Vancouver’s Lifeguard Legend

“Ruby Smith Diaz (l.) examines the life of Joe Fortes, a Black lifeguard in Vancouver, during a time of rampant racism, exploring his legacy and identity through research, personal reflections and poetry.FULL STORY

 

Musgrave gets her due

November 07th, 2014

Susan Musgrave of Haida Gwaii has been honoured with the $20, 000 Matt Cohen Award from the Writers Trust to mark a writing career that has spanned thirty years and produced 27 published works of poetry, fiction, non-fiction and children’s literature. Few writers have had more varied careers while simultaneously juggling the demands of mentoring, hosting and managing a bed ‘n’ breakfast at the same time. With his latest novel The Confabulist (Knopf Canada), UBC Creative Writing professor Stephen Galloway of New Westminster was a finalist for the $25,000 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize that was won by Miriam Toews for All My Puny Sorrows (Random House).

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