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Books To Keep You Calm When The World Is On Fire

Books To Keep You Calm When The World Is On Fire

March 5, 2026

BC books to guide you away from skepticism and passiveness towards positivity and action in the face of...read more

“For All the Raw Edges, It Was an Extraordinary Way to Make a Life”: An Interview with Scott McIntyre

“For All the Raw Edges, It Was an Extraordinary Way to Make a Life”: An Interview with Scott McIntyre

February 25, 2026

The author of A Precarious Enterprise on a publisher's life, the power of stories, and advocating for Canadian voices....read more

BC Books to Build Relationships with More-Than-Human Life

BC Books to Build Relationships with More-Than-Human Life

February 20, 2026

BC Books to discover our interconnected relationship to all living beings and how to share our planet better....read more

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Current BC Bestsellers

  1. Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why It Matters Now Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why It Matters Now
    by George M. Abbott

  2. Inquisitive Raven Inquisitive Raven
    by Richard Wagamese, illustrated by Bridget George

  3. A Season for Spies A Season for Spies
    by Iona Whishaw

  4. We All Love We All Love
    by Julie Flett

  5. Seventy-Two Seasons: A Memoir about Noticing Seventy-Two Seasons: A Memoir about Noticing
    by M.A.C. Farrant

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Best of 2025

Discover Great BC Books to Read in Accessible Formats

Discover Great BC Books to Read in Accessible Formats

8 Quick Reads to Fast-Track Your Reading Goals

8 Quick Reads to Fast-Track Your Reading Goals

Book Recs

The Company You Keep: Books on Friendships, Girlhood, and Growing Pains

The Company You Keep: Books on Friendships, Girlhood, and Growing Pains

Build your Fall TBR with these BC Backlist Titles

Build your Fall TBR with these BC Backlist Titles

Interviews

4 BC Authors on the Moment They Felt Like a Real Writer

4 BC Authors on the Moment They Felt Like a Real Writer

Poetry on the Bus: Spot These 10 BC Poets on Your Next Ride

Poetry on the Bus: Spot These 10 BC Poets on Your Next Ride

Local Poetry

Words Being Read Like Birds: An Interview with Cecily Nicholson

Words Being Read Like Birds: An Interview with Cecily Nicholson

That Open Space Was All I Needed: An Interview with Estlin McPhee

That Open Space Was All I Needed: An Interview with Estlin McPhee

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