Every year, we at Read Local BC enjoy nothing more than bringing you the best of what BC publishers and writers have to offer. With the breadth and richness of our province’s literary landscape, it’s difficult to highlight our “favourite.” And, as every bookworm knows too well, there is no such thing as your “favourite book”—how do you pick just one?
So this list is less of a top-ten countdown and more of an excuse to revisit the books and conversations that captured our minds and hearts in 2024. Join us in this meander down (recent) memory lane, and let’s cozy up and read and reread together.
Meet Your Bookseller: Russell Books, Victoria
We had the opportunity to speak with the owners and managers of beloved Victoria bookstore Russell Books about their passion for bookselling and their take on the BC book scene’s past, present, and future.
Twelve BC Books by Indigenous Authors to Read for the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
These twelve books highlight the strength, resilience, creativity and imagination of Indigenous writers, artists, and elders.
On the Case: Five Puzzling Books to Keep Everyone Entertained This Summer
Sometimes you just need a break from real problems and to spend some time teasing out fictional ones. These books provide mysteries, puzzles, and riddles to engage readers of all ages.
Seven BC Poets on the Writers that Inspire Them
We love hearing writers gush about each other. In this article, seven poets talk about the writers they admire and draw inspiration from.
Five Reads for Black History and Futures Month
These five books showcase (real and fictional) Black characters creating art, indulging in hobbies, finding inner strength, and standing up for themselves—in other words, exploring and exposing the complexities of being human.
Futuristic Fantasies: 6 BC Sci-Fi Stories of Tomorrow
At least one member of the Read Local BC team is going through an intense sci-fi phase right now, and is thrilled to see so many BC authors imagine curious futures. We hope you will be too.
BC Books to Celebrate Banned Books Week
The easiest way to get someone to do something is to tell them not to do it. In that spirit, these books will scratch that itch of rebelliousness.
You Are Your Own Landscape: An Interview with Onjana Yawnghwe
Rob Taylor’s conversation with fellow poet Onjana Yawnghwe dives into loss, death, grief, and finding truth, meaning, and peace through the creative process.
14 BC Books that Need to Be Adapted Into a Movie or TV Show
The book is almost always better, but some stories, like the ones contained in these fourteen BC books, are perfectly suited for filmmakers to bring their magic to the big screen.
Ten Canadian Authors on the Writing Advice That Changed Their Life
It’s true one should never give unsolicited advice, but there is also comfort and community in sharing precious wisdom and encouraging each other. Writers know this intimately, so we had to ask these ten Canadian authors for writing advice that has stuck with them.