Celebrating the Giller Prize and West Coast Writing and Publishing Tickets are available via Frontier College. More info to come very soon.
Scotiabank Giller Light Bash in Vancouver
New this year, Vancouver will host a Giller Light Bash at W2 Media Café, deep in the heart of downtown eastside Vancouver. Join members of British Columbia’s publishing, writing communities and readers to celebrate west coast writing on a national stage. Guests will watch the broadcast of the Giller Prize and then be treated to entertainment featuring readings by local literary luminaries and the Real Vancouver Writers’ Series.
11/08/2011
Giller Vancouver featured in the industry rag!
Scotiabank Giller Light Bash organizers expect biggest turnout yet | Quill & Quire The web's best source of news and information about Canadian authors, books, publishing, and bookselling.
11/07/2011
As if you didn't need one, here's another great reason to be at Giller Light Bash Vancouver tomorrow night.
Giller Light Line-up Gets Even More Awesome with Alex Leslie | Giller Light Bash: Vancouver Yes, we’re gearing up for the festivities tomorrow. And now we have another reason to get excited. Local author, Alex Leslie, will be rocking the mic at the Giller Light Bash. Not only is she a stellar writer, but Alex is also an active participant in the Vancouver writing community. She’s run writi...
11/07/2011
The final installment of our epic (three hour) shopping tour.
What to Wear to the Giller Bash Part V — Two of a Few | Giller Light Bash: Vancouver Our last stop of the day was Two of a Few, (356 Water Street) and we had just enough energy and sunlight left to get our dress on one last time. Owner, Michelle Rizzardo (also owner of sister-next-door, One of a Few), kindly let us sample a few stylish treats and snap some photos on this Halloween e...
Look! Giller Light Vancouver & our resident "cultural ju**ie" made it into the paper. (No idea what's up with that photo, though. We thought the Twilight films had finished shooting here.)
West Coast ready for a Giller Prize LITERARY EVENT -- GILLER LIGHT BASH
11/06/2011
Sure, everyone will be dressed to the nines, but some of you may want to wear clothes with a little expansion room once you see what's on the menu.
But Enough About Fashion | Giller Light Bash: Vancouver While Heidi and Dina are all giddy about the fashion that is going to come down the red carpet at this year’s Giller Light Vancouver, some of us on the team are focusing on something more important: the food!
11/05/2011
Yes, there are even more Bash-worthy dresses.
What to Wear to the Giller Bash Part IV — Block | Giller Light Bash: Vancouver Our next stop was Vancouver boutique shopping staple, The Block (350 West Cordova Street). Owner Jennifer MacKay picked out many lovely frocks for us to choose from, and we could have spent hours giving them all a test run. Instead here are three that jumped out at us.
11/04/2011
How to dress like a Rock Star Giller Bash Host...
What to Wear to the Giller Bash Part III — Nouvelle Nouvelle | Giller Light Bash: Vancouver For a more Grammy Award-ish approach to your Giller outfit, try Nouvelle Nouvelle, at 209 Abbot Street, where you can find a Rabbit fur lined jacket like this one by Lafeeverte ($550) to go with your Nordic Flounce dress by Dusen Dusen ($230).
11/03/2011
Dreamy minimalism at OAK + FORT...
What to Wear to the Giller Bash Part II — OAK + FORT | Giller Light Bash: Vancouver Part deux of Dina and my Gastown Giller dress blitz took place at OAK + FORT, at 32 Water street. This is where you go for Giller Bash attire that is dreamily minimalist, like this black Rumi dress ($58) I tried on. Be sure to check out the shop’s fantastic jewelry and clutch collection, too.
11/02/2011
Let the Giller Award red carpet preview begin!
What to Wear to the Giller Bash Part I — LYNNsteven Boutique | Giller Light Bash: Vancouver But who are we kidding? We’re even more excited to get dressed up and be all fancy on the red carpet. (Okay, okay … really it’s just me and Dina who are a bit fashion nutso. The rest of the team is much more levelheaded and excited for the actual award).
11/02/2011
deWitt wins the Writers' trust Prize!
Patrick deWitt’s 'The Sisters Brothers' wins Writers’ Trust Prize Victory pulls author’s novel ahead of Esi Edugyan’s Half-Blood Blues in awards race
10/29/2011
A short excerpt from Patrick deWitt's Sisters Brothers.
A taste of The Sisters Brothers, by Patrick deWitt This is the fifth in a series of excerpts this week from the five works nominated for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
10/27/2011
Woot woot! The party just got hotter!!
Announcing the Giller Vancouver 2011 Hosts: Hal Wake and Dina Del Bucchia! | Giller Light Bash: Va The inaugural Giller Light Bash Vancouver 2011 – in support of Frontier College – just became even more amazing as both Hal Wake and Dina Del Bucchia have agreed to host the event on November 8th at W2.