Contemporary artists of the Northwest Coast show collectively at the McMichael Gallery starting on June 27. Don't miss Challenging Traditions - the book and the exhibition.
On Sunday, June 28, join Greystone Books staff, Mary's family and the legions of hikers and walkers who shared the trails with her over the years for a Mary Macaree Memorial Walk.
Six String Nation is launching. And at what better place than the 2009 guitar-themed Luminato Festival! Join author and visionary Jowi Taylor and the Six String Nation guitar to celebrate the launch of this special book. Musical guests include Ariana Gillis, Donne Roberts, Madagascar Slim and many other very special guests
And be sure to stay tuned for more events happening around the book and the guitar throughout the summer.
Tar Sands Nominated for Prestigious Grantham Prize for Excellence in Report ing on the Environment We're thrilled to announce that Andrew Nikiforuk’s most recent book, Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent, has been nominated for yet another award – this time the prestigious Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment ... more >>
Twitter Contest: Best Canadian Song in 140 Characters We're running a contest on Twitter! Write the best Canadian song lyrics in 140 characters and win the Six String Nation book ... more >>
Six String Nation Launches at Luminato! Six String Nation is launching. And at what better place than the 2009 guitar-themed Luminato Festival! Join author and visionary Jowi Taylor and the Six String Nation guitar to celebrate the launch of this special book ... more >>
Join the Mary Macaree Memorial Walk! Mary Macaree, who died just before the publication of the latest edition of 109 Walks, was a longtime member of the British Columbia Mountaineering Club ... more >>
Challenging Traditions Opens at McMichael Gallery "Art of the Northwest Coast has re-emerged in the twenty-first century. Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast exhibition explores the art of nearly forty contemporary Northwest Coast artists ... more >>
Mother-Daughter memoir wins the Wilfred Eggleston Award Caterina Edwards' recently published memoir, Finding Rosa: A Mother with Alzheimer's, a Daughter in Search of the Past, has won the 2009 Wilfred Eggleston Award for Non-Fiction, part of the Alberta Literary Awards that were announced on May 23, 2009 ... more >>
BookRiff™ Offers a Sneak Peek at BookExpo America BookRiff Media Inc. will feature its dynamic new web application at BookExpo America (BEA), North America’s largest publishing trade event ... more >>
Hummingbird Wins Big at IPPY Awards We were thrilled to hear that Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas's Flight of the Hummingbird won gold at the Independent Publishers Awards in the storytelling category ... more >>
Vermeer, Rembrandt Opens at the VAG The Golden Age of Dutch art is one of the most celebrated eras in painting. The most impressive collection normally resides at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam - not easily accessible for the general public in Canada ... more >>
BookRiff™ and Nitobi Join Forces to Create BookRiff.com One of North America’s hottest web application developers invests in BookRiff Media, Inc.
The software development firm Nitobi Software Inc ... more >>
