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The Canada Council for the Arts revealed the 70 finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Awards 2018.Go to full post …read more

To celebrate National Translation Month, we’ve rounded up a few new and forthcoming books in translation. Go to full post …read more

Reminiscing, Susan Crean writes, “I grew up in Mr. Wong’s kitchen …” Her memoir, Finding Mr. Wong (Talonbooks), chronicles her effort to piece together the life of the man she knew as Mr. Wong—cook and housekeeper to her Irish Canadian family Go to full post …read more

By the poolside, on the beach, in the park, on the patio—all great summer spots to enjoy these exciting new books from BC publishers.Go to full post …read more

On Friday, May 4, 2018, the winners of the 2018 BC Book Prizes were announced at a gala in Vancouver. Go to full post …read more

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

“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 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

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

The ReLit Awards are awarded annually to literary works from independent Canadian publishers. 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

The “Lammys” celebrate achievement in LGBTQ writing. Go to full post …read more