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WOMBAT Book Launch!
Anvil Press is pleased to invite you to the book launch for WOMBAT, Rod Filbrandt’s comic strip featuring the titular post-punk, half-cut anti-mascot of the nameless generation that…
Upcoming New Star Books Events
Islands of Resistance Vancouver launchFriday, June 25th, 7 pmPulpfiction on Main2422 Main Street, Vancouver, BCFree admission | refreshments served. Off the Highway launchTuesday, July 13th, 7 pmThe Sylvia…
13th Anniversary Poetry in Transit Contest Winner Announced
It was a small but satisfying group of entries for the contest we launched to celebrate this year’s Poetry in Transit poets and poems.
Tradewind Books Honoured at Asian Canadian Writer’s Workshop Community Dinner
(from ricepaper magazine, full article here)Michael Katz and Carol Frank have published many children and youth books addressing cultural diversity. Titles include Abby’s Birds, The Jade Necklace,
Talonbooks Launches New Website
Talonbooks’ much-anticipated new website launched on Monday, May 18. Websites have changed dramatically since Talon first went online in the early 1990s, and our new website reflects the…
13th Anniversary Poetry in Transit Contest
To celebrate the April 28th launch of this year’s Poetry in Transit, the ABPBC will be hosting a contest! Did you meet your soul mate while reading a…
The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book Launch
Arsenal Pulp Press presents a book launch for The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book. A Powerful and historically accurate graphic portrayal of Indigenous resistance to the European…
Talon’s 2010 Cross-Canada Poetry Tour
Talonbooks invites you to attend the launch of new books of poetry by eight outstanding poets.
Anosh Irani at the Historic Joy Kogawa House
Please join us in the intimate living room at Historic Joy Kogawa House for a conversation with playwright and novelist Anosh Irani about writing to bring about social…
BC Book Prizes 2010 Winners Announced
This year’s gala, emceed by Shelagh Rogers and attended by the Honourable Lieutenant Governor Steven L. Point, took place at Government House in Victoria. The BC Book Prizes…