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Alix Hawley, Anakana Schofield among B.C. Book Prize finalists

The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced the shortlists for its annual B.C. Book Prizes, spotlighting the province's authors and publishers in seven categories. Scotiabank Giller Prize nominees Alix Hawley and Anakana Schofield were ... Read More »

March 9, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Wayde Compton honoured with City of Vancouver Book Award

By Becky Robertson

B.C. poet Wayde Compton has been named the winner of this year’s City of Vancouver Book Award for his debut short-story collection, The Outer Harbour (Arsenal Pulp Press). The award, part of the Mayor’s Arts ... Read More »

November 18, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Book-launch venue hop: Café Deux Soleils, Vancouver

By Cheri Hanson

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

Alex Leslie wins 2015 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has named Vancouver author Alex Leslie winner of this year's $4,000 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers. Leslie was chosen by a jury comprising fellow writers Nancy Jo Cullen, ... Read More »

June 8, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Wayson Choy receives 2015 George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award

By Becky Robertson

Chinese-Canadian author Wayson Choy has been named winner of this year's George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding long-time contributions to B.C. literature. The author was raised in Vancouver's Chinatown during the 1940s, and was ... Read More »

June 8, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Q&A: author John Vaillant and filmmaker Sasha Snow on adapting each other’s work

By Lauren McKeon

When Governor General Literary Award–winning Vancouver author John Vaillant saw Sasha Snow’s documentary, Conflict Tiger, he knew that he had to transform it into a book. Vaillant didn’t expect that Snow would read his 2005 ... Read More »

April 29, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Writing life

2015 B.C. Book Prizes announced

By Sarah Kester

The West Coast Book Prize Society announced the winners of the B.C. Book Prizes on Saturday. Each winner received $2,000 while Betty Keller, winner of the Lieutenant Governor's Award, took home $5,000. The ceremony was held at ... Read More »

April 27, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Poetry Month Q&A: Bren Simmers on writing from and to her neighbourhood

By Ariel Gordon

Bren Simmers’ second collection, Hastings-Sunrise (Nightwood Editions), is a long poem that spans a year of living in the East Vancouver residential neighbourhood, one of the city's oldest. Though she is now based in Squamish, ... Read More »

April 21, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Betty Keller wins 2015 B.C. Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence

By Becky Robertson

The West Coast Book Prize Society has named Betty Keller the recipient of the 12th annual Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence. The $5,000 prize aims to recognize exceptional B.C. writers who have "contributed to ... Read More »

March 24, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

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Search Results by tag: West Coast

Alix Hawley, Anakana Schofield among B.C. Book Prize finalists

Wayde Compton honoured with City of Vancouver Book Award

Book-launch venue hop: Café Deux Soleils, Vancouver

Alex Leslie wins 2015 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers

Wayson Choy receives 2015 George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award

Q&A: author John Vaillant and filmmaker Sasha Snow on adapting each other’s work

2015 B.C. Book Prizes announced

Poetry Month Q&A: Bren Simmers on writing from and to her neighbourhood

Betty Keller wins 2015 B.C. Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence

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