Elee Kraljii Gardiner Joins Vancouver Manuscript Intensive

September 28, 2017
The Vancouver Manuscript Intensive is proud to welcome Elee Kraljii Gardiner to the roster of exceptional VMI mentors including Rachel Rose, Evelyn Lau, Jane Silcott, and more. Gardiner will be editing poetry and creative nonfiction for the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive. She will also offer a six-week Memoir Writing Workshop beginning Oct. 18, 2017. Elee Kraljii ...read more

Betsy Warland Named as Judge for Open Season Awards

August 25, 2017
Betsy Warland will judge The Malahat Review‘s 2017 Open Season Awards in the creative nonfiction category. The Open Season Awards offer a grand total of $4500 in prize money in three categories: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Evelyn Lau and Carleigh Baker have been named as the poetry and fiction judges, respectively. The prize is ...read more

VMI Mentor on Top 10 List of Most Borrowed Books

July 5, 2017
Novelist, screenwriter, director, and VMI mentor, Karen X. Tulchinsky, made the list of the Top 10 Most Borrowed Canadian Books from the Vancouver Public Library’s collection. The list was revealed by the Vancouver Public Library to celebrate Canadian literary contributions on Canada Day. Data compiled over the last 15 years featured The Five Books of ...read more

VMI Fiction Mentor Claudia Casper Wins Philip K. Dick Award

June 20, 2017
Congratulations to VMI Fiction mentor Claudia Casper, who has won the Philip K. Dick Award for her novel The Mercy Journals. This prestigious prize is awarded yearly to a distinguished science fiction work published in paperback in the US. The Mercy Journals, published by Arsenal Pulp Press, is a gripping  tale that takes place ...read more

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Photos: VMI Celebrates 2017 Grads

June 17, 2017
Congratulations to this year’s VMI grads, who celebrated the completion and development of their manuscripts at the Havana Café on June 4, 2017. Thirteen writers read from their prose, poetry, creative non-fiction, and cross-genre manuscripts, including two who came all the way from Saskatchewan and Alberta. C. Groumoutis V. Chalker Whitfield D. Corcese K.J. ...read more

VMI 2017 Grads Read at Havana Cafe Theatre June 4th

May 22, 2017
Join us for our Vancouver Manuscript Intensive celebratory public reading of prose and poetry on June 4th from 3-5pm at the Havana Cafe Theatre (on 1212 Commercial Drive). Doors open at 2:40.   THE FIRST SET: C. Groumoutis V. Chalker Whitfield D. Corcese K.J. Johnson K. Alexander L. Gaskell M. Beaudry SHORT BREAK   THE SECOND SET: ...read more

Shaena Lambert Reading & and Discussion at Kogawa House

May 2, 2017
Dear Writers, Join VMI mentor Shaena Lambert at the Historic Joy Kogawa House, Monday, May 8th, 7-9 pm. She’ll read from her novel, Radiance, a gripping story about a young woman who survives the bombing of Hiroshima and is sent to the US for plastic surgery. This will be an interactive reading, so you’ll ...read more

Great BC Novel Contest Open for Submissions

April 11, 2017
Dear Novelists, Here’s a fantastic opportunity for you. Mother Tongue Publishing invites you to submit your  manuscript to the 4th Great BC Novel Contest by August 1st, 2017. The contest is open to all writers in British Columbia. Your novel must be completed and unpublished to be eligible, and you cannot submit it anywhere ...read more