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
NEWS & EVENTS
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
Teen lit comes to Big Smoke
With a background in creative writing and publishing at Vancouver Island University, Lori Shwydky is the founder and managing editor… FULL STORY
Employee Co-Ownership on Gabriola
September 3, 2016 – Fifteen days prior to the death of company co-founder Christopher ‘Kip’ Plant in June, employees of… FULL STORY
‘Xsan marks the spot, in Terrace
Terrace launch for Sarah de Leeuw’s, Skeena, with SkeenaWild October 16 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm The public is… FULL STORY
How Léon Theremin gave the world the theremin
One of the big names at the the Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival in Vancouver, Nov. 21-26, will be… FULL STORY
Sun Yet-sen’s Jewish bodyguard goes to Hollywood
The big names from around the world generally get the most attention at the Vancouver Writers Festival, but that doesn’t… FULL STORY
Constancy rewarded
Tiffany Potter has won received the Killam Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Faculty of Arts at UBC in… FULL STORY
Grace in the race
The first book by Vancouver lawyer-turned-writer Judy McFarlane, Writing with Grace (D&M $24.95) has been shortlisted for the $10,000 Edna… FULL STORY
