Category: Featured

Arushi Raina’s debut novel explores the roots of the Soweto Uprising in Johannesburg in 1976, and the edifice of Apartheid in a South Africa about to explode.Go to full post …read more

This year, four ground-breaking authors use their unique voice to explore the concepts of time and place. Go to full post …read more

Starting as a journalist, humour was something Jack Knox had to suppress. Now, he can’t stop his witty contributions—nothing hones humour-writing skills like laughter. Go to full post …read more

Local authors write about their experiences and histories in less-known cities in BC.Go to full post …read more

Travis Lupick‘s new book, Fighting for Space, explains the concept of harm reduction as a crucial component of a city’s response to the drug crisis.Go to full post …read more

Greystone Books, one of the leading publisher of books about nature and the environment, tells Read Local BC about their work in their own words. Go to full post …read more

Dina Del Bucchia recently published her debut collection of fiction after three poetry books. Here Dina delvers into her experiences writing in multiple genres and embracing different styles. Go to full post …read more

Challenge and adventure, rebellion and struggles, discovery and passion; read these books by female authors, recommended during Women’s History Month. Go to full post …read more

In celebration of Canadian Library Month, Vanessa Colantonio at the Coquitlam Public Library shares some recommended BC books to check outGo to full post …read more

Try this mouth-watering recipe from the newly published cookbook, First, We Brunch by Rebecca Wellman and enter our giveaway to win a copy too!Go to full post …read more

BC authors have been nabbing spots on some of the country’s biggest prizes this season. In the last six weeks alone, we’ve seen some nominations and wins for our local authors.Go to full post …read more

Maia Caron—who didn’t discover she was Métis until her twenties—wrote her debut novel as a love letter to her extended relations of Batoche Métis, women with secrets, and to Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont. Go to full post …read more