Missie not to be missed
Missie Peters of Victoria is one-half of the improvised spoken word duo SpeakEasy and a self-described science fiction geek. She… FULL STORY
NEWS & EVENTS
Canzine scene on November 8
Since 1995, Canzine events in Toronto, Vancouver and Halifax have displayed thousands of zines and small press works and hosted… FULL STORY
Victoria Book Prizes, October 15th
Neither lazy or criminal, Angie, the young protagonist of Sara Cassidy’s Skylark (Orca), sleeps in an old car with her… FULL STORY
Rose gets laureate post
Rachel Rose has been appointed as Vancouver’s fourth poet laureate. “I am extremely honoured,” says Rose, who most recently won… FULL STORY
Lessons from the hive
Many have expressed grave concern over the collapse of honeybee colonies worldwide; few want to take responsibility for this calamity…. FULL STORY
100 Years of Submarines
To commemorate the centenary of Canada’s First World War, former submariner and author Robert W. Mackay will talk about our… FULL STORY
Little Sisters founder dies suddenly
Jim Deva, the bookseller who instigated a decades-long legal battle with Canada Customs over discrimination issues, died after falling from… FULL STORY
Day of the Dead celebrates St. Pierre
Paul St. Pierre’s family is extending an invitation to everyone to attend his memorial celebration on Sunday, November 2nd but… FULL STORY
Good wood
Poet, non-fiction writer and former carpenter Kate Braid will be touring the Gulf Islands and Metro Vancouver with fellow carpenter/poet/non-fiction… FULL STORY
CCHSBC celebrates 10th anniversary
The Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC, will be sponsoring the re-launch of Eating Stories, a Chinese Canadian and Aboriginal Potluck… FULL STORY
LiterASIANs enter second year
After a successful launch in 2013, literASIAN: A Festival of Pacific Rim Asian Canadian Writing will be hosting even more… FULL STORY
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
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
