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“It Is Happening”: Reflections from UBC Press on launching a new website

"It Is Happening": Reflections from UBC Pres...

August 17, 2017

Building a website for a book publisher is a frustrating task. 5 Tips from Someone Who Knows Basically Nothing About It.Go to full post …read more

Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts celebrates 35 years

Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts ...

August 14, 2017

The 2017 festival kicks off on Thursday, August 17. Here are some not-to-miss events! Go to full post …read more

History is Just Around the Corner | Daniel Francis

History is Just Around the Corner | Daniel F...

August 11, 2017

Earlier this year Daniel Francis was awarded the British Columbia Historical Federation’s Community History Award for his latest book, Where Mountains Meet the Sea: An Illustrated History of the District of North Vancouver, which commemorates the 125th anniversary of the District Go to full post …read more

Recommended Reading: BC Day Edition

Recommended Reading: BC Day Edition

August 7, 2017

As we settle into the August long weekend, we’re taking the opportunity to hear what local authors are reading and recommending. From memoir to short stories to debut novels, here are eight great reads to pick up this weekend.

Angie Abdou Go to full post …read more

VS Books: Arsenal Pulp Press & Vivek Shraya create space and supports for underrepresented & emerging writers

VS Books: Arsenal Pulp Press & Vivek Shraya ...

July 27, 2017

The recently announced collaboration with Vivek Shraya and Arsenal Pulp Press is an imprint that includes mentorship and a publishing contract. Go to full post …read more

Melanie Jackson recasts Persephone’s mythological story in contemporary times

Melanie Jackson recasts Persephone's mytholo...

Death Drop is a short high-interest contemporary novel and one of several Melanie Jackson has written with amusement park themes. Go to full post …read more

David Starr’s historical YA novel captures the complexity and conflict of New Caledonia

David Starr's historical YA novel captures t...

July 18, 2017

David Starr’s historical YA novel, The Nor’wester, follows Simon Fraser’s journey through the eyes of a Scottish lad. Go to full post …read more

Jim Wong-Chu: In Memorium

Jim Wong-Chu: In Memorium

July 13, 2017

Asian community champion, editor, and literary leader Jim Wong-Chu passed away this weekGo to full post …read more

“I am drawn to the weird, to the dreamlike, to the absurd”: Stuart Ross on Anvil’s new surrealist poetry imprint

"I am drawn to the weird, to the dreamlike, ...

July 7, 2017

A Feed Dog Book aims to fill gaps in the spectrum of Canadian poetry with new surrealist works.Go to full post …read more

Celebrating Canada’s Natural Beauty

Celebrating Canada's Natural Beauty

June 30, 2017

Travel vicariously through these photography books highlighting the beauty, majesty and awe-inspiring landscapes found in western Canada’s Rocky MountainsGo to full post …read more

“The concerns of our time and our tribe”: Excerpt from the letters of Jane Rule and Rick Bébout

"The concerns of our time and our tribe": Ex...

June 28, 2017

In August 1989, Jane Rule—novelist, essayist, and the first widely recognized “public lesbian” in North America—summed up the first eight years of her correspondence with Rick Bébout, a noted gay activist and publisher in Toronto: “It seems to me that what Go to full post …read more

New Reads for National Aboriginal Day

New Reads for National Aboriginal Day

June 21, 2017

A selection of recent works by Indigenous writers and forthcoming Indigenous books in celebration of National Aboriginal DayGo to full post …read more


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