Grant Lawrence and Friends: An Evening of Stories and Songs

The acclaimed author and CBC broadcaster shares stories with special guests: Jill Barber Dustin Bentall The Smugglers Acoustic Set w / Adam Woodall & Nick Thomas Saturday, January 20, at 8pm. Brackendale Art Gallery Theatre Admission: $20 Tickets available at Brackendale Theatre or call 604-898-3333 (Sat, Sun) or 604-815-3443 (Mon-Fri)

Fiction Factory Short Story Competition

We are launching our second Short Story Competition. This is an international competition and submissions are welcome from writers worldwide. Entries must be in English. All genres welcome, except Children’s and YA. The closing date for entries is Jan 7, 2018. Maximum length is 3000 words. Winning stories will be published on the net and, […]

Thank you from the 2017 Whistler Writers Festival

When the day closes today so will the 16th annual Whistler Writers Festival. The effort to put on such an event is enormous. But I’ve come to learn that anything is possible with vision, dedication, hard work and the support of so many people of like minds. A bit of insanity doesn’t hurt either. Every year, […]

Cove, Rodger

COVE, RODGER has an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and has been teaching story and screenwriting for 18 years. His own work includes Hair of the Sasquatch (Calgary International Film Festival, 2008), and The Patio, (the Grand Junction International Film Festival in Colorado, and the NYC Downtown Short Film Festival, both in 2014). He […]

God is in the Details: A Writing Workshop with Rebecca Wood Barrett

Whistler’s own Rebecca Wood Barrett will be teaching a free creative writing workshop Friday, September 29th from 6-8pm at Maury Young Arts Centre during BC Culture Days. All writers, whether beginner or experienced, are welcome to participate. Please bring a pen and paper, or laptop as there will be writing exercises. Email rwoodbarrett@gmail.com to register. […]

Book Donations Needed for Annual Book Sale

This is the perfect time to make room on your bookshelves by clearing out all your previously read and loved books. Please pop your books in the collection boxes at the TD Bank in Marketplace or at Nesters Market. Alternatively, you can drop off larger donations at the home of Jane Reid: 8582 Buckhorn Drive, […]

Jane Eaton Hamilton on Risk

Probably the biggest risk in writing Weekend was using they/them pronouns for one of my characters. I hadn’t read a book which had done that, and it can dazzle with confusion, both for the author and the reader (was that correct? Was that really what the author meant? Wait … who is the author talking […]

Gowdy’s Little Sister Weird and Wonderful

A book review by Katherine Fawcett Barbara Gowdy’s new book Little Sister is a tale of psychic leap-frog that explores identity, sanity, control, and the porous relationship between mind, spirit and body. The main character is Rose, a woman in her mid-thirties who runs a repertory theatre with her mother Fiona, and is in a […]

Poet Gary Geddes Gives Talk at Quest Sep. 13

Poet Gary Geddes is giving a talk about his book Medicine Unbundled at Quest University Canada tomorrow, Wednesday September 13th at 7:00 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room.