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5 things you need to know about the Site C Dam

5 things you need to know about the Site C D...

May 1, 2018

Award-winning journalist Sarah Cox breaks down the controversial Site C Dam project in her new book, Breaching the Peace. Go to full post …read more

Poetic Licence: Elee Kraljii Gardiner on book drafts and writing unapologetically

Poetic Licence: Elee Kraljii Gardiner on boo...

April 30, 2018

Poetic Licence is a special Read Local BC column for National Poetry Month. Each column features one poet and a snapshot into their bookish world. Elee Kraljii Gardiner is the founder of Thursdays Writing Collective and her second book of poetry, Go to full post …read more

Cornelia Hoogland on tour life

Cornelia Hoogland on tour life

April 27, 2018

Cornelia Hoogland recently completed a book tour for Trailer Park Elegy with stops in BC, Ontario, and Quebec. She shares some of the highlights.Go to full post …read more

Poetic Licence: David Zieroth on shaping poetry and family influences

Poetic Licence: David Zieroth on shaping poe...

April 25, 2018

Poetic Licence is a special Read Local BC column for National Poetry Month. Each column features one poet and a snapshot into their bookish world. David Zieroth is a Governor General’s Award-winning poet and his new collection is the bridge from Go to full post …read more

“Glosa to the lure and pull of books” by Yvonne Blomer for BC Book Day 2018

"Glosa to the lure and pull of books" by Yvo...

April 24, 2018

Victoria Poet Laureate Yvonne Blomer graced BC Book Day attendees with an original poem. See if you can spot the book titles hidden within Yvonne’s glosa! Go to full post …read more

10 books for Earth Day

10 books for Earth Day

April 22, 2018

These 10 books will satiate your thirst for environmental knowledge as you celebrate Earth Day. Go to full post …read more

The magic of storytelling on BC Book Day

The magic of storytelling on BC Book Day

April 20, 2018

From the north, from the south, from the centre and from the west, BC books come from all over. On April 23, BC Book Day reminds us that BC is so much more than its resources. Go to full post …read more

Poetic Licence: Laisha Rosnau on emotional honesty and reading in the bath

Poetic Licence: Laisha Rosnau on emotional h...

April 19, 2018

I relate to the “no work of art is ever finished, only abandoned” school of thought.Go to full post …read more

Joshua Whitehead on accountability, pop culture, and writing taboo topics

Joshua Whitehead on accountability, pop cult...

April 17, 2018

“I have this little game I play: find the hidden NDN. There’s almost always one—an appropriated concept of Indigeneity in every text.”Go to full post …read more

Poetic Licence: Mercedes Eng on found text and honouring difficult topics

Poetic Licence: Mercedes Eng on found text a...

April 16, 2018

Poetic Licence is a special Read Local BC column for National Poetry Month. Mercedes Eng’s Prison Industrial Complex Explodes is a finalist for the 2018 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Go to full post …read more

Donato Mancini shortlisted for Griffin Poetry Prize

Donato Mancini shortlisted for Griffin Poetr...

April 11, 2018

Seven books are shortlisted—four international and three Canadian—for the 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize. Go to full post …read more

Poetic Licence: Sharon Thesen on productivity and inspiration

Poetic Licence: Sharon Thesen on productivit...

April 10, 2018

Poetic Licence is a snapshot into the poetry world during National Poetry Month. Sharon Thesen is a three-time Governor General’s Award finalist and just released her 13th book.Go to full post …read more


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