Reviving Concrete Poetry era
EVENT: Book Launch and Signing Saturday, December 12 from 2–4 pm (Remarks at 2:30 pm) Kardosh Projects 2423 Granville Street… FULL STORY
NEWS & EVENTS
God’s Dog Day
According to the Canadian Animal Health Institute (CAHI), 34% of Canadian households owned a dog in 2014. That means about… FULL STORY
Bowen Island remembered
While living in Telkwa, B.C., Joan Haggerty has completed a novel with a long incubation period, The Dancehall Years (Mother… FULL STORY
Great BC Novel, take three
Three Finalists Announced for the 3rd Great BC Novel Contest Established B.C. authors have tended to take a back seat… FULL STORY
Wolsak wins bpNichol Award
In 2015, Lissa Wolsak of Vancouver became the 30th recipient of the annual bpNichol Chapbook Award given out each year… FULL STORY
Eve of Constructions
The average lifespan of a house in Vancouver is becoming less than a human lifespan. Spearheaded by Caroline Adderson,… FULL STORY
Goldberg and other Jewish variations
As Education Director at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, Adara Goldberg has published her first book, Holocaust Survivors in Canada:… FULL STORY
Swallows in The Warehouse
EVENT: Book Launch for The Swallows Uncaged Where: The Book Warehouse (4118 Main St., Vancouver) When: November 24 at 7:00pm… FULL STORY
Echo Bay, literary hotspot
With its year-round population of ten, Echo Bay on Gilford Island is the hottest literary hotspot of B.C., boasting four… FULL STORY
Saklikar is named first Surrey Laureate
Ever a go-getter, Renée Sarojini Saklikar has been named the first Poet Laureate of Surrey in 2015 having also vaulted… FULL STORY
Dojo X 3
In 2008, Chris Tougas won the inaugural Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize at the Union Club of Victoria. Seven years… FULL STORY
Coming Back in Gibsons
A.S. Penne’s play Coming Back will have its premiere at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse, November 11-15. It’s about the effects… FULL STORY
Baldwin, Bily at VanDusen
John Baldwin and Linda Bily will be doing a slide show presentation and signing books in Vancouver on Tuesday October… FULL STORY
Twelfth Night at Victoria Book Prizes
Twelve stories in The Pull of the Moon (Brindle & Glass $19.95) by Julie Paul [shown at podium] have won… FULL STORY
10 Women, 1 George
Anvil Press is releasing George Bowering’s new collection of short fiction, 10 Women, coincidentally with his appearance at the Vancouver International… FULL STORY
Simmers shortlisted
Bren Simmers’ book-length poem Hastings-Sunrise (Nightwood $18.95) has been shortlisted for the 2015 City of Vancouver Book Award. It is… FULL STORY
Czaga up for G.G.
Kayla Czaga’s debut poetry collection, For Your Safety Please Hold On (Nightwood Editions, stomach 2014), has been shortlisted for the… FULL STORY
The lagoon of potentiality
Two veterans of the poetry wars, Fred Wah and John Pass, are releasing new books of old poems. Launched with… FULL STORY
B.C. connection to PEN Award
Persecuted Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Wins the PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award 2015 Published by Vancouver’s Greystone Books… FULL STORY
Not lost in translation
Ronald Wright of Saltspring Island will appear at the Vancouver International Writers Festival, October 21-23 Ronald Wright’s considerable research into… FULL STORY
