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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

Neil Sterritt travels the Skeena Valley geographically and culturally

Neil Sterritt travels the Skeena Valley geog...

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

Mark Leiren-Young: self-professed orcaholic and the whale who inspired him

Mark Leiren-Young: self-professed orcaholic ...

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

Discovering the Woman Behind Robert Burns

Discovering the Woman Behind Robert Burns

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 Heron: an illustrated excerpt from Alison’s Fishing Birds

The Heron: an illustrated excerpt from Aliso...

April 20, 2017

A beautifully illustrated children’s story written by acclaimed Canadian author Roderick Haig-Brown, Alison’s Fishing Birds is the story of a young girl’s encounter with some of BC’s most intriguing river birds. Go to full post …read more


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