Category Archives: Literary

Literacy campaign could use an editor

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

‘These Are Your Kids on Books’ Poster Goes Viral – GalleyCat. Though it’s great to promote reading to kids, is it too much to expect that the poster spells the titles of books correctly? If you really love books and … Continue reading →

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Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation is asking its Twitter followers to tweet their New Year’s resolutions, pledging what they will do this year to “create a #bravenewworldin2012.” I wonder if they happened to notice that Brave New World is … Continue reading →

Posted on January 6, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Writers who wrote about being poor

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

… and not about nobly starving for their art, either. We’ve all seen or read Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. In this classic tale, the wealthy miser Ebenezer Scrooge is shown the worlds of the poor by three spirits, and … Continue reading →

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Call a proofreader next time

Posted on October 15, 2010 by

CBC News – British Columbia – Carr statue unveiling marred by bronzed typo. News of an unveiling of a statue dedicated to Emily Carr, a famous BC artist known for her paintings of West Coast forests and coastal villages, got … Continue reading →

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Speechless

Posted on October 8, 2009 by

Or silenced: the BC government cuts off funding to the Association of BC Book Publishers, the BC Association of Magazine Publishers, and the long-running publication BC Bookworld. Is the BC Arts Council, which provides funding to many publishers, far behind? … Continue reading →

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Highlights of Word on the Street Vancouver

Posted on September 28, 2009 by

Word on the Street Vancouver is one of my favourite literary/book geek events of the year. For one day, publishers, writers, zine and comic makers, schools, and associations come out to read, promote their newest works, and sell some backlist … Continue reading →

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Crime Pays: Federation of BC Writers Fundraiser

Posted on March 4, 2009 by

From the Lorraine Murphy (aka raincoaster) fabulous organizer of the Shebeen Club, and now instigator-in-charge for the Lower Mainland contingent of the Federation of BC Writers comes Crime Pays: Info from e-mail: Who: The Federation of BC Writers and the … Continue reading →

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Vancouver writers taking over the world

Posted on April 11, 2008 by

Could Vancouver’s next claim to fame be our literary prowess? (Quit looking at those mountains, we’ve got books to read.) Not only is there a miraculously resilient publishing industry in town (small but wiry, it is), but Vancouver is home … Continue reading →

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A Grab Bag of Spring Writing Contests

Posted on March 8, 2008 by

Get going, kid Event Non-Fiction Contest #21 Deadline: April 15, 2008 Booty: $500 plus publication for the top three Details: http://www.douglas.bc.ca/community/event-magazine/contestdetails.html Better not procrastinate too long subTerrain‘s Lush Triumphant Deadline: May 15, 2008 Booty: Prize breakdown undisclosed, but there is … Continue reading →

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