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15 BC Books for Every Season

November 6, 2024

From nature’s rhythms to life’s milestones, these books capture the seasons, reflecting the moods and stages that shape our...read more

13 BC Books to Help You on Your Self-Actualization Journey at any Age

November 1, 2024

From improving your reading skills in childhood to looking back at your life choices in middle age, find coming-of-age...read more

Ten Canadian Authors on the Writing Advice That Changed Their Life

October 30, 2024

Catch all of these acclaimed writers at the Fraser Valley Writers Festival on November 1-2 at UFV's Abbotsford campus....read more

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Current BC Bestsellers

  1. Whitewater Cooks The Food We Love
    by Shelley Adams, Conner Adams

  2. Untold Tales of Old British Columbia
    by Daniel Marshall

  3. Beneath the Surface of Things: New and Selected Essays
    by Wade Davis

  4. Never Boring: The Up and Down History of the Vancouver Canucks
    by Ed Willes

  5. Slumach’s Gold: In Search of a Legend—and a Curse
    by Brian Antonson, Mary Trainer & Rick Antonson

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Interviews

Photo of the yellow stairs up to the bookstore in a red barn.

Meet Your Bookseller: Upstart Upstairs

The text says "Authors in Conversation: Chelene Knight and Wayde Compton" next to their pictures

Full license to play with language: Chelene Knight and Wayde Compton in Conversation

Local Poetry

Image of poet Wanda John-Kehewin alongside a cover of her poetry collection "Spells, Wishes, and the Talking Dead." Image of poet and interviewer Rob Taylor overlaid with the words "national poetry month 2023."

Learning a Second Language When It Should Be My First: An Interview with Wanda John-Kehewin

Image of poet Jane Munro alongside a cover of her poetry collection False Creek. Image of interviewer Rob Taylor with the text National Poetry Month 2023.

Choosing to Not Cry: An Interview with Jane Munro

TBR Themes

13 More Books to Read This Indigenous History Month

A purple background with a wavy pride flag is overlaid with the book covers of the following books in a clockwise pattern: "Its Th Sailors Life/Still in Treatment," "Emily & Elspeth," "Crip Up the Kitchen," "Any Other City," "Banning Transgender Conversion Practices," "Moving the Centre," "I Am Everything in Between," and "This Unlikely Soil."

Celebrate Pride Month with Local Books

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