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Aaron Chapman & UBC Press win CHA awards

Aaron Chapman & UBC Press win CHA awards

May 31, 2017

The Canadian Historical Association has announced the 2017 winners of the CHA Awards. Go to full post …read more

BC Bestsellers | May 28, 2017

BC Bestsellers | May 28, 2017

May 30, 2017

The weekly BC Bestseller List represents the top-selling BC published books released within the calendar year.Go to full post …read more

Events this Week | May 29-June 4, 2017

Events this Week | May 29-June 4, 2017

May 29, 2017

With events in Victoria, Nanaimo, Prince George, and Vancouver, there’s lots going on around the province this week. Here’s a quick snapshot! Go to full post …read more

BC Bestsellers | May 20, 2017

BC Bestsellers | May 20, 2017

May 24, 2017

The weekly BC Bestseller List represents the top-selling BC published books released within the calendar year.Go to full post …read more

Collecting Silence a poetic response to fragmented, noise-filled world

Collecting Silence a poetic response to frag...

In her debut volume of poetry Collecting Silence (Ronsdale, 2017) Ulrike Narwani reminds us that it is in silence that the music of connection becomes audible.Go to full post …read more

Elizabeth Rains on Hepatitis Awareness and her incredible recovery

Elizabeth Rains on Hepatitis Awareness and h...

May 23, 2017

Was it wild parties and rough sex, the blood transfusions after childbirth and following a horrific car accident, or perhaps some other event during the freewheeling 60s and 70s that infected Elizabeth with hep C? Go to full post …read more

Wade Davis wins 2017 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness

Wade Davis wins 2017 George Ryga Award for S...

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

BC Bestsellers | May 14, 2017

BC Bestsellers | May 14, 2017

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

Alex Marland’s Brand Command wins $50,000 Donner Prize

Alex Marland's Brand Command wins $50,000 Do...

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

Giveaway: Win BC books and exclusive Read Local totebag

Giveaway: Win BC books and exclusive Read Lo...

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

BC Bestsellers | May 7, 2017

BC Bestsellers | May 7, 2017

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

Why the BC book industry needs Read Local BC

Why the BC book industry needs Read Local BC

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


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