Where Grampa got his brass knuckles
On the afternoon of Tuesday, June 18, 1935, about 5,000 striking longshoremen set off from Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver, Canada,… FULL STORY
NEWS & EVENTS
BC Book Prizes 2016 announced
The B.C. Book Prizes were presented at Government House in Victoria on Saturday, April 30. This year’s Lieutenant Governor’s BC… FULL STORY
Twenty Years of Ricepaper magazine
Many of today’s acclaimed Asian-Canadian writers were first published in Ricepaper. With Allan Cho and Julia Lin, Jim Wong-Chu has… FULL STORY
Eighty years of GG book illustrations
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Governor General’s (GG) book awards, UBC’s Rare Books and Special Collections presents a… FULL STORY
Morriseau & M’Girl
Renae Morriseau of Vancouver has been widely seen for her ongoing role in the CBC TV series North of 60…. FULL STORY
Comox Valley crawling with writers
Inspired by the City of Courtenay’s 100th anniversary, the Comox Valley Writers Society undertook to compile a reference book of… FULL STORY
Reel Write Brothers, take two
USNA: The United States of North America is a cooperatively produced, futuristc, self-published graphic novel from David Longworth, Harry Kalensky… FULL STORY
New Stuchner Prize announced
There is another book prize in our midst. It’s called–for real–The Joan Betty Stuchner—Oy Vey! —Funniest Children’s Book Award. The… FULL STORY
City of Van Prize up for grabs
The 2015 winner of the City of Vancover Book Prize was Wayde Compton for The Outer Harbour from Arsenal Pulp… FULL STORY
Sensory Details on Salmon Arm agenda
Among the thirteen presenters at the 13th annual Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival in Salmon, May 20-22, at the… FULL STORY
Gitxsan resiliency recorded
Born and raised in Hazelton, Gitxsan leader Neil J. Sterritt will be launching his new book, Mapping My Way Home:… FULL STORY
Munro’s Books is world renowned
In a National Geographic book called Destinations of a Lifetime, Munro’s Books of Victoria has been listed third in a… FULL STORY
First and foremost, a writer
Alan Twigg named recipient of the 13th annual Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence The West Coast Book Prize Society… FULL STORY
Shortlist for LG’s 2015
Shortlist for Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for historical writing in 2015 announced The Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing is the… FULL STORY
Oscar: a person of between
Dagger Editions, as a new imprint of Caitlin Press, will publish literary fiction, non-fiction and poetry by and about queer… FULL STORY
BC Book Prizes shortlist announced
Two books for this year’s BC Book Prizes have been nominated in more than one category: The Real Thing: The… FULL STORY
Buday wins and loses Great BC Novel contest
Grant Buday was announced as the winner of the third Great BC Novel Contest for Atomic Road (to be published… FULL STORY
Red skin, white masks
At UBC’s Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 1825 Main Mall, on Tuesday, March 8, at 1 pm, Glen Coulthard… FULL STORY
Out with old, in with the Younging
Formerly an Assistant Director of Research for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Dr. Greg Younging has resumed his… FULL STORY
Tippett octet gets Stuart-Stubbs’ nod
Made in British Columbia: Eight Ways of Making Culture (Harbour $32.95) by Pender Islander Maria Tippett is one of three… FULL STORY
