R.I.P Gordon Soules
Author, book publisher and distributor Gordon Soules has died. Like many BC publishers, Gordon Soules entered the field as an… FULL STORY
Obits
Mahinder Kaur Doman (1940 – 2022)
Mahinder Kaur Doman, editor of an anthology of stories by some of the first Indian women born in Canada from… FULL STORY
Beth Jankola (1936 – 2022)
Beth Jankola was a painter and poet who frequently cited working-class environs in her books. Jody Said partially examines her… FULL STORY
OBIT: Brian Fawcett (1944 – 2022)
By Alan Twigg (with notes from BCBookLook staff) In the early 1970s, Brian Fawcett first notably wrote about his hometown… FULL STORY
OBIT: Truman Green (1945-2021)
By Alan Twigg “His was the first black novel to come out of Western Canada and it got passed over.”… FULL STORY
OBIT: Robert R. Reid (1927–2022)
By Alan Twigg “As for computer-generated type and the personal computer, an association would have been as unthinkable as making… FULL STORY
OBITUARY – Louise Jilek-Aall
By Alan Twigg The heroic physician and psychiatrist Louise Jilek-Aall (at right), author of two books, has died at Mountain… FULL STORY
Lee Maracle 1950 – 2021
One of the first Indigenous writers in Canada to publish fiction, Lee Maracle died at the age of 71 on… FULL STORY
Ray Woollam (1927 – 2021)
Born on December 27, 1927, Ray Woollam taught school in Kispiox, B.C. and served as a United Church Minister in… FULL STORY
Jerry Zaslove (1934 – 2021)
Professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University in the departments of English and Humanities, Jerry Zaslove died June 23. His publications… FULL STORY
James Heneghan 1930 – 2021
Born in Liverpool on October 7, 1930, James Heneghan came to Vancouver in 1957 where he eventually began writing fiction… FULL STORY
Jack White 1940 – 2021
One of B.C.’s most successful historical novelists, Jack Whyte has died. At the age of 52, Whyte burst onto the… FULL STORY
Silver Donald Cameron (1937 – 2020)
The maritime writer known as Silver Donald Cameron died on June 1, 2020 in Halifax from complications arising from lung… FULL STORY
Neil Sterritt (1941 – 2020)
Neil Sterritt, winner of BC Book Prizes’ 2017 Roderick Haig-Brown for the best book to contribute to the understanding and… FULL STORY
OBIT Ken Belford (1946 – 2020)
The poet and environmentalist Ken Belford, author of Talonbooks’ first published book in 1967, Fireweed, died in Prince George on… FULL STORY
Trevor Clark (1955-2019)
Born in Toronto in 1955, ex-Vancouverite Trevor Clark died in Montreal on April 4, 2019. Clark, who moved to Vancouver… FULL STORY
#566 George Payerle (1945-2019)
George Thomas Payerle was a founding member of the Writers Union of Canada. His major novel Unknown Soldier was reviewed… FULL STORY
Greg Younging (1961 – 2019)
Formerly an Assistant Director of Research for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Dr. Greg Younging died at the… FULL STORY
Wayson Choy (1939-2019)
At age 80, Wayson Choy has died at home on April 28, 2019. Wayson Choy was born on April 20,… FULL STORY
Patrick Lane: Poet, mentor, pool shark
Patrick Lane has died of a heart attack on March 7, 2019. A free community gathering to honour and remember… FULL STORY
