Read Local BC

Spring is in the air, and the season’s literary events are beginning to appear, just like the crocuses. Go to full post …read more

Growing Room is a celebration, a protest, a reflection, a re-visioning, a gathering, a question and a dream. Chelene Knight shares how Growing Room meets this vision.  Go to full post …read more

Stephen R. Bown’s award-nominated Island of the Blue Foxes reads like gripping fiction, recounting the Great Northern Expedition in a “rapidly paced story of adventure”.Go to full post …read more

The weekly BC Bestseller List represents the top-selling BC-published books released within the calendar year. Go to full post …read more

BC author Gary Geddes has received the 2018 Freedom to Read Award in recognition of his work in support of free expression.Go to full post …read more

Weather warnings are in effect for much of the province. Here are some alluring events to draw you out of your snow-cave. Go to full post …read more

Specifically held during the off-season, February 23-25, the festival features workshops and readings with a wide variety of published authors in a beautiful setting. Go to full post …read more

Kim Clark has published short fiction, poetry, co-edited an anthology, was a finalist in Theatre BC’s Playwrights Competition, and has a novella optioned for film. That’s a long list of literary accomplishments for someone who didn’t start writing until after her fortieth birthday.Go to full post …read more

The weekly BC Bestseller List represents the top-selling BC-published books released within the calendar year. Go to full post …read more

Every day this week has at least one event, so you have your pick! May we suggest attending more than one? Go to full post …read more

The George Ryga Award is annually presented to a BC writer who has achieved an outstanding degree of social awareness in a new bookGo to full post …read more

In celebration of all types of love, hunker down with a book (or 5) about love. Go to full post …read more