BC's Literary World Online: Key Links
The Tyee's rough guide to digital resources for writers (and readers). Please add more!
Your connections to literary fame?
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British Columbia's literary world has flourished for a century or more, and in the last few years it's established a strong online presence. For those who browse the web more than bookstores and library stacks, we offer a handful of links related to publishers, writers, and related websites. And if you think you or your organization deserves a spot here, let us know: ckilian@thetyee.ca.
Publishers
Most are in the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia.
For magazines that offer outlets for short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry: BC Association of Magazine Publishers
Publishers' Blogs
Good to see that many of our publishers are also keeping their readers up to date with more or less regular blogs. Less good to see that many publishers don't seem to be blogging at all.
Arsenalia (Arsenal Pulp Press)
Mother Tongue Talk (Mother Tongue Publishing)
Meta-Talon (Talon Books)
Raincoast Books Kids & Teens Blog
Writers' Blogs and Websites
The only drawback to blogging, for a writer, is that it cuts into the time available for other writing. Then again, that's an attraction, not a drawback. Many of us are blogging up a storm, if only to avoid starting the next chapter.
Wendy Bullen: Vancouver Memories: My Year Abroad. An online novel in progress.
William Gibson: Great Dismal (Twitter)
The Golden Mean: A Blog about a Novel about Aristotle - by Annabel Lyon.
Book-Related Blogs and Websites
These offer reviews, news, and commentary.
B.C. Literary Agent
Surprisingly, only one agent seems to be based here:
Little Magazines
They're little in circulation, but a lot of important writers start in these magazines.
Writers' Groups
Who says writing is a solitary business? B.C. writers love to get together.
Canadian Authors Association, Vancouver Branch
Canadian Authors Association, Victoria and the Islands
Shuswap Association of Writers
The Vicious Circle: Whistler Writers Group Blog: Tongue-lashings from the Vicious Circle
Conferences/Workshops/Festivals/Programs
More evidence that writers are a gregarious crowd.
Denman Island Writers and Readers Festival
The Kootenay School of Writing
Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts
Powell River Writers Conference
Shuswap Lake International Writers Festival
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wendy s.
1 year ago
BC online publishing
Your interest in online publishing could help promote this new vehicle as an acceptable alternative for BC writers whose prime concern is having their work read. You might like to have a look at my imaged novel that I launched on the web in April of this year. Vancouver Memories: My Year Abroad is a fictional account of a diverse group of ESL classmates living in Vancouver for a year while attending a language school. It is a travelogue, a coming of age tale, and a love story. I have now put up about 250 pages (about half of the novel) on the web and I am adding a new segment each month. It includes many photographs (mostly mine) of Vancouver and the areas that all homestay students visit while staying here (Victoria, Whistler, White Rock, Deep Cove, Bowen Island, etc.). I am happy that Vancouver Memories seems to be attracting a lot more readers than it would if it were published in a traditional format. It can be read at
www.vancouvermemories.ca
Wendy Bullen Stephenson