by Okanagan Life | Jan 9, 2015 | Books, News
Aspiring writers from British Columbia and Alberta may want to look to the 2015 Askews Foods Writing Contest to showcase their work. The writing contest is a feature of this year’s Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival, a Shuswap Writers Association programme to...
by Okanagan Life | Sep 5, 2014 | Books, Community, News
Emily Nilsen is in good company. Nilsen, a master of fine arts student at UBC’s Okanagan campus, has been long-listed for CBC’s annual poetry prize. Nilsen, from Nelson, BC, is listed with 37 other poets as the best of the bards in this year’s contest. The shortlist...
by Okanagan Life | Jul 22, 2014 | Books, News
Renowned authors to speak about Canada’s First World War literary contributions The University of British Columbia Okanagan, the University of Ottawa, and the Canadian War Museum are marking the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the “war to end all wars” with a...
by Okanagan Life | Jul 22, 2014 | Books, News
Folk tales come to life in print thanks to team of UBC teacher candidates Verbal stories, handed down for generations, are now published in school books in Ghana, thanks to a group of students from UBC’s Okanagan campus. The seven illustrated books were produced by...
by Okanagan Life | May 22, 2014 | Books
Screenplay, new novel, short story all in works for award-winning student author So what’s next for prolific young author Ashley Little? She is fresh from an unprecedented dual win at the recent BC Book Prizes this month – notching awards for books in different...
by Okanagan Life | Apr 24, 2014 | Books, Community, News
A story that weaves in and out of the lives of three people over many years has won Kelowna writer Shelley Wood first prize in the Okanagan Short Story Contest for her original piece of writing, Leave-taking. Shelley Wood is a regular contributor to Okanagan Life...
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