Oliver wins Lowther Award
Alexandra Oliver is the winner of this year’s $1,000 Pat Lowther Memorial Award for the best book of poetry by… FULL STORY
NEWS & EVENTS
Ivy’s celebrates 50 years in Oak Bay
The late Ivy Mickelson’s spirit will doubtless preside during the festivities to mark the 50th year of independent bookselling at… FULL STORY
Morton & Fertig deserve OBCs
B.C. authors are everywhere… First of all, it’s nice to see an online poll from The Tyee people inviting public… FULL STORY
Mowatt stories & music from afar
EVENT: An evening of stories and music with Don Mowatt on the “Norse Shore” as he recalls characters and music… FULL STORY
De gustibus non est disputandem
The Alcuin Society has announced Jan and Crispin Elsted of Barbarian Press are the winners of its seventh Robert R. Reid… FULL STORY
Samantha for president
In her twelfth inspirational title for children, Emily Madill, a mother of two boys, continues to propagate her “Believe In… FULL STORY
Zachary hides again
Few British Columbians can tell you the first explorer to have reached B.C. waters, for certain, was Juan Pérez in… FULL STORY
The fire that decimated Vancouver
Vancouver is still a frontier town at dawn on June 13, 1886. Its main street is dirt. Residents don’t have… FULL STORY
Literary Jamboree in Quesnel
Margaret-Anne Enders is one of thirty authors who will be gathering at the Quesnel library on Saturday, May 24, to… FULL STORY
1960’s memoir recalls Mac-Pap
Fired by a life–long passion for social justice, Ronald Liversedge wrote about two of his involvements in historic events: the… FULL STORY
Third Elephant Mountain fest in Nelson
2011 Canada Reads finalist Angie Abdou will be among the headliners at Nelson’s third annual Elephant Mountain Literary Festival, July… FULL STORY
Goto’s 20th anniversary edition
Twenty years after its first publication, the feminist novel by Hiromi Goto, Chorus of Mushrooms (NeWest) has been re-issued. The… FULL STORY
Kit Pearson’s speech for LG Award
Here is Kit Pearson’s acceptance speech when she received the 11th annual Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence in 2014… FULL STORY
Bud Osborn was heroic for DTES
Vancouver poet and Downtown Eastside activist Bud Osborn, the unofficial archivist of Canada’s poorest neighbourhood and its most eloquent and forceful… FULL STORY
Punjabi lit at VPL
Sadhu Binning will read from his latest book on Thursday, May 22, at 7 p.m. in Alma VanDusen Room, Lower… FULL STORY
Surjeet Kalsey honoured
Surjeet Kalsey has been accorded a lifetime achievement award as part of the Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program. The award… FULL STORY
Getting off the couch
MICHAEL POND AND MAUREEN PALMER BOOK LAUNCH Tuesday, June 17 at 7pm Vancouver Public Library Rethink Addiction: Is There a… FULL STORY
Kit Pearson wins
Kit Pearson is this year’s recipient of the annual Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence. It will be presented to… FULL STORY
Jane Watt nominated
If you want something done, ask a busy person. Like Jane Watt. The new book review editor for British Columbia… FULL STORY
Giardini joins SFU
As far we know, Anne Giardini is the first B.C. author ever chosen to be the Chancellor of a university…. FULL STORY
