Notable booklists and interviews from the past 12 months.Go to full post …read more
Read Local BC Highlights from 2024
January 9, 2025
January 9, 2025
Notable booklists and interviews from the past 12 months.Go to full post …read more
January 7, 2025
These debut books explore themes of identity, migration, family, and more, all while offering fresh takes on familiar genres.
February 21, 2024
Weaving the art of human expression and experience is no straightforward task. Storytelling comes in a truly infinite number of shapes, and it is our privilege as human beings to be able to stand on either end of the stories we Go to full post …read more
July 12, 2023
Fit these BC tiny tales into your summer flow.Go to full post …read more
January 23, 2023
BC’s publishers and authors have you covered with the perfect list to start off your 2023 TBR pile.Go to full post …read more
October 4, 2022
The first bits of chill are in the air—and that means the Fall Previews are flying in!Go to full post …read more
June 16, 2022
While we’re eagerly waiting for this fall’s releases, we’re also working through our TBR piles and using the summer break to catch up on all the great releases from last season. This week at Read Local BC, we’re revisiting our top Go to full post …read more
June 1, 2022
Happy Pride, readers! Each June, we come together to loudly and proudly celebrate the joys, victories and triumphs of the queer community! Pride is also an opportunity to reflect on the hardships and violence that the LGBTQ2+ community has faced throughout Go to full post …read more
May 24, 2022
We’re getting silly in this week’s blog post! While BC’s authors and publishers are known for their heartfelt memoirs, moving fiction, and illuminating histories, there are many comedic writers publishing right here in BC! We’ve curated a selection of some of Go to full post …read more
February 22, 2022
The following interview is part two of an eight-part series of conversations with BC poets about their new poetry collections. The series will run from January until the end of April, National Poetry Month. All interviews were conducted by Rob Taylor, editor of What Go to full post …read more
October 19, 2021
There is nothing quite like the feeling of being so completely absorbed in a story that all sense of time is lost. Whether it keeps you up past midnight or demands to be read on the bus, here are some truly Go to full post …read more
August 9, 2021
We’re going to go ahead and guess that if you’re reading this you’re a book lover, just like us. And wouldn’t you know it, there’s a day just for us! National Book Lovers Day shines a light on all the enthusiastic Go to full post …read more