Book Review: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

Book Review by Dee Raffo It’s 1947, and the chaotic aftermath of World War II reverberates across the globe as we join protagonist Charlie St. Claire, who is unmarried, pregnant, and on the hunt for her missing cousin, Rose. Her life intersects with that of Eve Gardiner, a decorated spy during World War I who […]

Book Review: Dragon Springs Road by Janie Chang

Book Review by Susan Oakey-Baker Janie Chang, local Vancouver author of the celebrated novel Three Souls, tackles racism, women’s rights, belonging and what we will ultimately do to survive, in this enchanting historical novel about an abandoned child and a fox spirit living on an ancient Chinese estate. At the turn of the century, amidst […]

Book Review: The Fashion Committee by Susan Juby

Review by Libby McKeever When you are driven by passion and the need to finally get the break you’ve been yearning for, it can lead a person to be ruthless and frankly, do bizarre things. Charlie Dean has inherited her mother’s extraordinary fashion and design flair. But her mother’s been dead for years, overdosing in […]

Three Locals Win Sea to Sky Discovery Writing Contest

Award Winners Invited to Read at Storytelling Event The Whistler Writing Society is delighted to award three local writers first place in the categories of Open, Indigenous and Youth of the Sea to Sky Discovery Writing Contest. Victoria Crompton is the winner of the Open category for her poem “April Snow on Whistler Mountain”, while […]

Spring Reading Series: Historical Fiction & Canada 150 Event

The Whistler Writing Society is delighted to present two evenings of historical storytelling and celebration on June 29 and 30 as the second and third events of the Spring Reading Series. Both events start at 7pm, at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre in Whistler. Featuring established Canadian, Indigenous and international authors, the back-to-back events will […]

Whistler Independent Book Awards 2017 Shortlist Announced

We are excited to announce the shortlist for the second annual Whistler Independent Book Awards was announced today by the WIBA evaluation committee. Nominated for the 2017 fiction award are: Annie Daylon for Of Sea and Sand: The Kerrigan Chronicles, Book 1; Elen Ghulam for Spoonful Chronicles; Emma L.R. Hogg for The Fourth Wall; R.L. […]