News & Events
April 08, 2010
Stan Persky has been named as the 2010 recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence.
As the jury said, “we have chosen Stan Persky as the recipient of the 2010 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence because of the intellectual and moral integrity he brings to his work as a writer who engages with some of the most difficult questions facing society, and because of the great contributions he has made to the literary canon of Canada and British Columbia.” Read more…
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April 07, 2010
The North Shore Writers Festival is happening April 19-22, 2010. The 11th annual festival is brought to you by North Shore public libraries, the Friends of the Libraries, and the North Shore News.
Annabel Lyon, finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, will be reading at the West Vancouver Memorial Library on Monday, April 19th at 7:30pm.
Visit www.northshorewritersfestival.ca for more information.
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April 02, 2010
This promotional material is available for anyone to download and help us promote the BC Book Prizes 2010.
For any of the PDFs, please email Monica at monica[at]rebuscreative.com as they are too large to upload here. Thank you!
- Finalist poster (.pdf)
- Soirée evite (.jpg)
- Northern Tour poster (.pdf)
- Northern Tour postcard (.pdf)
- Northern Tour evites
Southern Tour poster (.pdf)
Southern Tour postcard (.pdf)
Southern Tour evites
Okanagan/Island Tour poster (.pdf)
Okanagan/Island Tour postcard (.pdf)
Okanagan/Island Tour evites
Winner poster (coming soon)
Winner bookmark (coming soon)
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March 31, 2010
Visit any BC Chapters, Indigo, or Coles store between April 5 and May 9,2010 to receive 10% on BC Book Prize 2010 finalist titles. After the winners are announced on Saturday, April 24, you can save 20% on any winning title.
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March 22, 2010
Finalist author Ian Weir will be participating in several events throughout BC, including an event with Steven Galloway, a previously-nominated BC Book Prize author.
Launching In the Fabled East and introducing Daniel O’Thunder
Monday, March 29, 2010
7:00 pm at Hooked on Books in Penticton BC
Authors: Adam Lewis Schroeder (In The Fabled East) and Ian Weir (Daniel O’Thunder).
Building a Career as a Fiction Writer
Presenters: Chris Labonte, Adam Lewis Schroeder and Ian Weir
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
1:30 - 3:30 pm at ARTS 115, UBC Okanagan in Kelowna, BC
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
12:30 - 3:30 p.m. at Thompson Rivers University, Campus Activity Centre Room 130.
Meet Ian Weir in Kelowna
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
4:00 - 6:00 pm at Mosaic Books in Kelowna, BC
Meet Ian for an afternoon of autographing copies of BC Book Prize nominated Daniel O’Thunder.
Fundraiser for the Western Canada Theatre
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
7:00pm at Calvary Community Church in Kamloops, BC.
Authors: Adam Lewis Schroeder (In The Fabled East), Ian Weir (Daniel O’Thunder) and Steven Galloway (Cellist of Sarajevo).
Price: $20 / $15 students
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February 10, 2010
Real Vancouver Writers Series at the W2 Culture + Media House
Located at 112 West Hastings Street across from the refurbished Woodwards Building in Downtown Vancouver, the Real Vancouver Writers Series consists of 4 weekly events showcasing local Vancouver writers, publishers and creative literary artists. These events will occur every Wednesday during February beginning at 7pm. These evenings are designed to show the city and the world real and diverse Vancouver culture and real creative individuals in the literary and publishing communities at a time when the eyes of the world are on our city.
Today marks Week 2 of the literary lineup, and is certainly not to be missed. Check out www.realvancouverwriters.com for all the details!
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February 09, 2010
BOOK LOVERS CAN RELAX THEIR BODY WHILE STIMULATING THEIR MIND AT THE FIRST ANNUAL GALIANO LITERARY FESTIVAL
Book lovers looking to soothe spirit and soul while escaping Vancouver’s Olympic check points and traffic snarls have another option in the peaceful and beautiful Southern Gulf Islands.
The first annual Galiano Literary Festival will be held February 19 to 21st, 2010, offering more than 25 vibrant Western Canadian voices and a gorgeous weekend away at Vancouver’s closest Gulf Island.
The Festival will get underway with an intimate welcoming reception on the evening of Friday, February 19th, 2010. Throughout the weekend, festival-goers will have the opportunity to meet a variety of writers from the Gulf Islands and across British Columbia in an intimate and casual setting. While the Festival schedule will be stimulating, visitors can anticipate having a few quiet hours to walk along Galiano Island’s beautiful beaches and serene forests.
