By the poolside, on the beach, in the park, on the patio—summer is made even better with a book (or two or three). We’re excited to share a selection of the exciting new books coming out this summer from BC publishers.
POETRY | JUNE
Drawn from 22 books of poetry published by David Bromige in his lifetime, if wants to be the same as is (New Star Books) chronicles the career of one of contemporary poetry’s most distinctive writers.
HISTORY | JUNE
Claiming the Land by Daniel Marshall (Ronsdale Press) is a trailblazing history of 1858 when the Fraser River experienced a third great mass-migration after the Californian and Australian gold rushes.
HEALTH | JUNE
In Happy Down Below (Greystone Books), men’s health specialist Dr. Oliver Gralla provides a clever, entertaining, and accessible guide to male anatomy and men’s health.
POETRY | JUNE
The debut collection from West Coast performance poet Hilary Peach, BOLT (Anvil Press) is a compilation of poetry, performance scores, and autobiography.
BIOGRAPHY | JUNE
Against the Current (TouchWood Editions), by bestselling author Cathy Converse, is the first book on Agnes Deans Cameron, BC’s first female principal, itinerant traveller, and journalist.
MEMOIR | JUNE
Susan Crean’s 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 for two generations.
HISTORY | JUNE
Thumbing a Ride by Linda Mahood (UBC Press) examines hitchhiking’s rise and fall in the 1970s, the practice as a rite of passage, and about the adult intervention that turned a subculture into a pressing moral and social issue.
HISTORY | JULY
Frontier historian Ken Mather is known for his fascinating, in-depth profiles of ranching culture in Western Canada. Ranch Tales (Heritage House) is an entertaining, fast-paced look at early ranching in BC.
FICTION | JULY
Melissa Bull‘s debut short story collection, The Knockoff Eclipse and Other Stories (Anvil Press), hums with the immediacy of distant and future worlds.
GUIDE | JULY
A must-read for any beer aficionado, Amber River by Glen Cowley (Hancock House) presents a guide to some of the historic and Victorian style pubs on Vancouver Island as well as more unique modern locations.
POETRY | JULY
Onjana Yawnghwe‘s first book of poetry was a finalist for the 2018 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and longlisted for the 2018 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. In The Small Way (Caitlin Press), a woman re-evaluates herself and her marriage as she comes to terms with a spouse’s transition.
COOKBOOKS | AUGUST
Italy, Greece, Spain, and Syria come together in one convenient and attractive box set (TouchWood Editions), sending olive oil and vinegar lovers on a culinary adventure into the very heart of these rich, ancient cultures.
KIDS | AUGUST
A Whale’s World is the latest installment in the My Great Bear Rainforest series by photographer Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read (Orca Book Publishers).
KIDS | AUGUST
Introduce your little one to the biggest and the brightest of all Hindu festivals through dazzling photographs and Rina Singh‘s lyrical prose in Diwali Lights (Orca Book Publishers).
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Want more? Browse the BC Books Online database for more than 12,000 titles from the province’s publishers. And check out the BC Reading Lists for more great suggestions on a variety of themes and topics.