News & Events
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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April 30, 2009
Our congratulations to Vancouver’s second Poet Laureate, Brad Cran. While we are sad to say goodbye to Vancouver’s inaugural Poet Laureate, George McWhirter, we are excited to see what Brad Cran will be championing during his honourary two-year term.
The Poet Laureate Program is a partnership of the City of Vancouver, Vancouver Public Library and the Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival.
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April 26, 2009
Congratulations to the winners of the 25th annual BC Book Prizes:
- Lee Henderson, The Man Game
- Daphne Marlatt, The Given
- Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
- Stephen Hume, Simon Fraser: In Search of Modern British Columbia
- Katarina Jovanovic & Philippe Béha, The King Has Goat Ears
- Polly Horvath, My One Hundred Adventures
- Stephen R. Bown and Douglas & McIntyre, Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver
Visit our 2009 Prizes page for details on all the titles that were recognized this year.
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April 23, 2009
The Canadian Booksellers Association celebrates the “Best in the Business”, and the Libris Awards are voted on by members of the book industry. The Shortlist was announced April 22, and the winners will be announced on June 20, 2009. We’d like to extend our congratulations to all those shortlisted for the 2009 awards, especially those representing BC!
- Steven Galloway’s novel, The Cellist of Sarajevo (Knopf Canada) is up for Fiction Book of the Year
- Andrew Nikiforuk’s book, Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent (Greystone Books) is up for the Non-Fiction Book of the Year
- UBC Bookstore in Vancouver is shortlisted for the Campus Bookseller of the Year
- Raincoast Books / Book Express, located in Vancouver, are up for Distributor of the Year
- Two Vancouver bookstores are up for Specialty Bookseller of the Year: Little Sister’s Book & Art Emporium and Vancouver Kidsbooks
- Talonbooks, located in Vancouver, is up for Small Press Publisher of the Year
Congratulations everyone!
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April 21, 2009
Did you miss Elise Partridge while she was on tour with the BC Book Prizes? Well good news! Elise Partridge and David O Meara will be celebrating National Poetry Month at the Robson Reading Series. Join them at 7:00pm at the UBC Bookstore Library Robson Square (800 Robson Street) on Thursday April 23, 2009. More details on the Robson Reading Series here.
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April 21, 2009
The BC Book Prize Soirée served as an evening kick off to BC Book and Magazine Week. There are lots of author events going on around the province, including Magazine Cabarets and Literary Tours.
Check out the BC Book and Magazine Week blog for all event listings. The Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prize Gala on April 25th is the official finish to BC Book and Magazine Week. Hope to see you at one of the many great events around BC!
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April 19, 2009
A Verse Map of Vancouver, published by Anvil Press, will be having a free, public launch this Tuesday. Ninety-two poets have contributed to this beautiful full-colour anthology edited by George McWhirter, Vancouver’s Inaugural Poet Laureate.
The event will take place Tuesday April 21, 2009 from 7:00-9:00 pm at the Alice MacKay Room at VPL’s Central Library Branch at 350 West Georgia Street.
Vancouver’s Poet Laureate holds a two-year honourary position administered by a partnership of the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver Public Library and the Vancouver International Writers Festival. The position is funded by a generous donation by Dr. Yosef Wosk and held by the Vancouver Foundation. A new Laureate will be announced this spring.
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April 18, 2009
The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence was established in 2003 by the Honourable Iona Campagnolo. It is meant to recognize British Columbia writers who have contributed to the development of literary excellence in the Province.
Our formal congratulations to author, journalist. editor, and educator, Terry Glavin for your amazing contributions to BC culture. He has “an extraordinarily holistic vision that … shows us a world where culture and nature, human aspiration, natural beauty, language, history and social justice are inextricably intertwined.” according to this year’s jury members.
Terry Glavin lives in Victoria and is an adjunct professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia. His most recent book is Waiting for the Macaws and Other Stories from the Age of Extinctions and he is very well known for his Transmontanus Series with New Star Books. Terry Glavin is a frequent contributor to various newspapers and magazines, and his column for The Tyee, Dissent, appears twice monthly.
» Read what the 2009 jury had to say about Terry’s contribution to BC.
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