Some scenes from various points west.
Chris Tougas (right) won the inaugural Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize on Oct. 15 for his book Mechanimals (Orca Book Publishers), which he wrote and illustrated. Meanwhile, Arleen Paré (left) won the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize for Paper Trail (NeWest Press), a mix of fiction and poetry.
The Fictionistas road show, featuring female novelists from various presses, is in full force again this fall. Above, Vancouver MC Trevor Battye looks on as Alix Hawley, author of Old Familiar (Thistledown Press), takes questions from the audience. The Vancouver event took place on Oct. 16.
Hawley (right) with. from left, fellow Fictionistas A.S. Penne (Reckoning, Turnstone Press) and Rosella Leslie (The Goat Lady’s Daughter, NeWest Press).
Theanna Bischoff reads from her debut novel, Cleavage (NeWest Press), at the Edmonton Fictionistas event on Oct. 9.
Also in Edmonton, Brit Holmstrom reads from Claudia (Coteau Books).
Faces in the Edmonton crowd included Cathy Cech, Shawna Lemay, and Doug Barbour. (All Edmonton photos by Tiffany Regaudie; all Vancouver photos by Nadine Boyd.)
