Ryga award shortlist – 2024
Six authors have been shortlisted this year for the George Ryga Award, an annual literary prize for a B.C. writer… FULL STORY
NEWS & EVENTS
Yahgulanaas up for comic award
Michael Nichol Yahgulanaas (at right) is one of five finalists for the 2024 Doug Wright Award for Best Book for… FULL STORY
People’s Co-op Bookstore book launch
The Canadian launch of Cascadian Zen: Bioregional writings on Cascadia here and now (Watershed Press $30.00) at People’s Co-op Bookstore… FULL STORY
Alli Vail makes her debut
Vancouver-based author Alli Vail launches her debut novel, Brooklyn Thomas Isn’t Here (Post Hill Press $25.99) on Tuesday, May 21… FULL STORY
Whistler Writing Society Events
The Whistler Writing Society is hosting an Open Mic Night featuring Leanne Dunic, author of One and Half of You… FULL STORY
Finalists for Shaughnessy Cohen Prize
BC based authors, Benjamin Perrin (at right) and John Vaillant, are named finalists for the 2024 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for… FULL STORY
BC Poet on Griffin Prize long-list
George McWhirter (at right) has earned his spot on the long-list for one of the world’s most generous poetry awards,… FULL STORY
Brunch with Writers and Readers!
The studio of Writers Radio in Halfmoon Bay is hosting an intimate gathering for brunch followed by readings and discussions… FULL STORY
BC poets’ reading
The Federation of BC Writers (FBCW) is putting together a reading event featuring poetry written by students of University of… FULL STORY
2024 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Winner
Wayne McCrory is the winner of the $3,500 2024 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for outstanding scholarly book on BC, for his… FULL STORY
Book Launch at the JCC
Dr. Gerry Krystal (at right) is set to officially launch his latest book, Our Universe and How We Got Here… FULL STORY
Peach gets Edna Staebler Award
BC-based Hilary Peach (at right) has won the 2023 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for her book Thick Skin:… FULL STORY
Reading Event at Notional Space
P.W. Bridgman a.k.a. Tom Woods (at right) is hosting a poetry and fiction book reading event called “P.W. Bridgman: An… FULL STORY
Latest JCC Jewish Book Festival Event
Marsha Lederman (at right) sits down with award-winning author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, to talk about Gundar-Goshen’s latest book, The Wolf Hunt… FULL STORY
FBCW Event Featuring BC Writers
Authors Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho (at right) and Meaghan Hackinen will be hosting the Regional Spotlight: North Shore Writers’ Association event… FULL STORY
Schofield moderates LGBTQ+ panel
Anakana Schofield (at right), the Irish-Canadian author of Bina: A Novel in Warnings (Knopf Canada, 2019) and the critically acclaimed,… FULL STORY
BC author readings and events
Don Gayton (at right), author of The Sky and the Patio (New Star Books $18.00), is the featured special guest… FULL STORY
New VPL Indigenous Storyteller
BC writer and author, Joseph Kakwinokanasum has been elected the Indigenous Storyteller in Residence at the Vancouver Public Library, for… FULL STORY
Best Canadian Poetry Book Launch
BC-based authors Nicholas Bradley (at right), Aislinn Hunter, Meghan Kemp-Gee, Barbara Nickel, Matt Rader, Meagan Rondeau, Joanna Streetly, and Rob… FULL STORY
Masutani’s debut in fifth printing
Matsuki Masutani’s debut book of poetry I will be more myself in the next world (Mother Tongue $19.95) has gone… FULL STORY
