Books have always been an integral part of British Columbia’s creative industries and within our everyday lives. Read Local BC, launched and run by the Association of Book Publishers of BC, aims to showcase the vibrant community of authors, publishers, bookstores, and libraries that make up the province’s literary landscape. Part of Creative Industries Week […]
British Columbia is home to over 300 magazines, representing a broad diversity of publications, ranging from small to large, literary to lifestyle, leisure to arts and culture, news, business, and special interest magazines featuring the unique culture of Pacific Northwest lifestyle and culture. Discover and revisit some of our favourite magazines: ADBUSTERS Starting in […]
2020 was a tremendous year in the gaming space. While the industry adapted to the difficulties of developing games in quarantine, gaming communities around the world embraced indie gems and big-budget AAA titles with the same excitement. Here are the B.C. studios and games nominated for the 2021 Canadian Game Awards. Hardspace: Shipbreaker […]
Proclamation by the Province of British Columbia | Anti-Racism Resources March 21, 2021 | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination aims to foster a global culture of tolerance, equality and anti-discrimination. This year’s theme is “youth standing up against racism”, reflecting how the youth populations showed up and supported marches, in-person and virtual […]
Indigiqueer author Joshua Whitehead’s “Jonny Appleseed” has won CBC’s Canada Reads Contest. The debut novel from Whitehead, an Oji-nehiyaw scholar from Peguis First Nation, follows a two-spirit Indigiqueer young man as he returns home to his reserve to attend his stepfather’s funeral. Mohawk actor and filmmaker Devery Jacobs backed the prevailing title in the public […]
The 50th Annual JUNO Awards honouring the best and brightest in Canadian music have announced the 244 nominees. The 2021 JUNO Awards will be broadcast nationwide Sunday, June 6, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBC Music, CBC-TV, CBC Gem and CBC Radio One, and globally on CBCMusic.ca/junos. While Toronto is the official JUNO […]
The 16th Annual Vancouver International Women’s Film Festival from Women in Film and Television Vancouver returns online through #VIFFConnect from March 4 – 14. This year’s virtual festival showcases an international lineup of short-and feature-length films, from narrative and documentary to experimental and animation—celebrating the complexity and diversity of ways girls and women choose to […]
Vancouver-based artists IAMTHELIVING and Teon Gibbs, have partnered together to form JNGL, a new project exploring genres and cultures. IAMTHELIVING provides a buttery, soulful croon over upbeat production while Gibbs injects laid-back, West Coast wordplay that packs a punch into every track. While creating positive energy through art and crossing genres through their collaborative sound, […]
Hailing from Skidegate, Haida Gwaii, B.C., Carsen Gray is a Haida Indigenous and mixed descent award-winning singer/songwriter and is no stranger to a life of art, music, and entertainment. Photo by Liz Rosa Carsen’s early career took off when she became a regional finalist in the CBC 2015 Searchlight contest leading her to […]
For Christopher Steffler, empathy and advocacy are everything. Evident in his work, he has devoted his music career to breathing life and visibility into each of his projects and artists. Christopher is the owner and founder of Vancouver-based Mercury Artists, a record label and creative management company for artists and brands. He is also the Executive […]