Wooldridge receives Douglas Award
In September of 2018, Andrew Wooldridge accepted the Jim Douglas Award from the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia… FULL STORY
In September of 2018, Andrew Wooldridge accepted the Jim Douglas Award from the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia… FULL STORY
On Wednesday, September 26, 2018, it was announced that Dear Evelyn by the often-nominated Salt Spring Islander Kathy Page has been shortlisted… FULL STORY
THE BASIL STUART-STUBBS PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOLARLY BOOK ON BRITISH COLUMBIA Established in memory of Basil Stuart-Stubbs, this annual prize… FULL STORY
The Sidney and Peninsula Literary Society presents readings by Yvonne Blomer and Cathy Converse on September 21st as part of… FULL STORY
Yes, Tofino now has its own Poet Laureate, too. The first one is Joanna Streetly who has also launched her… FULL STORY
Ann Graham Walker, president of the Federation of British Columbia Writers gave the following introductory remarks at the 25th George… FULL STORY
PRESS RELEASE 2018 — Adapted Sharon Wood’s forthcoming memoir of mountaineering, Rising, due in 2019, will double as a meditation… FULL STORY
Beyond Mile Zero wins a gold medal in the 2017 Foreword Indies Lily Gontard and Mark Kelly’s highway odyssey of… FULL STORY
Journalist Travis Lupick will receive the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness on June 28 in Vancouver. TRAVIS LUPICK Travis… FULL STORY
Lorna Crozier will receive the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement for B.C. literature at Vancouver Public Library, June 28. LORNA CROZIER… FULL STORY
It is the dawning of the aging of Aquarius. For her second book, Helen Wilkes has encouraged people who are… FULL STORY
Stephen R. Bown’s account of the doomed expedition of Vitus Bering, Island of the Blue Foxes, was the lone B.C.-published book… FULL STORY
Born in Ottawa, Lori McNulty of Vancouver has been shortlisted for the twenty-first annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award honouring the… FULL STORY
Joanna Streetly was born in Trinidad, W.I., and educated in England. She came to Vancouver to study Outdoor Recreation and… FULL STORY
Mercedes Eng was the surprise and surprised winner of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize at the B.C. Book Prizes gala… FULL STORY
Jack Schofield of Mayne Island flew, for 20 years, as a commercial seaplane pilot along the full stretch of coastal… FULL STORY
Winners of the second annual Western Canada Jewish Book Awards have been announced in four categories at the Sidney and… FULL STORY
“Parks have always been my passion,” says George Mercer, “and after a long career and being blessed with good health… FULL STORY
A former associate professor at Royal Roads University, Bob Joseph described the draconian and oppressive effects of the Indian Act… FULL STORY
Long-time boating enthusiast and writer/publisher, Peter Vassilopoulos has simultaneously released four new titles through his company Pacific Marine Publishing, three… FULL STORY