A match for Cumberbatch
For those millions of people who can’t get enough of The Imitation Game, Elinor Florence has a story to tell…. FULL STORY
NEWS & EVENTS
2015 Stuart-Stubbs nominees announced
By Becky Potvin on February 23, 2015 The shortlist for the 2015 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for outstanding Scholarly Book on British… FULL STORY
Women dominate nominations
Of the 35 titles nominated for seven BC Book Prizes, the newly-released 2015 shortlists include seventeen books from B.C. publishers… FULL STORY
Caregiving takes centre stage
The travails and rewards of caregiving is the theme for a combined reading by three readers at the Vancouver Public… FULL STORY
Mary White (1927-2015)
At age 88, Mary Buckerfield White, with Philip Sherwood (lifewriters.ca), self-published Buckerfield: The Story of a Vancouver Family. White’s father… FULL STORY
The Big Swim nominated for Ryga Award
Carrie Saxifrage’s ardent personality is as original as the content of her first book, so that might explain why the… FULL STORY
Good & Goethe at Banyen
Graham Good will launch his newly edited collection of Goethe’s poetry at Banyen Books in Vancouver on Thursday, March 12… FULL STORY
Girls will be dragons
Rachel Hartman will be appearing at Vancouver Kidsbooks, 3083 West Broadway, at 7 pm on March 10. Her first fantasy… FULL STORY
Zombie from the Okanagan
Occasionally–and only rarely–blurbage from a publisher can’t be improved upon. Such is the case for the promo-hype for Adam Lewis… FULL STORY
Hit Man on Salt Spring Island
John Perkins’ Salt Spring address was called “Geopolitics, the Future, and YOU — A Call to Action.” In an interview… FULL STORY
Kevin Spenst is not Yann Martel
Kevin Spenst represents a new generation which avidly incorporates the digital world into their writing routines. In 2003, he wrote… FULL STORY
What Doesn’t Kill Us
Brandy Liên Worrall will read from her memoir about cancer and the consequences of the Vietnam War in her mixed-race… FULL STORY
Robinson bio at Galiano Fest
Graeme Truelove will be reading from his book Svend Robinson: A Life in Politics on February 22nd at the Galiano… FULL STORY
Francophones in BC’s history
Jean Barman, renowned historian and a recipient of the George Woodcock Lifetime Award, will present an illustrated talk about her… FULL STORY
Randy Savage, R.I.P.
Nathaniel G. Moore has won the 2014 ReLit Awards for fiction with his novel Savage: 1986-2011 (Anvil Press $20). ReLit… FULL STORY
Two from Van Tol
Alex Van Tol has the bit between her teeth. This spring the Victoria freelance writer and editor is releasing her… FULL STORY
All hail Kale
Sharon Hanna and Carol Pope’s The Book of Kale and Friends: 14 Easy-to-Grow Superfoods with 130+ Recipes (Douglas & McIntyre,… FULL STORY
Fugitives takes flight next year
Random House Canada has announced it will publish a new novel by Billie Livingston, Fugitives from Mercy, in March 2016,… FULL STORY
Alicia Priest (1953-2015)
A journalist for twenty-five years, mostly recently heralded for her family memoir A Rock Fell on the Moon: Dad and… FULL STORY
Little wins big, again
Winners of the 16th annual Vancouver Writers Fest Poetry and Short Story Contest have been announced, and Ashley Little has… FULL STORY
