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Mother Tongue Publishing
Mother Tongue Publishing is a small independent Canadian publishing company located on the West Coast of British Columbia. Mother Tongue publishes bold and beautiful books of B.C. fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction and the series, ''The Unheralded Artists of BC'', dedicated to recognizing forgotten 20th century B.C. artists (1900s-1960s) and opening a door to their artistic and historic significance. History Mother Tongue was founded in 1995 by B.C. poet and literary organizer Mona Fertig (who in 1978 opened in Vancouver, the first literary centre in Canada–The Literary Storefront). From 1990–1994 she published a small international literary periodical called (m)Öthêr Tøñgués inspired by her term as BC representative of P.E.N. Canada. The early issues featured: Erín Moure, Thich Tue Sy, bill bissett, Roma Potiki, Kim Morrissey, Yuki Hartman, Tsvetanka Sofronieva, Dorothy Livesay, Duo Duo, Ann Diamond, Mark Sutherland, Kim Chi-Ha, Memoye Abijah Ogu, Hans Raimund, Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lillard
Charles "Red" Lillard (February 26, 1944 – March 27, 1997) was an American-born poet and historian who spent much of his adult life in British Columbia and became a Canadian citizen in 1967. He wrote extensively about the history and culture of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Early life and education Lillard was born in Long Beach, California and raised in Ketchikan, Alaska. His parents made a living from fishing. Lillard attended the University of British Columbia, earning a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts.Charles Lillard's entry in Career Lillard published several books of po ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Fertig
George Fertig (1915–1983) was a Canadian artist. He was born in Carmangay, Alberta and died in Burnaby, British Columbia. He began with photography in his early 20s and started oil painting at the age of 24. In 1941 he moved to Vancouver from Trail. He exhibited in the B.C. Artists Annual Exhibition in the 1940s and early 50s. But with the rise of abstractionism and the confines of the sociopolitical climate of the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Vancouver School of Art, his work was rarely seen outside of the Gallery of B.C. Arts in the 1960s and 70s. The Burnaby Art Gallery held a retrospective of his work in 2010 and his daughter Mona Fertig wrote and published ''The Life and Art of George Fertig'', the 3rd book in the Unheralded Artists of BC series-Mother Tongue Publishing, for the exhibition. He was profoundly influenced by world art: Gauguin, Chardin, and the writings of Carl Jung Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ReLit Award
The ReLit Awards are Canadian literary prizes awarded annually to book-length works in the novel, short-story and poetry categories."Three indie writers honoured by ReLit Awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 19, 2007. Founded in 2000 by Newfoundland filmmaker and author Kenneth J. Harvey. Subtitled'' Ideas, Not Money'' the main title of the awards is short for Regarding Literature, Reinventing Literature, and Relighting Literature."ReLit award winners named". ''Ottawa Citizen'', July 27, 2008. The awards were conceived by Harvey as an alternative to larger mainstream prizes such as the Giller Prize and the Governor General's Awards. There is no money awarded for the prize; in the first two years, the winners received a nominal prize of one Canadian dollar, but since 2003 the recipients have been presented with a silver ring designed by Newfoundland artisan Christopher Kearney, featuring four inlaid movable dials engraved with all of the letters of the alphabet. The award went on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Vancouver Book Award
The City of Vancouver Book Award is a Canadian literary award, that has been presented annually by the city of Vancouver, British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ... to one or more works of literature judged as the year's best fiction, non-fiction, poetry or drama work about the city. As with the City of Toronto Book Award, the award may go to one or more books. The award has a monetary value of $3,000. The prize is funded by interest earned from the city's publishing reserve, which was established in 1977 as a permanent legacy for writers and publishers. The fund received royalties generated from ''Vancouver's First Century: A Photo History of Vancouver'', edited by city staff. The third edition of the book, renamed ''Vancouver: A City Album'', for many ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukon
Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as of March 2022. Whitehorse, the territorial capital, is the largest settlement in any of the three territories. Yukon was split from the North-West Territories in 1898 as the Yukon Territory. The federal government's ''Yukon Act'', which received royal assent on March 27, 2002, established Yukon as the territory's official name, though ''Yukon Territory'' is also still popular in usage and Canada Post continues to use the territory's internationally approved postal abbreviation of ''YT''. In 2021, territorial government policy was changed so that “''The'' Yukon” would be recommended for use in official territorial government materials. Though officially bilingual (English and French), the Yukon government also recognizes First Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
The Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, established in 1985 as one of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, is awarded annually to the best work of fiction by a resident of British Columbia, Canada. The award is named after novelist and short story writer Ethel Wilson Ethel Davis Wilson, (January 20, 1888 – December 22, 1980) was a Canadian writer of short stories and novels. Her works include ''Hetty Dorval'' (1947), ''The Innocent Traveller'' (1949), ''Swamp Angel'' (1954) and ''Mrs Golightly and Other St ..., author of '' Swamp Angel'' (1954) and ''The Innocent Traveller'' (1949). Winners and nominees References {{Reflist External linksEthel Wilson Fiction Prize official website BC and Yukon Book Prizes Awards established in 1985 1985 establishments in British Columbia Canadian fiction awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurjinder Basran
Gurjinder Basran (born 1972) is a Canadian novelist,"Torn between two cultures; Gurjinder Basran takes a fascinating look at realities of growing up Indo-Canadian in North Delta". ''Vancouver Sun'', January 1, 2011. whose debut novel ''Everything Was Good-bye'' won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2011. The novel was published by Mother Tongue Publishing in 2010, and was more widely republished by Penguin Canada in 2011 following her award win. Basran is a graduate of the creative writing program at Simon Fraser University. In 2016, she served on the jury for the amazon.ca First Novel Award. Her second novel, ''Someone You Love Is Gone'', was published in 2017. Bibliography * ''Everything Was Goodbye'' (2010) * ''Someone You Love Is Gone'' (2017) * ''Help! I'm Alive'' (2022) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan McCaslin
Susan Elizabeth McCaslin (born June 3, 1947) is a Canadian poet and writer. Biography McCaslin lives in Fort Langley, British Columbia. She received an M.A. in English (thesis: Edgar Allan Poe) at Simon Fraser University, 1973; and a Ph.D. in English (dissertation: Vernon Watkins) at University of British Columbia, 1984. She taught English and Creative Writing at Douglas College in British Columbia from 1984 to 2007. She is a retired Faculty Emerita who has authored fourteen volumes of poetry. Her most recent volume is ''Painter, Poet, Mountain: After Cézanne'' (Quattro Books, 2016). Her previous volume, Demeter Goes Skydiving (University of Alberta Press University of Alberta Press (UAlberta Press) is a publishing house and a division of the University of Alberta that engages in academic publishing. Overview UAlberta Press is situated in the Rutherford Library on the University of Alberta campu ..., 2011), was shortlisted for the BC Book Prize and the winner of the Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Legris
Sylvia Legris (born 1960) is a Canadian poet. Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, she now lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She has published four volumes of poetry, the third of which, ''Nerve Squall'', won the 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize and Pat Lowther Award, and the fourth of which was published bNew Directions Legris has also twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She has been nominated for Best of the Small Presses Series, and in 2001 won ''The Malahat Reviews Long Poem Prize for ''Fishblood Sky''. Legris also received an Honourable Mention in the poetry category of the 2004 National Magazine Awards. Legris served as Editor at ''Grain'' from 2008-2011. Bibliography Collections *''ash petals'' (chapbook 1996) *''Circuitry of Veins'' (Turnstone Press 1996) *''Iridium Seeds'' (Turnstone Press 1998) *''Nerve Squall'' (Coach House Press 2005) - winner of 2006 Pat Lowther Award and the 2006 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penn Kemp
Patricia Penn Anne Kemp (born 1944), better known simply as Penn Kemp, is a Canadians, Canadian poet, novelist, playwright, and sound poet who lives in London, Ontario. Kemp has been publishing her writing since 1972 and was London's first poet laureate, serving from 2010 to 2013. Early life and education Kemp was born on August 4, 1944 in Strathroy, Ontario to parents Anne Kemp and James "Jim" Kemp. She was raised in the nearby city of London, Ontario, London. Her father was an advertising and publicity executive at London Life, painter, and war artist. Penn says she wrote her first poem when she was six years old. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and literature from the University of Western Ontario in 1966 and received Certificate in Education, certification as a teacher in 1968. In 1988 she received an Ontario Graduate Scholarship to complete a Masters of Education degree at the University of Toronto. Career Kemp taught high school English in Timmins, Ontari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorna Crozier
Lorna Crozier, OC (born 24 May 1948) is a Canadian poet who holds the Head Chair in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria. She has authored fifteen books and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011. She is credited as Lorna Uher on some of her earlier books. Life Crozier was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1948. Crozier attended the University of Saskatchewan where she received her B.A. in 1969, and the University of Alberta where she received her M.A. in 1980. Before publishing her poems and stories, Crozier was a high school English teacher and guidance counsellor. During these years, her first poem was published in ''Grain'' magazine. She also taught creative writing at the Banff School of Fine Arts, the Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts, and the Sechelt Summer Writing Festival. Crozier has served as the writer-in-residence at the Cypress Hills Community College in 1983, the Regina Public Library, and the University of Toronto in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
