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Taste Canada Awards announces 2018 shortlist full of BC books

Taste Canada Awards announces 2018 shortlist...

July 9, 2018

Congratulations to all the chefs, editors, and publishers shortlisted. We are thrilled to see the following BC-published cookbooks on the list.Go to full post …read more

BC roadtrip: 5 forgotten roadside attractions

BC roadtrip: 5 forgotten roadside attraction...

July 5, 2018

Many sights that were once popular with motorists in BC are ghost attractions today. Find traces of these 5 locations this summer.Go to full post …read more

Start your voyage with BC books on BC Ferries

Start your voyage with BC books on BC Ferrie...

June 29, 2018

We work with BC Ferries every year to help promote local books on the vessels during the summer season. Find out why these 16 books are Read Local BC selections.Go to full post …read more

Robin Stevenson: No, I will not stop talking about Queer Pride

Robin Stevenson: No, I will not stop talking...

June 25, 2018

We began talking about what the letters L, G, B, T and Q stand for. But when we got to T, a teacher held up his hand, palm out, traffic cop style. “I’m going to stop you right there,” he said.Go to full post …read more

“Stories invite us to enter into different worlds”: Lindsay Keegitah Borrows

"Stories invite us to enter into different w...

June 21, 2018

“Stories have the capacity to address feelings and demonstrate themes, to go beyond academic arguments and theoretical exposition.”Go to full post …read more

Lorna Crozier to receive George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award 2018

Lorna Crozier to receive George Woodcock Lif...

June 14, 2018

Author Lorna Crozier is being presented with the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony on June 28 in Vancouver.Go to full post …read more

10 myths from below the belt by “Dr. Sex”

10 myths from below the belt by "Dr. Sex"

June 11, 2018

Uncovering the truth and setting down the facts, here are 10 urological myths from the acclaimed urologist and andrologist Dr. Oliver Gralla.Go to full post …read more

Rob Wood: On feeling at home in nature

Rob Wood: On feeling at home in nature

May 25, 2018

Read an excerpt from At Home in Nature, Rob Wood’s stories from his off-grid lifestyle on BC’s remote Maurelle Island.Go to full post …read more

Meet the team behind Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver’s premiere LGBTQIA2+ press

Meet the team behind Arsenal Pulp Press, Van...

May 22, 2018

Arsenal is imbuing Canadian literature with underrepresented voices and much-needed stories. Meet the small, hardworking team of five that makes these books possible. Go to full post …read more

Pondering how a dog thinketh

Pondering how a dog thinketh

May 15, 2018

Taryn Boyd, the publisher of TouchWood Editions, shares how owning a difficult dog led to a bestselling book. Go to full post …read more

Bruce Geddes on writing his debut novel and how we come to terms with our past

Bruce Geddes on writing his debut novel and ...

May 14, 2018

A mystery plated with plenty of sides, Bruce Geddes’ debut novel examines the relationship we have to our past and how we adjust to the world as it shifts around us. Go to full post …read more

Rebecca Hendry on depth of character and underappreciated locales

Rebecca Hendry on depth of character and und...

May 4, 2018

Rebecca Hendry moved to a new city or town across Canada every year until she was 11-years-old. One Good Thing, her second novel, is a love letter to Yellowknife’s Old Town. Go to full post …read more


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