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
NEWS & EVENTS
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
A richly deserved life sentence
Born in Yellowknife and raised mainly in Vernon, Jenny Story was diagnosed with autism but blessed with a mother who… FULL STORY
Shaben guides TWUC West
The new B.C. regional representative for the Writers Union of Canada is Carol Shaben. As the daughter of one of… FULL STORY
Mac prevails
Carrie Mac has won the grand prize for the 2015 CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize contest for her story, If You Have… FULL STORY
How a serial killer wasn’t caught
The Vancouver Public Library’s main branch will host a panel discussion on the tragedy of the Pickton murders and how… FULL STORY
City of Victoria Book Prizes nominees
Celebrating twelve years, the Victoria Book Prize Society has announced the eight authors from the Capital Region shortlisted for the… FULL STORY
Made in British Columbia
Dr. Maria Tippett will discuss her new book, Made in British Columbia: Eight Ways of Making Culture (Harbour Publishing, $32.95)… FULL STORY
Sandra Bullock, be gone
Dina Del Bucchia and Daniel Zomparelli will give a 15-minute reading from their new co-authored collection of poetry, Rom Com,… FULL STORY
Sideways goes forward
Diana Morita Cole’s Sideways: Memoir of a Misfit was launched at the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre on September 12 in… FULL STORY
