October 20, 2017
BC authors have been nabbing spots on some of the country’s biggest prizes this season. In the last six weeks alone, we’ve seen some nominations and wins for our local authors.Go to full post …read more
October 13, 2017
Maia Caron—who didn’t discover she was Métis until her twenties—wrote her debut novel as a love letter to her extended relations of Batoche Métis, women with secrets, and to Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont. Go to full post …read more
October 12, 2017
Carleigh Baker’s Bad Endings wins the City of Vancouver Book Award and Margriet Ruur’s Stepping Stones wins the Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize at the Victoria awards.Go to full post …read more
October 11, 2017
It would be impossible to gush about all the events we’re looking forward to at VWF 2017, so we’ve highlighted some of the local authors participating.Go to full post …read more
October 8, 2017
Read Local BC was excited to participate in Word Vancouver again this year—check out our gallery of photos. We exhibited with the ABPBC and hosted two events: Kids Read Local and our official launch of this year’s Poetry in Transit.Go to full post …read more
September 27, 2017
Since its radical beginnings in 1967, The Georgia Straight has been known for hard-hitting journalism, opinionated prose, and iconic covers. This excerpt brings together the prologue by Dan McLeod with several covers from the five decade retrospective.Go to full post …read more
September 23, 2017
The four authors performing at our Kids Read Local event at Word Vancouver on September 24, 2017 answered some burning questions we had. Go to full post …read more
September 20, 2017
At Read Local BC, we are gearing up for the latest season of Poetry in Transit launching September 24 at Word Vancouver with a fantastic reading event. You can expect to see wonderful poems from BC poets on your daily commute. Go to full post …read more
September 18, 2017
Word Vancouver runs from September 19-24, 2017 and there are lots of great authors reading. Here is a roundup of some we highly recommend checking out.Go to full post …read more
September 11, 2017
GIVEAWAY | Enter to win 1 of 3 Passes to LiterASIAN, September 21-24, 2017 in Vancouver. Go to full post …read more
September 8, 2017
To celebrate International Literacy Day, we asked some authors what they were readingGo to full post …read more
September 6, 2017
“I’m interested in facilitating funny, smart, joyful, and incisive stuff,” explains Charlie on the new imprint with Arsenal Pulp Press.Go to full post …read more