November 16, 2016
Lifelong passion for fiction often blossoms in the tween years, creating soft-focus memories of reading by flashlight under the covers or holed up in a backyard fort. While homegrown offerings for middle-graders have arguably been ... Read More »
October 3, 2016
Luge might not be the first sport that comes to mind for an athletic-themed picture book, but with its spunky redheaded protagonist, Lucy Tries Luge by Calgary sports broadcaster Lisa Bowes and illustrator James Hearne ... Read More »
March 7, 2016
Each month, Q&Q visits dingy watering holes, upscale cafés, and other haunts in search of the country’s most beloved book-launch venues Each week, Vancouver poets, writers, and literary performers, and their fans, make a pilgrimage ... Read More »
August 6, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture
British Columbia’s book community is taking a page from the locavore movement with the April 1 launch of its province-wide Read Local B.C. program. Led by the Association of Book Publishers of B.C. and funded ... Read More »
March 30, 2015
Community and economic demand for the proposed Vancouver Literary Arts Centre are exceptionally high, according to a second feasibility plan initiated by the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia, released last month. Intended as ... Read More »
March 23, 2015
For Howard White, sharing British Columbia’s untold stories is both a personal calling and the core of a resilient publishing venture that continues to defy odds. Few in the industry need reminding that White, 69, ... Read More »
October 30, 2014