New in 2023 is the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society Book Awards offering prizes in fiction, non-fiction and poetry in traditional and independent publishing streams. There will be a first-prize winner in each category announced at the Annual Sunshine Coast Art & Words Festival. $100 will be awarded for the first-place winner as follows: […]
On Thursday, March 2nd at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books, Harbour Publishing and Coach House Books for Illuminations: An Evening with Sheryda Warrener and Jane Munro, a double launch of False Creek by Jane Munro and Test Piece by Sheryda Warrener, hosted by Raoul Fernandes. These two collections of poetry offer meditations on […]
Friends, mark your calendars! We’ve been waiting to announce this exciting book signing event! March 3rd - 5th we are honoured to be among some incredible authors as we celebrate BC’s amazing and exciting history! Meet writers who have dedicated themselves to sharing fascinating tales of cursed gold, treacherous travels, maritime tales, local folklore and […]
Join Susan Braley as she reads from her debut poetry collection, Tilling the Darkness! Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1040 Moss Street Event starts at 4 PM (doors open at 3:30 PM) Books are available for purchase from the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria's gift shop.
On March 5th at 2pm, Yours, Mine and Ours, the itinerant copyright series brought to you by Artists Legal Outreach (BC), Artists Legal Advice Service (ON) and the National Network of Legal Clinics, presents Yours, Mine and Ours: Rights, Royalties and Resistance, a conversation between author, poet and rapper, Cadence Weapon (Rollie Pemberton) and author […]
On Monday, March 6th at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and Harper Collins for the launch of this multigenerational tale: Valley of the Birdtail by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii). Spanning generations, Valley of the Birdtail brings together two families, one white and one Indigenous, and weaves their lives into […]
Join Munro's for an evening of inspiring readings celebrating the newest collections from three wonderful local Victoria poets! Tilling the Darkness is Susan Braley's debut poetry collection follows a young woman born into a family of eleven as she navigates the inequities of gender roles on the farm and in the church. Eventually leading us […]
On Thursday, March 9 at 6pm PST, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and University of Regina Press for the unapologetically voice-giving launch of We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action. Recounting the thrilling story of a massive forgotten youth movement that set the stage for today’s anti-fascist organizing in North America, […]
Maple Ridge dwellers! Authors Brooke Carter and Melinda Di Lorenzo (Melinda Di Lorenzo) will be signing books at @blackbondbooks on March 11 from 12-2 PM! Stop by and get your favorite books signed! #authorevent
Eleanor Catton makes a highly anticipated return to the Vancouver Writers Fest with her first novel since The Luminaries was published a decade ago; the mysterious, intricately structured tale sold 1.5 million copies worldwide, and made her the youngest ever winner of the Booker Prize. Now, Catton plunges readers into the world of a gripping […]
On Sunday, March 12th at 3pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and four fantastic readers for a bi-monthly literary seance: Dead Poets Reading Series. Readers act as a medium, inviting us to time travel by reading a selection of work by their favourite dead poet. Previously held in North Vancouver and the Vancouver Public […]
On Monday, March 13 at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and a directory of authors in Caller ID: Poetry That Calls Back—featuring David Bradford, Hari Alluri and River Halen. Crossing essays, poems and journal entries, these three collections are deeply personal, tender explorations of inheritance, grief, joy and loss through encounters in the […]
Come celebrate ecology and travel writing! Join well-known regional writers Don Gayton and Meaghan Hackinen for a Summerland book launch, presented in partnership with the Ryga Arts Festival. Gayton explores diverse aspects of Okanagan ecology and culture in The Sky and the Patio (New Star Books). Hackinen recounts an epic bicycle trip in South Away […]
Summerland Book Launch: Ecology + Bicycle Travel! Join renowned ecologist & nature writer Don Gayton and adventure cyclist Meaghan Hackinen for a doubleheader book launch on Tuesday, March 14 at 7:00 pm in Summerland, BC. Don will read from his new release, “The Sky and the Patio” (New Star Books) a collection of essays that […]
