Writing BC

Resource Hub for BC writers at all stages of their career

Fred Wah

Fred Wah

Poet and writer Fred Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, and grew up in British Columbia. He earned a BA in English literature from the University of British Columbia, attended the University of New Mexico, and earned an MA from SUNY Buffalo. Wah is…

Tanya Boteju

Tanya Boteju

Tanya Boteju (she/her) is an English teacher and writer living on stolen territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations (Vancouver, Canada).  Listen to the correct pronunciation of my name here. Her novel, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens (Simon & Schuster, 2019), was named an Indie Top 10…

Steve J. Adams

Steve J. Adams

Steve J. Adams is a Canadian LGBTQIA+ director renowned for his visually stunning and emotionally raw storytelling, showcasing the lives and experiences of real people. He co-directs with Sean Horlor. Their latest feature documentary, Satan Wants You, was one of the most buzzed-about titles at…

Aislinn Hunter

Aislinn Hunter

Aislinn Hunter is an award-winning novelist and poet and the author of eight highly acclaimed books including the novels ’The Certainties’ – a bestseller shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize – and ‘The World Before Us’ – a NYT Editor’s Choice book, a Guardian and NPR Book the Year, and…

Gurjinder Basran

Gurjinder Basran

GURJINDER BASRAN’s debut novel, Everything Was Good-bye, was the winner of the BC Book Prize, Ethel Wilson Fiction Award in 2011 and named as a Chatelaine Magazine Book Club pick in 2012.The CBC has named her as one of “Ten Canadian women writers you need…

Doug Beardsley

Doug Beardsley

Doug Beardsley, poet and educator (b at Montréal 27 April 1941). Beardsley is a contemporary Canadian poet whose collections demonstrate his interest in poetic form, religious themes, and Canada’s emergent nationalist movement. A wide-ranging scholar and teacher, he has developed courses on hockey literature and…

BC Book Spotlight

The Almost Widow by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Crushed Wild Mint by Jess Housty
A Is for Anemone: A First West Coast Alphabet by Roy Henry Vickers, Lucky Budd
Little Juniper Makes It BIG by Aidan Cassie
Mae and the Moon by Jami Gigot

Upcoming Events

Ann Patchett in Conversation (Vancouver)

Ann Patchett in Conversation (Vancouver)

Vancouver Writers Fest — Mon, July 13, 2026 7:30 PM-9:00 PM: TBA Save the date! Ann Patchett joins the Vancouver Writers Fest on Monday, July…

Love in Its Many Forms: A Non-Monogamy Art Show and Open Mic (Vancouver)

Love in Its Many Forms: A Non-Monogamy Art Show and Open Mic (Vancouver)

The Non-Monogamy Discussion Group — Fri, July 10, 2026 7 PM Free As part of Week of Visibility for Non-monogamy, the Non-Monogamy Discussion Group Vancouver…

Victoria Carbol in Conversation with Rachel Sargeant (Vancouver)

Victoria Carbol in Conversation with Rachel Sargeant (Vancouver)

Perfect Match Bookshop — Wed, Jun 24, 2026 7 PM-9 PM: Free Join us to celebrate the release of A Great and Powerful Tyranny with Victoria…

Simple, Sustainable, and Powerfully Delicious Meals with Sana Javeri Kadri and Asha Loupy (Online)

Simple, Sustainable, and Powerfully Delicious Meals with Sana Javeri Kadri and Asha Loupy (Online)

Penticton Library — Tues, Jun 23, 2026 11 AM-12 PM: Free Join us as we chat with Sana Javeri Kadri and Asha Loupy about The Diaspora…

Chill Storytelling Mic (Vancouver)

Chill Storytelling Mic (Vancouver)

8 Monkeys Production — Tues, Jun 23, 2026 6:30 PM Sign-Up 7 PM Start Free Chill Storytelling (open) MicJune 23rd at Off The Rail, 1351…

Meet & Greet and Book Signing with Sara Blaydes (Surrey)

Meet & Greet and Book Signing with Sara Blaydes (Surrey)

Black Bond Books — Sat, Jun 20, 2026 12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Free A landscape architect unearths the tangled history of a once-celebrated English garden—and all…