Arthur Joyce tours Ontario
Author and blogger Arthur Joyce starts a round of touring this autumn with his new book, Laying the Children’s Ghosts… FULL STORY
NEWS & EVENTS
Lisa Hobbs Birnie at SFU
One of B.C.’s foremost journalist and authors, the largely under-heralded Lisa Hobbs Birnie, will give a public address at SFU… FULL STORY
Hugh’s News #8 Leiren-Young
Writer-in-Residence Mark Leiren-Young Offers Writing Workshops in Richmond by Hugh Henderson Easily one of the most versatile and affable authors… FULL STORY
Eriksson & Geddes on tour
Husband-and-Wife duo have 25 gigs lined up Thetis Island-based authors Ann Eriksson and Gary Geddes are embarking on a… FULL STORY
Bullying goes to the opera
Vancouver spoken word virtuoso Shane Koyczan is the undisputed local hero of the Vancouver poetry scene, easily eclipsing the old… FULL STORY
Knight goes digital
We have it on good authority that eminent B.C. historian Rolf Knight has gone modern with a new YouTube channel… FULL STORY
Prendergast gets 10th VPL gig
Gabrielle Prendergast has written four novels for young adult readers – Hildegarde (2002); Wicket Season (2012), Audacious (2013), Capricious (2014)… FULL STORY
Food for thought at Whistler Fest
Since 2001, the Whistler Writers Festival has been promoting literary arts in Whistler and the Sea to Sky highway corridor…. FULL STORY
Paul St. Pierre passes
One of B.C.’s literary characters has died. Paul St. Pierre, a wry comic writer sometimes compared to Mark Twain, passed… FULL STORY
Bowlsby wins award for hockey writing
Vancouver author and hockey historian, Craig Bowlsby has won the 2014 Brian McFarlane Award for outstanding research and writing by… FULL STORY
The Fargo of British Columbia
Poet and author Sheila Peters’ fifth book is a murder mystery set in her home town of Smithers. Shafted: A… FULL STORY
Celebrating Kootenay veterans
UPCOMING EVENTS FOR NAMES ON A CENOTAPH Thursday, Sept. 4: Book launch – Nelson Touchstones Museum 5:30 pm Saturday, Sept…. FULL STORY
Society dissolves; Ryga legacy endures
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM: The George Ryga Centre Society DATE: July 14, 2014 SUBJECT: THE GEORGE RYGA CENTRE SOCIETY BOWS… FULL STORY
British Columbia & Me
Here’s historian Jean Barman’s acceptance speech for the 21st George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award, presented at Vancouver Public Library on… FULL STORY
Wild’s Cougar wins gold
Paula Wild’s The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous (Douglas & McIntyre, 2013) explores the evolving relationship humans have with the… FULL STORY
Hugh’s News #4
Canada Day was a good day for the BC book community, bringing national recognition with induction into the Order of… FULL STORY
Hugh’s News #2
Congratulations to Vancouver’s Renée Saklikar whose much-shortlisted and bestselling Children of Air India (Nightwood) was chosen best poetry book in… FULL STORY
Manolis launch for Autumn Leaves
Originally written in Greek, Manolis’ lastest collection of poems, Autumn Leaves (Ekstasis $23.95) has been printed in an en face… FULL STORY
Hugh’s News #3 Blanche Howard
Condolences to the family and fans of North Vancouver novelist Blanche Howard, who died at the age of 91 on… FULL STORY
Yahgulanaas at Indian Summer
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas will be speaking at Indian Summer: A Festival of Arts, Ideas and Diversity in Vancouver this July…. FULL STORY
