June 1, 2021
It’s time to break out your rainbows and celebrate—Pride Month is here again! Whether you’re out and proud, cheering from the sidelines as an ally, or living anywhere in between, Pride Month is the time to reaffirm the value and wonderful Go to full post …read more
May 27, 2021
May is Asian Heritage Month—an annual opportunity to celebrate the achievements of Asian Canadians, and recognize how far we still have to go in the fight against anti-Asian racism and discrimination.
This year’s Asian Heritage month theme is “Recognition, Resilience, and Go to full post …read more
May 17, 2021
May 17 is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia—a day which serves as a reminder for how far we’ve come, and how far we have yet to go in the fight for LGBTQ2+ rights, freedoms, and equality. To mark this Go to full post …read more
May 11, 2021
May 9-15 is Children’s Book Week—our annual reminder of the important role that books and literature play in shaping the next generation of leaders! We turn to books to introduce children to difficult topics, to teach them empathy and kindness, and Go to full post …read more
April 13, 2021
The following interview is part four of a nine-part series of conversations with BC poets about their new poetry collections. New interviews will be posted every Tuesday and Thursday throughout April for National Poetry Month 2021. All interviews were conducted by Rob Taylor. Go to full post …read more
March 31, 2021
March 31 marks Transgender Day of Visibility, a day dedicated to celebrating transgender folks and raising awareness of the discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide. Today we share five books that help demonstrate some of the intolerance and bigotry trans folks Go to full post …read more
February 22, 2021
Freedom to Read Week provides Canadians a powerful opportunity to address issues of intellectual freedom, censorship, and access to information as they affect our communities — whether locally, nationally, or abroad. As part of our commitment to these three issues which Go to full post …read more
February 12, 2021
Family Day is a rich time for stories and reading, and there is no better time to explore BC offerings for the young.
While Family Day in BC is still relatively new, perhaps we can adopt the Icelandic tradition “Jolabokaflod”—which translates Go to full post …read more
February 2, 2021
February is Black History Month, and while the histories and mythologies of Black culture we collectively observe are frequently US-centric, Black Canadians have their own powerful legacy. From the cultural hub of Hogan’s Alley in Vancouver to the Black Loyalists who Go to full post …read more
January 27, 2021
Some things in this world are meant to go together: salt and pepper; pencil and paper; milk and cookies. There’s a certain delight in the perfect duo, and here at Read Local BC, we’ve found some flawless BC Bestseller pairings to Go to full post …read more
January 12, 2021
January is always a special time of year for readers: while we collectively shake off the weight of the previous year and begin making plans for a crisp new season of wordy adventures, publishers everywhere are revealing their catalogues –– giving Go to full post …read more
January 7, 2021
We are excited to present the top 20 bestselling BC books of 2020! How many have you read? Go to full post …read more