The Archibald Lampman Award recognizes an outstanding book of English-language poetry by an author living in the National Capital Region.

Moving memoirs, scary stories and thrilling romance novels—your (extended) B.C. fall reading list starts here

Each September, poems by 10 local poets are featured in the campaign, with bus cards featuring the poems mounted in transit vehicles across the province and on transit shelter ads in Vancouver.

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From debut poets to some of the most celebrated writers in Canadian literature, we've got you covered with a list of the must-read Canadian poetry titles publishing this fall.

Jason Heroux lives in Kingston, Ontario. His recent poetry collections include Like a Trophy from the Sun , A Further Introduction to Bingo...

A reading by Rishi Midha to celebrate the release of his new book, We Are Busy Being Alive, joined by Kirti Bhadresa. The Book: Set in a North American milieu of detachment and alienation, the stories...

Join us for the Toronto launch of Grace's BE WATER! With guest readers Erica H. Isomura and Khashayar "Kess" Mohammadi.

Make your voice heard in our annual competition.

Also this week: ArtHaus opens applications for the second cohort of the South Asian Music Accelerator (SAMA), Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Rodney DeCroo wins an award and more.

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Regional musicians, often dismissed as one-hit wonders, provide some great music most people have never heard. Pittsburgh’s Iron City Houserockers and L.A.’s The Call and Warren Zevon, as examples, un...

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The bestselling local books of the week, compiled by the Association of Book Publishers of B.C.

family history I am experiencing bouts of amnesia. Caught in the contradictions of time. One minute goes by and the whole story gets rew...

Join the League of Canadian Poets to celebrate Asian Heritage Month with feature presenter Grace, reading from their forthcoming poetry book, Be Water (Anvil Press).

Shortlists for the $2,000 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and Raymond Souster Award will be announced on May 27.

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Born and raised in a small coal mining town just outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Rodney DeCroo has been a Vancouver-based singer/songwriter,... FULL STORY

The LiterASIAN Festival returns for its 14th annual  edition with “Re-Generation,” a […]

Five authors have been shortlisted for the 2026 George Ryga Award, an annual literary prize for a BC writer who... FULL STORY

Eve Joseph is the author of three previous collections of poetry and a memoir. Her most recent book of poetry, Quarrels, won the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize and was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poe...

Real Enough: The Unlikely Story of Doug and The Slugs is published by Anvil Press.

Here are the new and upcoming Canadian books of poetry we're most excited for this season.