Category: Top Picks

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kale and açaí are so last year. Can you guess what these 8 ancient grains and seeds are?Go to full post …read more

Fiction, non-fiction, memoir, history, and poetry—take a pledge to read books by women published in Canada. We’ve got your reading list here. Go to full post …read more

In celebration of all types of love, hunker down with a book (or 5) about love. Go to full post …read more

If you’re anything like us, you’ll have a hard time waiting until these books hit the shelves at your local independent bookstore.Go to full post …read more

Even though 2017 was a tough year in many ways, we are happy to have shared books on important topics, increased diversity, award recognition, and new publishing initiatives. Check out a selection of our content highlights.Go to full post …read more

Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation by Monique Gray Smith (Orca Book Publishers) teaches young readers about the lives of Survivors of the Residential School system and the lack of understanding of the historical and current impact of those schools. Go to full post …read more