A Burnaby author is among those shortlisted for the 2016 B.C. Book Prizes.
Lori Shenher is one of five authors shortlisted for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, awarded to the author of the best original non-fiction literary work.
Shenher, a former Vancouver Police Department detective, is the author of That Lonely Section of Hell: The Botched Investigation of a Serial Killer Who Almost Got Away. The book, released by Greystone Books, chronicles the story of the missing women from the Downtown Eastside and the trail that eventually led to Robert William Pickton.
The book is in the running against Emily Urquhart’sBeyond the Pale: Folklore, Family and the Mystery of our Hidden Genes; Maria Tippett’s Made in British Columbia: Eight Ways of Making Culture; Briony Penn’s The Real Thing: The Natural History of Ian McTaggart Cowan; and Brian Brett’s Tuco: The Parrot, the Others, and A Scattershot World.
The prizes are being handed out at a gala in Victoria April 30. For more, see bcbookprizes.ca.
REVIVE AN OLD ART FORM
It’s an art form that’s becoming rarer – and you can get your hands on it at the Burnaby Art Gallery.
The gallery is offering a bookbinding course on Fridays in April, starting April 1.
Participants aged 16 and up can explore the art of bookmaking, using various tools, materials and sewing and construction techniques to create a new book each week. You can try out the accordion fold, simple pamphlet, Coptic stitch binding, tunnel books and Japanese side stitching.
Don’t know what all those are? Then sign up for the course – it’s $105 for four sessions, and you can find out more in the Burnaby Art Gallery’s program guide at www.burnabyart
gallery.ca.
You can also register at www.burnaby.ca/webreg (program 398777).
ART FOR WEE ONES
Here are another couple of fun programs from the gallery – these ones for the small people in the house.
The gallery is once again reaching out to the young crowd with some kids’ programs starting this spring.
Artful Duo: Parent and Me Studio Time, for the two- to five-year-old crowd, runs Fridays starting April 29. Each week offers a different theme and project, and drop-ins are welcome ($8 for one parent and one child) as long as space is available. You can call 604-297-4422. Or you can sign up for all four sessions for $24.04.
On Saturdays starting April 23, young artists can also enjoy Under the Sea: Watercolour and Mixed Media. Four- and five-year-olds can take part starting at 9:30 a.m., and six- to eight-year-olds at 11 a.m. It costs $33.96 for four Saturday sessions.
See www.burnabyartgallery.ca for more information and registration.Send arts and entertainment suggestions to Julie, jmaclellan@burnabynow.com, or find her on Twitter @juliemaclellan.
