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Bookshelf: Author Dawn Renaud
A Q& A with Laurie Carter What is Rain Dance about? The untidy end of a bad marriage. It opens with Ellen burying Stan, at night, in the rain. Alongside Government Street. What inspired you to write this book? The city was replacing the storm sewer system, and I...
Okanagan environmentalist lends her voice to Global Chorus
Released last fall, the environmental daily mediation book Global Chorus: 365 Voices on the Future of the Planet has an Okanagan connection. Among the leading environmentalists contributing to the book is Okanagan Basin Water Board executive director Anna Warwick...
Kamloops writer wins top prize in Okanagan Short Story Contest
More than 90 entries received in annual writers’ competition A Kamloops writer has won first prize in the Okanagan Short Story Contest. Katherin Edwards won the $500 first prize and a week’s residency at the Woodhaven Eco Culture Centre for her story Pellucidity. In...
New writing school open in Kelowna
A new writing school has started in Kelowna. Curious Beyond Words School of Writing, founded by veteran writer, editor and instructor Dona Sturmanis, kicked off 2015 with 16 Saturday workshops. The workshops series feature guest speakers and instructors along with...
Word on the Lake Writing Contest call for entries
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...
UBC poet long-listed for annual CBC poetry prize
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. #UBCO
UBC sponsors Canadian war literature world conference in Ottawa
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...
Ghana children’s verbal stories turned into school books
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...
Writing is right for BC Books double winner Ashley Little
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...
Kelowna Writer Shelley Wood wins Okanagan Short Story Contest
Kelowna Writer Shelley Wood wins Okanagan Short Story Contest, topping 121 entries. Glenna Turnbull and Brittni Mackenzie-Dale take runners-up honours. Shelley Wood is a regular contributor to Okanagan Life Magazine.