. writer who has achieved an outstanding degree… FULL STORY
Bowering wins the Woodcock
It had to happen sooner or later. The ever-prolific George Bowering—who used to borrow George Woodcock’s tape recorder back in… FULL STORY
2020 Jewish Book Festival
BOOK LAUNCH IN THE WALDMAN LIBRARY Wednesday February 12 | 2:00–3:00pm GLORIA LEVI / Kissing an Old Dream Goodbye: A Memoir… FULL STORY
Wheeler dealers
Jesse Donaldson’s new book, Land of Destiny: A History of Vancouver Real Estate (Anvil $20) will be launched December 19…. FULL STORY
Portrait of a harrowing past
Helen Knott has made the longlist for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize for Non-Fiction for her first book In My… FULL STORY
Williams wins Giller
UBC assistant professor of poetry in the Creative Writing program, Ian Williams is $100,000 richer having won the lucrative Scotiabank… FULL STORY
Kogawa’s new story app
Vancouver’s Joy Kogawa has embraced the latest story-telling technology with her new narrative, East of the Rockies, which was produced… FULL STORY
WW II fictional memoir launch
Amanda Hale will be reading from her latest historical fiction novel, Mad Hatter (Guernica 2019) on Tuesday, November 12 at… FULL STORY
