We’re reflecting on some of our most exciting and engaging TBRs and conversations from 2025.Go to full post …read more

Read Local BC Highlights from 2025
January 16, 2026

January 16, 2026
We’re reflecting on some of our most exciting and engaging TBRs and conversations from 2025.Go to full post …read more

December 3, 2025
Pick the perfect gift for a loved one, or find something to curl up with yourself this winter. Go to full post …read more

April 9, 2025
A day to honour and connect with local authors, publishers, booksellers, and stories.
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January 9, 2025
Notable booklists and interviews from the past 12 months.Go to full post …read more

January 9, 2024
Please join us for The Subversives—readings from books about women and nonbinary people subverting the status quo. JD Derbyshire will read from Mercy Gene, the Man-Made Making of a Madwoman, a genre-smashing work of auto-fiction about gender confusion, patriarchy, addiction, and Go to full post …read more

November 29, 2023
Read Local BC asked the Upstart & Crow bookstore staff for some gifting recommendations. They did not disappoint.Go to full post …read more

June 16, 2022
While we’re eagerly waiting for this fall’s releases, we’re also working through our TBR piles and using the summer break to catch up on all the great releases from last season. This week at Read Local BC, we’re revisiting our top Go to full post …read more

February 11, 2022
February is Black History Month—a time to honour the stories and contributions of Black communities across the country and worldwide that too often face systemic erasure.
This month, we encourage all our readers to support your favourite local indie bookstore and Go to full post …read more

January 25, 2022
This week at Read Local BC, we’re celebrating Asian Canadian voices sharing their stories with British Columbia. Read on for a roundup of our favourite histories, poetry collections, memoirs, and children’s tales by some of BC’s most prominent Asian Canadian writers.

December 21, 2021
Arguably the best part of a BC winter is the weather-made excuse to stay indoors curled up under a thick quilt while the rain or the snow (as the case may be) falls against the window. We can’t think of a Go to full post …read more

December 7, 2021
Friday, December 3 marked 2021’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities. We invite you to reflect on the day with our selection of BC-published books by, for, or about persons with disabilities. These books and authors are dedicated to creating a Go to full post …read more

November 30, 2021
Do you have a friend or family member who defies categorization? No matter how hard you try you just can’t seem to find the perfect gift? We’ve pulled together a list featuring wild card picks from BC publishers. No matter who Go to full post …read more