Singer/songwriter Tara MacLean has had an extraordinary musical career. From being discovered singing on a BC ferry to touring with Dido, Tom Cochrane and Lilith Fair, her solo albums and those with the band Shaye have touched legions of fans. But she hasn’t, until now, disclosed the details of how the power of song saved […]
On Thursday, March 16 at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and Goose Lane Editions for the launch of JD Derbyshire’s debut novel Mercy Gene: The Man-Made Making of a Mad Woman, alongside guest readers Adrienne Wong, Cecily Nicholson and Zsuzsi Gartner. Traversing genres, memories and time, Mercy Gene is a stunning, honest and […]
Join author Judy LeBlanc as she launches her debut novel, The Broken Heart of Winter, with fellow Caitlin Press authors Susan Braley (Tilling the Darkness) and Andrea Routley (This Unlikely Soil). Admission by donation. Location: Fanny Bay Hall, 7793 Island Highway
📚 The Broken Heart of Winter by Judy LeBlanc is available to pre-order from Indigo, caitlin-press.com, and your local independent bookstore. 📚 In award-winning writer Judy LeBlanc’s debut novel, three women are linked by generations of hardship, displacement, and the mystery of an eighteenth-century French musket that has been passed down through the LeBlanc family […]
Judy LeBlanc will be launching her debut novel The Broken Heart of Winter and reading alongside Andrea Routley and Susan Braley. All three writers are published by Caitlin Press. Susan Braley will be reading from her recently released collection of poetry Tilling the Darkness and Andrea Routley will be reading from her novella collection This […]
To write rich narratives that elicit empathy, writers need to get into the heads and lives of characters they might disagree with. In this conversation, we'll explore the sometimes murky area between truth and honesty, and discuss methods for writing stories from all angles, including oral history interviews, archival research, and fieldwork. Lyndsie Bourgon’s first […]
On Sunday, March 19 at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and The Lido for a magical night of togetherness in How Your Heart Grows. Celebrating chosen family in the diaspora, including our queer kin, this evening will feature award winning author of Scarborough and finalist for Canada Reads 2022, Catherine Hernandez, who will read from her new book The Story of Us.
On Sunday, March 19 at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and The Lido for a magical night of togetherness in How Your Heart Grows. Celebrating chosen family in the diaspora, including our queer kin, this evening will feature award winning author of Scarborough and finalist for Canada Reads 2022, Catherine Hernandez, who will […]
“The best crime writer in Canada” – Charles Demers Terse dialogue reminiscent of Raymond Chandler, complex characters and a very real Vancouver characterize Wiebe’s writing. His first crime novel, the standalone Last of the Independents, won both the Kobo Emerging Writer and the Arthur Ellis Awards. He has been shortlisted for the Edgar, Hammett, […]
Join us for a deep dive into the audiobook production process, from creating an audiobook script, casting a narrator, recording, editing sound files and correcting errors, to sending the finished product out to the world. Cassie Smyth is the Audiobooks Manager at ECW Press. She manages the production of more than 120 audiobooks per year, […]
Join us Sunday, March 26, 2 pm, Mission Point House, 4603 Sunshine Coast Hwy, Davis Bay, for two extraordinary guests. Cheryl Stephens, a leader in plain language communications, presents Write for the Reader Brain. Cheryl Stephens found her calling as an educator, trainer, and consultant in communications. For over thirty years she has been writing, […]
The Regional Spotlight series highlights groups and organisations from across British Columbia. This event features readings from David Floody, Heather Hendry, Helen Mavoa, and Joanna Streetly, with FBCW host Meaghan Hackinen. Readers and writers from across the province and beyond are welcome to this showcase celebrating the talent of the Clayoquot Writers Group.
Astra, by Cedar Bowers Cooking Tips for Desperate Fishwives, by Margot Fedoruk This Unlikely Soil, by Andrea Routley We’ll have books for sale at the event. Please bring cash.
Victoria's only prose reading series presents West-Coast Literature in March! Cedar Bowers will read from her BC and Yukon Book Prizes shortlisted and Giller long-listed debut novel Astra, Margot Fedoruk will read from her debut memoir about life as a sea urchin-diver's wife on Gabriola Island, Cooking Tips for Desperate Fishwives: An Island Memoir, and […]
Joseph Kakwinokanasum discusses how writing memoir prepared him for writing fiction, and describes some of the methods and tools he used to write his first novel. A member of the James Smith Cree Nation, Joseph is a graduate of SFU’s Writer’s Studio and the author of My Indian Summer (Tidewater Press, 2022). Joseph writes on […]