“The best crime writer in Canada” – Charles Demers Terse dialogue reminiscent of Raymond Chandler, complex characters and a very real Vancouver characterize Wiebe’s writing. His first crime novel, the standalone Last of the Independents, won both the Kobo Emerging Writer and the Arthur Ellis Awards. He has been shortlisted for the Edgar, Hammett, […]
Join us for a deep dive into the audiobook production process, from creating an audiobook script, casting a narrator, recording, editing sound files and correcting errors, to sending the finished product out to the world. Cassie Smyth is the Audiobooks Manager at ECW Press. She manages the production of more than 120 audiobooks per year, […]
Join us Sunday, March 26, 2 pm, Mission Point House, 4603 Sunshine Coast Hwy, Davis Bay, for two extraordinary guests. Cheryl Stephens, a leader in plain language communications, presents Write for the Reader Brain. Cheryl Stephens found her calling as an educator, trainer, and consultant in communications. For over thirty years she has been writing, […]
The Regional Spotlight series highlights groups and organisations from across British Columbia. This event features readings from David Floody, Heather Hendry, Helen Mavoa, and Joanna Streetly, with FBCW host Meaghan Hackinen. Readers and writers from across the province and beyond are welcome to this showcase celebrating the talent of the Clayoquot Writers Group.
Astra, by Cedar Bowers Cooking Tips for Desperate Fishwives, by Margot Fedoruk This Unlikely Soil, by Andrea Routley We’ll have books for sale at the event. Please bring cash.
Victoria's only prose reading series presents West-Coast Literature in March! Cedar Bowers will read from her BC and Yukon Book Prizes shortlisted and Giller long-listed debut novel Astra, Margot Fedoruk will read from her debut memoir about life as a sea urchin-diver's wife on Gabriola Island, Cooking Tips for Desperate Fishwives: An Island Memoir, and […]
Joseph Kakwinokanasum discusses how writing memoir prepared him for writing fiction, and describes some of the methods and tools he used to write his first novel. A member of the James Smith Cree Nation, Joseph is a graduate of SFU’s Writer’s Studio and the author of My Indian Summer (Tidewater Press, 2022). Joseph writes on […]
Join Natalie Virginia Lang as she reads from Remnants: Reveries of a Mountain Dweller as part of the Vancouver Public Library's ongoing Writer's Showcase Series. Natalie will be joined by two other authors. After the reading, there will be a Q&A and an opportunity to meet Lang and purchase books for cash. More information can […]
Workshop with Kerry Gilbert: “Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.”—Marilyn Hacker How can you make your writing more attractive to readers by paying close attention to energy? This workshop explores ideas around the core principles of energy, including movement/heat, leaps/gaps, energetic word choice, and the use of specifics. “Energy gives your writing power, […]