Throughout the weekend, the Festival schedule includes readings and talks by over 25 writers of fiction, nonfiction and poetry including John Barton, George Bowering, Norma Charles, Sean Cranbury, Dede Crane, Anthony Dalton, William Deverell, Ann Eriksson, Jenn Farrell, Pam Freir, Bill Gaston, Gary Geddes, Kim Goldberg, Margaret Griffiths, Geoff Inverarity, Michael Kenyon, Francis Mansbridge, Teresa McWhirter, Catherine Owen, Jamie Reid, Linda L. Richards, Timothy Taylor, Audrey Thomas, Harry Thurston, Rhea Tregebov, Alan Twigg, Gudrun Will, Rhonda Ganz, Mike Christie and George Sipos.
A full slate of workshops and panels will discuss a wide variety of book and writing-related topics including how to develop a writing style, how to get published, and the future of the printed page in the e-book age. All of this will occur in a relaxed and cozy atmosphere where visitors will be able to talk one-to-one with writers and fellow book lovers, or just sit back and enjoy the conversation.
The Festival will take place at the Galiano Inn, a world-class resort that will provide a relaxed and cozy atmosphere. Festival organizers anticipate an intimate and vibrant event.
The Galiano Inn is just a very short walk from the ferry dock and Galiano Island Books, so visitors coming to the Island for the Festival can leave cars at home or at the ferry terminal in Tsawwassen.
Registration for the weekend is $150.00 per person, which includes the opening reception, admission to all sessions, and lunch on Saturday and Sunday.
Festival-goers may choose to attend for a single day. The cost for one day’s Festival events, including lunch, is $85.00 or $40 for the morning session, without lunch.
Attendees are also welcome to join the authors on Saturday evening for dinner and conversation. The dinner is $25.00 per person (excluding beverages).
Event tickets can be purchased at Galiano Island Books or by calling 1-877-795-BOOK (2665). The full festival program will be available soon at www.galianoislandbooks.com .
Lodging is available at the Galiano Inn through their website at www.galianoinn.com or on their toll free reservation line at 1-877-530-3939.
Accommodations for the weekend, including cabins, bed and breakfasts and lodges, can be found through The Galiano Island Chamber of Commerce on their web site at www.galianoisland.com.
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January 15, 2010
PK Page passed away on Thursday morning in her Victoria home at the age of 93. The BC Book Prizes would like to extend our condolences to PK Page’s family and friends. We are honoured to have shared a bit of her history; PK Page won the innaugural Lieutenant Governor’s Prize for Literary Excellence in 2004.
“Balance is inner, centred in the keep,” writes P. K. Page in her poem, “The Castle.” Her own keep is prodigious and ever growing. She shapes the balances within this keep, its secluded corners, its darkness and radiance, the might of a tree, children playing. In her keep the ethereal meets the raw, friendship confronts memory, the sources of creativity engage the natural world, responsibility encounters play and each brings the other into balance. For forty years in British Columbia she has generously shared her experiences and experiments in that keep with her fellow writers, especially oncoming generations of new writers, and with her readers. Her prose, by turns serious, sensual and funny, always thoughtful, bringing us insight into the human mind and into the life of nations, together with her tough, witty, and passionate poetry, make her the natural recipient of this inaugural Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence. — Jury member George Szanto, 2004
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November 18, 2009
Mink Chocolates located in downtown Vancouver have a unique program called Mink Cares. This family-run chocolate cafe’s staff donate 100% of their tips to a different charity each month. In August 2009, the staff of Mink donated over $400 to the West Coast Book Prize Society. In return, each staff member received a tax receipt for their proportional share of the donation. As Mink says, “It’s [our] way of giving back to the community, and we gratefully thank all our customers for their generous support.”
To express our thanks, last month we stopped by with a Certificate of Appreciation. (from left to right) Bryan Pike, Executive Director of the BC Book Prizes; Marc Lieberman, manager; and staff members Estrella Pedroso, Benjamin Allen, Alesia Vengerskaya, and Staci Volkhina.
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November 03, 2009
Lee Henderson’s novel The Man Game has won the 2009 Vancouver Book Award. Earlier this year Lee Henderson won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for The Man Game. The award was presented this afternoon at City Hall.
The finalists for the 2009 award also included Gabor Maté, who won the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize for In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts, and Meredith Quartermain for Nightmarker.
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