News & Events
October 26, 2010
Sylvia Olsen’s Counting On Hope has won the third annual Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize at an awards gala in Victoria on October 13. Counting on Hope was a finalist for the 2010 Sheila Eggoff Children’s Literature Prize. Congratulations Sylvia!
Jennifer Tieche, the teacher-librarian at Carson Graham Secondary School, welcomed Sylvia Olsen to the Carson Library as Writer-in-Residence from January to June 2010. Hear Our Voices: An Aboriginal Youth Anthology is the culmination of five months of community building, creative telling, and writing by 36 First Nations students from Carson Graham and Balmoral Secondary Schools. Ultimately, this project provided a safe and nurturing environment for this community of young writers to examine their culture and their individual and collective identities while engaging in ongoing literacy development. You can order a copy of the Hear Our Voices anthology by contacting Carson Graham’s librarian, Jennifer Tieche, at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Hear Our Voices was made possible by ArtsStarts in Schools, the City of North Vancouver, and North Vancouver School District 44. Check out this incredible article in the North Shore Outlook where the students discuss how writing changed their lives. Some of the students also had the opportunity to read from their works at The Word On The Street Vancouver.
ArtStarts in Schools currently has a Hear Our Voices exhibition which includes First Nations art and a copy of the anthology. The artwork was created by youth working with Aboriginal artists from communities around BC.
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October 21, 2010
The ReLit Awards, Canada’s prize for small press–published literature, were handed out last night in Ottawa.
Novel: The Beautiful Children by Michael Kenyon (Thistledown)
Poetry: Red Nest by Gillian Jerome (Nightwood)
Short Story: Buying Cigarettes for the Dog by Stuart Ross (Freehand)
Congratulations to Gillian (who was nominated for the 2010 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize), Michael and Stuart!
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September 20, 2010
Award-winning writer Daphne Marlatt is on the faculty for the Banff Centre’s Writing Studio. Daphne received the 2008 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for The Given and was awarded the Order of Canada in 2006 for her contributions to Canadian literature.
The Writing Studio at The Banff Centre is a five-week program offering poets and writers of fiction and other narrative prose the time, space, and support they need to pursue a writing project, with the benefit of editorial consultation. Application deadline is November 15, 2010 for the April/May 2011 session.
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September 14, 2010
The 23rd annual Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival takes place October 19-24 on Granville Island.
There is a great lineup of events including many BC Book Prize honoured authors, illustrators, and poets. To name a few: Caroline Adderson, Jack Hodgins, Anosh Irani, George Bowering, Adam Lewis Schroeder, Derek Lundy, Don McKay, Ashley Spires, Irene N. Watts, Ian McAllister, and Miranda Pearson.
More info at www.writersfest.ca
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September 10, 2010
The Robson Reading Series will return after the summer break with award-winning novelist, Annabel Lyon and Naomi Beth Wakan. “Join us for readings and conversation with these lovely ladies of literature on Thursday, September 16th at 7:00 pm at the UBC Bookstore/Library at Robson Square.”
Annabel Lyon’s book, The Golden Mean, was shortlisted for our Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, won the 2009 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. The most recent attention for The Golden Mean has been because of the controversial naked bum on the cover.
Naomi Beth Waken’s most recent work of literary non-fiction is Book Ends: A year between the covers (Wolsak & Wynn, 2010), which tracks her obsessive reading throughout an entire year and has been called “a must for any book lover or bibliophile.”
Admission is free and refreshments are served. Books will be available for purchase and signing. www.robsonreadingseries.ubc.ca
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August 31, 2010
The 2010 Poetry In Transit project has been announced. Of the poets included, several have been nominated for a BC Book Prize. Notably, two books were shortlisted (and one won) the 2010 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. We’re very proud to see Fred Wah and Miranda Pearson included in this year’s Poetry In Transit project.
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July 20, 2010
The Word on the Street Vancouver takes place the last Sunday in September (Sept.26) at Library Square & CBC Plaza in downtown Vancouver.
WOTS Vancouver has a Twitter and blog where we are getting frequent updates and teasers about the authors appearing at the Festival. Don’t miss out on this great FREE family event on Sunday, September 26, 2010.
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July 15, 2010
Andrew Nikiforuk is The Tyee’s First Writer in Residence. Andrew was nominated for the BC Book Prizes in 2009 for his book, Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent. He has a unique voice and keen eye when investigating and reporting on environmental issues.
The Tyee says, “In the months to come, Andrew will be writing a regular column under the heading of Energy and Equity.” Read Andrew’s inaugural piece at TheTyee.ca.
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July 15, 2010
The 28th Annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts takes place August 12-15, 2010 in Sechelt.
Several BC Book Prize-nominated (and winning) authors will be presenting. Don’t miss Annabel Lyon, Senator Larry Campbell, and Brian Brett among many other great BC writers. Visit the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts website for full event details.
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June 24, 2010
Boxes and boxes and BOXES of mysteries, literary fiction, and other great summer reads are available at the Historic Joy Kogawa House book sale this Sunday, June 27, 1 to 5 p.m.
Come support the writer-in-residency program ― and your reading habit. Historic Joy Kogawa House is located at 1450 West 64th Avenue in Vancouver.
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