An energizing week with young readers
Since 1977, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre has organized and hosted an annual book tour for children’s authors, illustrators, and storytellers.
BC and Yukon Book Prizes shortlists announced
Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators, and publishers shortlisted for the 2022 BC and Yukon Book Prizes! Our partners had a hand in three of the finalists: Merrie-Ellen Wilcox proofread Luschiim’s Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and Medicines, by Dr.…
A welcome new resource: Demystifying Disability
Every once in a while, a new resource, or a new edition of an old resource, comes along that gets those of us who work with words very excited (think Chicago Manual of Style, Publication Manual of the American Psychological…
New novel by a WCEA alumna
Congratulations to WCEA partner alumna Frances Peck on the publication of her debut novel, The Broken Places, officially out in April 2022 from NeWest Press and available for preorder in bookstores now. Frances is part of the lineup at the…
A bundle of bestsellers
If you want a reading list for 2022, look no further than the top 20 BC bestsellers of 2021, announced earlier this month by Read Local BC. We’re delighted to have edited or proofread several of the non-fiction titles on…
And the award goes to…
We always love hearing the results of book awards, and we’re proud that WCEA partners have worked on some of the books recognized this fall. Baking Day with Anna Olson: Recipes to Bake Together, by Anna Olson (Appetite by…
New book by WCEA partner sheds light on watersheds
Rowena Rae has another new book out this month with Orca Book Publishers. (Our prolific partner also had a book out in August, the third in her Meg and Greg series, and she has another two titles forthcoming in 2022.)…
Unravelling in the park: Update
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Sylvia Olsen wasn’t able to read in Brentwood Bay’s Pioneer Park on July 6 as scheduled. Instead, she will take part in Sidney LitFest’s final 2021 Authors in the Park event on Friday, August 27, at…
Unravelling in the park
If you live on southern Vancouver Island, may we suggest starting this weekend off early with a literary afternoon in the park? On July 16, author Sylvia Olsen is giving an outdoor reading from her bestselling book Unravelling Canada: A…
Everything in its place
As an indexer, I tend to be obsessive about organizing things alphabetically—the books on my shelves, the spices in my cupboards, the DVDs and CDs in the basement . . . Of course Joan Aiken should come before Kate Atkinson,…