Our EXCITING Autumn issue is out now featuring... the Manga art of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas...a graphic novel round-up... the life of radical union leader Les McDonald...
Find it at bookstores, libraries, and on BC Ferries or digitally: https://t.co/SS2b3G8QcS
VWF OPENING NIGHT: Oh, Canada! is stacked.
Three authors lead the conversation on Canadian identity: Bob Joseph, Kate Beaton & Emma Donoghue.
Joined by Linden MacIntyre, Canisia Lubrin, and more!
Oct. 20: https://t.co/vaNLNlkfml
#VWF2025#bcbooklook#bcevents#vancouver
Congrats to Gregor Craigie, winner of the George Ryga Award, and Kit Pearson, recipient of the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award!
A powerful night at VPL honoring voices that truly make a difference.
#GeorgeRygaAward#GeorgeWoodcockAward#bcbooklook
The Munday husband and wife team attempted many times to tame Mystery Mountain but never succeeded. Others died trying until the mountain was finally ascended years later. Read the full review about their documented discoveries here: https://t.co/NnIs0IMBmI
This week, BCBookLook highlights Fiona McQuarrie (J-Card Press), Trevor Atkins (Silverpath Publishing), Kelly Shepherd (University of Regina Press) and Elly Mossman (Tough Old Broad Publishing) for their latest books. Get a taste of their work here: https://t.co/wSKeeWor1j
Anna Maskerine, a survivor of domestic abuse tells her story and how she escaped through her latest book, Beneath My Scars (@caitlinpress). Read the full review here: https://t.co/atutsLQscn
This week, BCBookLook highlights Daniel Cowper (MQUP), Isabelle Groc (@orcabook), Zena Sharman (@arsenalpulp) and Faye Bayko (@tellwelltalent) for their latest books. Get a taste of their work here: https://t.co/wSKeeWnTbL
A master of the short story, Bill Gaston’s (@Thistledown) latest collection is about a group of characters, many with dark backstories living on a fictional island in the Salish Sea. Read more here: https://t.co/bFI0eYN7Nx
BC-based humour writer, Steve Burgess’s Reservations: The Pleasures and Perils of Travel (@DMPublishers) has been longlisted for the 2025 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. Read more here: https://t.co/I746XvOrxX
Maria Reva’s new novel delves into three women who work in the escort business in Ukraine (one a mollusk researcher) and kidnap some of their customers just as Russia invades (@knopf). Read the full review here: https://t.co/niofAmFBwT
Natalie Lim launched her debut collection of poems, Elegy for Opportunity (Wolsak & Wynn), on Saturday, May 10. Learn more at: https://t.co/BrCdP0zIaQ
Musqueam storyteller, the late Henry Charles wrote a tale retelling the origins of hockey through an Indigenous lens. His story has now been published. Read more at: https://t.co/nf9neXMMpU