May 17, 2017
Photographer and anthropologist Wade Davis was named the 2017 recipient for the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature for Wade Davis: Photographs (Douglas & McIntyre).
The George Ryga Award recognizes a BC writer who has achieved an outstanding degree Go to full post …read more
May 15, 2017
The weekly BC Bestseller List represents the top-selling BC published books released within the calendar year.Go to full post …read more
Brand Command: Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of Message Control by Alex Marland (UBC Press) was shortlisted on April 11, 2017 for the Donner Prize, which recognizes the best public policy book by a Canadian.
Earlier today, May 15, Go to full post …read more
To celebrate the launch of readlocalbc.ca, we’re giving away a highly coveted Read Local BC totebag filled with a selection of books from BC’s publishers Go to full post …read more
May 8, 2017
The weekly BC Bestseller List represents the top-selling BC published books released within the calendar year.Go to full post …read more
May 7, 2017
There is the value of having BC stories told. … you can connect with your region more deeply by reading about the history, food, geography, peoples and stories around you.Go to full post …read more
May 3, 2017
Mapping My Way Home: A Gitxsan History by Neil J. Sterritt traces the journeys of the European explorers and adventurers and the stories of the Gitxsan people, to illustrate their resilience when faced with the challenges the newcomers brought.Go to full post …read more
May 1, 2017
Mark Leiren-Young is a journalist, filmmaker and author of The Killer Whale Who Changed The World, about the first orca ever held in captivity, after the harpoonist failed to kill the killer whale.Go to full post …read more
The weekly BC Bestseller List represents the top-selling BC published books released within the calendar year.Go to full post …read more
April 30, 2017
In this excerpt from Should Auld Acquaintance, the wife of poet Robert Burns, Jean Armour, comes to life and asserts her place as more than a footnote in poetic history. Go to full post …read more
The seven winners of the 33rd annual BC Book Prizes were announced at a gala in Vancouver on April 29, 2017. Go to full post …read more
April 29, 2017
The 2016/2017 shortlist for the Donner Prize, the award recognizing the best public policy book by a Canadian, was announced April 11, 2017 by Kenneth Whyte, Chair of the Donner Canadian Foundation.
Among the five finalists is Brand Command: Canadian Politics Go to full post …read more