Warlocks series has serious marketing smarts
BCBookLook doesn’t cover ebooks that are strictly ebooks–at least not yet–but we have to admit it’s a growing phenomenon. Take,… FULL STORY
NEWS & EVENTS
Jane Barker Wright (1953-2014)
Novelist Jane Barker Wright was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario on May 6, 1953. Raised in Montreal and Ottawa, she… FULL STORY
Don’t miss Missie at Ecopoetics
Over the years Barry MacKinnon of Prince George has amassed a sizeable archive of “really good smelling” small press items… FULL STORY
Cherry picking from Orchard
The public is invited to join CBC host Sheryl MacKay and historian Robert “Lucky” Budd for the launch of Budd’s… FULL STORY
Shore to Shore to Gallery
In Shore to Shore: The Art of Ts’uts’umutl Luke Marston (Harbour $26.95), Suzanne Fournier tells the story of one of… FULL STORY
Zieroth at Capilano branch
The public is invited to join the Capilano Library, 32 Books and Harbour Publishing for the book launch of Albrecht… FULL STORY
Kanaka connection yields citation
Cascadia: The Life and Breath of the World (2013), a collection of environmental writing from the B.C./U.S. Pacific Northwest region,… FULL STORY
Shadow in British India
Eileen Kernaghan will appear at Spoken Ink on November 18, held at La Fontana Caffe, 3701 East Hastings (at Boundary… FULL STORY
Fed launches Events Calendar
On October 15th, Doug Gibson was puzzled. Arguably the country’s greatest editor, Gibson had flown to Victoria from Toronto to… FULL STORY
Musgrave gets her due
Susan Musgrave of Haida Gwaii has been honoured with the $20, 000 Matt Cohen Award from the Writers Trust to… FULL STORY
Collis versus Kinder Morgan
SFU teacher and Talonbooks author Stephen Collis is a spokesperson for a group of land defenders who have disrupted survey… FULL STORY
B.C. publishers sail on
Perhaps the words of the Spanish sea captain Juan Francisco Bodega y Quadra could serve as the motto for the… FULL STORY
Elusive part of exclusive quintet
Janet Munsil’s That Elusive Spark (Playwrights Canada $16.95) has been shortlisted for a Governor-General’s Award for drama in 2014. https://www.playwrightscanada.com/index.php/that-elusive-spark.html… FULL STORY
Shore lines
An eat & greet book launch for Randy Shore’s GROW WHAT YOU EAT, EAT WHAT YOU GROW will be held… FULL STORY
Grant Kennedy (1935-2014)
Grant Hugh Kennedy, the man who developed his Lone Pine Publishing imprint into one of the most commercially successful publishing… FULL STORY
Talon’s septuplets
Talonbooks is calling it a Septuple Launch. On Wednesday, November 12 at Pyatt Hall in the VSO School of Music… FULL STORY
Celebrating Phyllis Webb
Hosted by Brian Brett, the Vancouver Writers Festival is presenting an afternoon session for and about Phyllis Webb of Saltspring… FULL STORY
Lordy, Lordy… Harbour sails on
[FEATURE IMAGE: MARY & HOWARD WHITE] 2014 marks the 40th anniversary of Harbour Publishing, the Madeira Park-based imprint, started by… FULL STORY
Lucky Thirteen
The Whistler Readers and Writers Festival, celebrating its thirteenth anniversary, has continued getting bigger and more innovative. Festival director Stella… FULL STORY
Victoria Book Prizes, 2014
Always a bridesmaid, never a bride, the much-nominated M.A.C. (Marion) Farrant has received the $5,000 City of Victoria Butler Prize… FULL STORY
