Sat 11 Apr 2009
Seven days (!) and counting
Posted by Heidi under Uncategorized
- This week’s Georgia Straight checks in on how BC’s publishing industry is faring in the current economic climate, and finds it’s not all doom and gloom: “BC Book & Magazine Week celebrates new lines for tough times.”
- BCBMW fun fact: Writer, filmmaker and performance artist Amber Dawn, who edited the queer women’s horror-erotica anthology Fist of the Spider Woman: Tales of Fear and Queer Desire (launching April 18, 8 p.m., at Rhizome Café) and will be leading one of the Main Street Literary Tours, was the co-coordinator of last year’s BC Book & Magazine Week (and did a fantastic job of it, I might add). We’re excited to to have her join us on the flip side of the festivities this year.
- One of the things that’s really cool about BCBMW is the plurality of newer and established voices you’ll hear at the event: Timothy Taylor, Yasuko Thanh, Rita Wong, George McWhirter, Judy Norbury, Jeremy Stewart, P.K. Page, Ryan May, M.A.C. Farrant and Adam Lewis Schroeder, to name just a few. (Check out the Events page for the full rundown.)
- And did you know the North Shore Writers Festival is also happening April 18-25? The more, the merrier, I say– it looks like a fantastic lineup.
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