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Vancouver Writers Fest goes gourmet with Granville Island Delivery Co.

Vancouver Writers Fest goes gourmet with Granville Island Delivery Co.

You can get the full festival flavour with optional food-and-drink packages

CULINARY, READGail JohnsonOctober 15, 2020CULINARY, Vancouver Writers Fest, Granville Island, Read

Wade Davis shares the beauty and wonder of Colombia in Magdalena: River of Dreams

Wade Davis shares the beauty and wonder of Colombia in Magdalena: River of Dreams

The world-renowned, B.C.-based explorer’s lyrical new book reveals why the Latin American nation set him free.

READ, FESTSGail JohnsonOctober 15, 2020Read, WADE DAVIS, Vancouver Writers Fest, Whistler Writers Festival, read

Vancouver photographer discovers his culture by documenting Chinatown

Vancouver photographer discovers his culture by documenting Chinatown

Jonathan Desmond Wong’s new book, I Was Lured Into a Tea Shop, consists of three years’ worth of images.

READGail JohnsonOctober 12, 2020Read, BC books, books, Chinatown, photography, Homepage feature

The Potlatch Fund holds "Conversation About Indigenous Identity and Solidarity Today", October 12

Author Alyssa London will discuss her recently published children’s book, The Journey of the Freckled Indian: A Tlingit Culture Story.

WHAT'S STIRRING, READGail JohnsonOctober 8, 2020what's stirring, books, Indigenous People, Indigenous culture

With Value Village, Burnaby writer Jonathan Poh takes home 2020 CBC Nonfiction Prize

With Value Village, Burnaby writer Jonathan Poh takes home 2020 CBC Nonfiction Prize

Streetwear and sneakers became a kind of armour to protect the author against racism.

READ, NEWSGail JohnsonOctober 1, 2020Read, BC books, books, CBC, book prizes, BC authors

Stir Q&A: Upstart & Crow opens on Granville Island, bringing books to Vancouver in the midst of the pandemic

Stir Q&A: Upstart & Crow opens on Granville Island, bringing books to Vancouver in the midst of the pandemic

Stir connects with the duo behind Vancouver’s newest independent bookstore.

READ, NEWSGail JohnsonSeptember 23, 2020books, read, granville island, book stores, Upstart & Crow, independent bookstores, authors

Stir Q&A: Zsuzsi Gartner writes with brutal honesty, devastating humour in debut novel, The Beguiling

Stir Q&A: Zsuzsi Gartner writes with brutal honesty, devastating humour in debut novel, The Beguiling

Vancouver plays a prominent role in the local author’s new book.

READGail JohnsonSeptember 23, 2020Read, books, BC books, Vancouver authors, Zsuzsi Gartner, Upstart & Crow, novels, Canadian writers, The Beguiling, literature, literary

New book from Hotel Zed Tofino keeps the story and spirit of the Clayoquot Sound uprising alive

New book from Hotel Zed Tofino keeps the story and spirit of the Clayoquot Sound uprising alive

?iisaak in the Garden explores the guardianship history of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation’s ancestral territory.

Comic collaborators Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra hit Word Vancouver September 24

Comic collaborators Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra hit Word Vancouver September 24

Partners in life and work discuss making people laugh.

COMEDY, READJanet SmithSeptember 21, 2020