Writing BC is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering writers of all career levels in British Columbia. We function as a resource hub, centralizing the different dimensions of BC’s diverse literary landscape. Our keystone project is the yearly Guide To Careers in Creative Writing, in which we compile interviews of working creatives in order to demystify creative writing career pathways.
Core Values
- Accesibility
- We believe anyone can be a writer, and we try to provide access to the tools needed
- Community
- We aim to foster connection between writers
- Transparency
- We believe in the sharing of knowledge and career know-how
- Empowerment
- We aim to support BC’s literary sector, enabling it to thrive on a global level
Writing BC is grateful to operate in British Columbia and acknowledges the traditional and ancestral territory of Indigenous nations throughout the province:
On Vancouver Island, the traditional and unceded territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən speaking peoples, today known as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations, Malahat, Pacheedaht, Scia’new, T’Sou-ke, W̱SÁNEĆ (Pauquachin, Tsartlip, Tsawout, Tseycum) peoples, the K’ómoks First Nation, including Sathloot, Sasitla, leeksun, Puledge, Cha’chae, and Tat’poos Peoples, Snuneymuxw, Snaw-naw-as, Quw’utsun, and Tla’amin First Nations.
In the Lower Mainland, the traditional and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), QayQayt First Nation, Kwantlen, q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen First Nations, kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), and Stó:lō Nation.
In the Cariboo region, the traditional and unceded territory of the T’exelcemc and Tsq’escenemc.
In the Thompson-Okanagan region, the traditional and unceded territory of the Nlaka’pamux People, Syilx Peoples, Secwepemc Nation, Simpcw territory St’at’imc Nation territory that includes Nxwisten, Ts’kw’aylacw, Sekw’el’was, Lil’wat, Chalath, T’it’q’et, Xaxl’ip, N’quatqua, Xa’xtsa, Skatin, and Samahquam.
In the Kootenay region, the traditional and unceded territory of the Ktunaxa, the Kinbasket (Secwepemc), Syilx, and Sinixt Peoples.
In Northern B.C., the traditional and unceded territory of the Lheidli T’enneh, Haida, Tsimshian, Nisga’a, Haisla, Gitxsan, Wet’suwet’en, Tahltan peoples, and on Treaty 8 territory, lands of the Sicannie, Slavey, Dene and Dane-Zaa, Cree, Saulteaux, and Métis.
And with Yukon University in Whitehorse on the traditional territory of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council.