News & Events
May 25, 2009
A Notable Night of Poetry and Prose: Novelist Paul Headrick and poet Robert Bringhurst will be reading at the UBC Bookstore at Robson Square this Thursday, May 28 at 7:00pm. Admission is free. Visit the Robson Reading Series Event Page for more information.
Paul Headrick, finalist for the 2009 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, teaches literature and creative writing at Langara College. His fiction and creative non-fiction have been published in many journals, including The Malahat Review, The Antigonish Review, Image, and The Vincent Brothers Review. His charming first novel, That Tune Clutches My Heart (Gaspereau Press), explores the nature of us-and-them conflicts, told through the experiences of May Sutherland, a 1948 high school student caught between warring factions of Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby fans.
Robert Bringhurst, recipient of the 2005 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence, is a poet, prose writer, typographer and linguist. His manual The Elements of Typographic Style (Hartley and Marks) has been translated into ten languages and is now one of the world’s most influential texts on typographic design. Bringhurst’s latest book, Selected Poems (Gaspereau Press), brings together selections from several of his collections of poetry and a series of new poems, “The Living.”
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May 15, 2009
The BC Historical Federation celebrates The Lieutenant-Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing.
Yesterday they presented the awards and Margaret Horsfield won second prize for Voices from the Sound: Chronicles of Clayoquot Sound and Tofino, 1899-1929 (also shortlisted for the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize) and Stephen Hume received third prize for Simon Fraser: In Search of Modern British Columbia, which won the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize this year.
More congratulations to Margaret and Stephen!
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May 11, 2009
Alan Twigg, MC for the evening, reflects on 25 years of BC’s literary history:
Howard White of Harbour Publishing presented the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize. He recalls Hubert Evans’ appreciation for having a literary prize named after him:
Gabor Maté, author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: A Close Encounter with Addiction, won the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize. Here, Gabor speaks about addiction and the Downtown Eastside as well as his lifelong love of books:
Stephen Hume, author of Simon Fraser: In Search of Modern British Columbia, won the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize:
Mona Fertig of Mother Tongue Publishing presented the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. She shares how Dorothy Livesay inspired and mentored her:
Daphne Marlatt, author of The Given, won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. She speaks about the beauty and diversity of the voices within writing and fiction from Vancouver:
Katarina Jovanovic, author of The King Has Goat Ears, won the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize. Katarina speaks about her enjoyment for writing for children as well as overcoming language barriers:
The Honourable Steven L. Point, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. He spoke about the relevance of this year’s winning books, the impact of literacy in the First Nations community, and presented Terry Glavin with the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence:
Audio provided by Sheryl MacKay of CBC Radio’s North by Northwest. Thank you so much Sheryl!
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May 04, 2009
Daphne Marlatt will be reading from her book of prose-poetry, Steveston, on Wednesday, May 6, to a soundscape composed and performed by Robert Minden and Carla Hallett
Wednesday, May 6, 2009. 8:00pm
Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and free for children. Available at the door.
Info at 604-247-8300
As Marlatt recalls, “There was something in Steveston which drew us, over and over again, and which our work attempted to enunciate — something under the backwater quiet, the river hum of comings and goings, the traffic of work, that was ‘shouting’ at us to tell it.”
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May 01, 2009
Stanley At Sea, written by Linda Bailey and illustrated by Bill Slavin, has been shortlisted in the children’s picture book category for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards 2009. The winners will be announced May 20th, 2009 in Toronto and will be selected by two juries of young readers chosen from students attending Toronto’s Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School.
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Also, Linda Bailey’s book, The Farm Team, is one of two(!) titles for the Vancouver Public Library’s annual One Book One Vancouver. “For the first time, One Book, One Vancouver will feature a children’s book as well as one for adults and teens.”
Congratulations Linda!
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May 01, 2009
Margaret Horsfield will be conducting a Walking History Tour in conjunction with the Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria. They conduct a Walking History Tour every Sunday afternoon, and on May 3, 2009, Margaret will be doing a tour of Ross Bay cemetery at 2:00pm.
She will be talking about the characters of her book, Voices from the Sound: Chronicles of Clayoquot Sound and Tofino 1899–1929. Meet at 1:45pm, in front of Starbucks Coffee, Fairfield Plaza. $5 - no reservations needed. More details at the Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria events page.
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