George Ryga Award – 2026

“This year’s George Ryga Award shortlist is announced here. Ryga (left), who died in Summerland in 1987, was known for his powerful social commentary. FULL STORY



 

 

 

 

Darlene Foster

December 04th, 2025

With ten books in the Amanda Travels series, featuring a spunky young girl who loves to travel, Darlene Foster is an award-winning children’s author who divides her time between the west coast of Canada and Orihuela Costa, Spain. Her latest book in the series is Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bog (self-published, 2025 $10.99), which takes 12-year-old Amanda Jane Ross to the emerald isle for a cousin’s wedding. The plot takes a dark turn when Amanda joins the search for a missing horse and stumbles upon a world of screaming banshees, peat bogs and alarming secrets, wondering if she will become “another body in the bog”. Foster was brought up on a ranch in southern Alberta, where her grade three teacher encouraged her to write. She is a retired employment counsellor and ESL teacher. 9781069552600

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