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
NEWS & EVENTS
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
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
