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Celebrating the vibrant community of authors, publishers, bookstores, and libraries in our province. Tag your posts with #ReadLocalBC and #BCBooks 📚

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Some of the best reads sometimes get overlooked amongst the crowd. These reads are nothing short of buzz-worthy, featuring powerful themes, unique plots, and engrossing characters that will have you calling them deliciously good reads. 💬
February 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Written in verse, Like a Hurricane is a stunning exploration of what it means to be true to one’s self.

A young teen grapples with the fear of coming out to family and friends, questioning what the future of his relationships will become. Available now from @orcabook.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Stay motivated and beat winter boredom with Tsimshian artist Roy Henry Vicker’s quality colouring book, Inspired.

Available now from @harbourpublishing.bsky.social!
February 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Our 2025 review is in🎇 Discover which interviews and booklist resonated the most with the BC Readers
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Read Local BC Highlights from 2025
We're reflecting on some of our most exciting and engaging TBRs and conversations from 2025.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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These independent BC books flew off the shelves in 2025📈
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Bestselling BC Books of 2025 - Read Local BC
The Bestselling BC titles released in 2025 are here. Discover the top 20 and find the best BC has to offer up.
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February 5, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Experienced in the BC publishing industry? Our organization is hiring!
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Books BC is looking for its next Executive Director. Full details of the job post can be found through the following link: www.books.bc.ca/careers/exec.... The deadline to apply is February 9th.
February 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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Check out this article in @bcbooklook.bsky.social about Junie Désil and Wayde Compton's upcoming event at the Baumann Centre:

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Black History voices - BC Booklook
Victoria celebrates Black History Month with poet Junie Désil, host Wayde Compton, and live music by Caleb Hart.
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February 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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What happens when two poets speak?

Joseph Kidney, one of the current #PoetryInTransit authors, sits down with legendary interviewer and poet Rob Taylor to indulge us with an examination of Kidney's prose, influences, and literary references. Unveil here: www.readlocalbc.ca/2026/01/28/a...
An Utterance Overhears Itself and Doubles Back: An Interview with Joseph Kidney
The two poets talk about perceptions of time, playing with the units of language, and things beyond oneself.
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February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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My 2026 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here! New interviews in the series will be coming out steadily over the coming months.

I spoke with @josephkidney.bsky.social about his debut @gooselane.bsky.social collection, "Devotional Forensics."

I hope you enjoy it:
An Utterance Overhears Itself and Doubles Back: An Interview with Joseph Kidney
The two poets talk about perceptions of time, playing with the units of language, and things beyond oneself.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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The final Bestseller list of January is here with a brand new children's illustrated book from @medicinewheelpub.bsky.social that teaches kids about the wisdom of trees 🌲

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BC Bestsellers - Read Local BC
For the week ending January 31, 2025 Our weekly BC Bestseller list highlights the titles of independent, BC-owned publishers sold in independent BC bookstores. Print The List Go to full post ...read m...
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February 2, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Brisk weather and less daytime, calls for long reading sessions inside with a re-read or a new favourite. We’d love to know, if you had unlimited reading time, what book (s) would take top-priority this season? ❄️ 📖 ⛷️

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February 1, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Poetry in Transit spotlight: Calvin Wharton✨ @anvilpress.bsky.social

We spoke with Calvin Wharton and the other Poetry in Transit 2025-26 poets on place, transit, and community. Read here: www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/09/17/p...
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Calvin Wharton has a light skin tone, and a light grey mustache and goatee. He’s wearing a tee shirt and sweater with glasses and a flat cap. “There was a distinct pleasure in imagining strangers unexpectedly discovering and reading my poem” Imagine you have lost connection to gravity, a condition that has developed so gradually you didn’t notice it was underway —Calvin Wharton, “Do This, Do That: Exercise 2”
January 30, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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When the World Was Twice as Big, written by Aaron Cully Drake, is a witty and endearing story about a young man who confronts family secrets, his tumultuous relationship with his father, and one girl who ties it all together.

Out April 7 from @harbourpublishing.bsky.social!

#RLBC #2026Releases
January 29, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Seeds for Sharing is a new genre-blending memoir from Mohawk Elder Dawn Smoke that details her life, from her work as an environmental advocate and surviving the sixties scoop, to exploring Turtle Island.

Available now from Medicine Wheel Publishing.

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January 26, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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This week's BC Bestsellers are here, with Unceded from @ubcpress.bsky.social at #1 and something brand new lurking in the depths from @harbourpublishing.bsky.social ...

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BC Bestsellers - Read Local BC
For the week ending January 24, 2025 Our weekly BC Bestseller list highlights the titles of independent, BC-owned publishers sold in independent BC bookstores. Print The List Go to full post ...read m...
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January 26, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Curious about the Coast Salish Woolly Dog? BC Bob explores the history and cultural significance of this remarkable animal, as portrayed in The Teachings of Mutton.
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Now You Know - The Long Lost Woolly Dog
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January 26, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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Don’t put your studying days behind you just yet! 🤓 On International Education Day, we’ve rounded up a few educational works that make learning not only fun but also accessible to any reader.

Will you be adding any books to your personal curriculum this year?

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January 24, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Climate change is one of the most urgent issues of our time. But how can we actually address it?

Science journalist L.E Fox takes a hopeful yet radical approach, offering new possibilities for how we can reimagine our world before it's too late.

Available now from @arsenalpulp.bsky.social!
January 22, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Congratulations to Garry Gottfriedson for winning the @rclas.bsky.social 12th Annual Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry! As judge Cecily Nicholson noted, 'The Flesh of Ice...is grounded in ongoing contributions to Secwépemc language, sovereignty, and community.'
January 19, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Incite—our free event series presented in partnership with VPL—returns on February 10, 2026 with @maggiehelwig.bsky.social, author of the 2025 Toronto Book Award winner, Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community.

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Incite: Maggie Helwig on Encampment | Vancouver Writers Fest
Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library. The housing crisis plaguing major urban centres across Canada has sent countless people into the streets. In spring 2022, some of them found th...
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January 19, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Vancouver! Get your butts over to UBC to take in Kayla Czaga reading her brilliant new book Midway (@houseofanansi.bsky.social) *in its entirety*!

Whole Cloth Reading Series, January 28th, 5 PM, Green College.
January 19, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Join the year-round VWF team! We’re hiring a Programming Coordinator. 📚

The Programming Coordinator is an essential member of our team, supporting the Artistic Director with year-round event planning.

Application deadline: February 15, 2026
Learn more and apply:
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January 19, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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Feeling blue, this Blue Monday? Check out our subscription service and join for the whole year or for a quarter and get books delivered to your door all year long!

#NeWestPress #BlueMonday #ReadRadically #ReadCanadian #BuyCanadian
Photograph of a pile of books, spine out. All the spines of the books are blue. In yellow bubbles in front of the photograph, text reads: "Feeling blue this blue Monday? Why not resolve to read Canadian?" The NeWest Press logo sits in centre of the image.
January 19, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Sometimes a publisher acquires rights to a book published in another country, so they can publish the book specifically for the country they're in. That's what we did with THE MAGIC OF POCKETS (Canadian Edition), by Jess Driscoll. This Canadian version is available only here in Canada BUT –
Introducing: The Magic of Pockets (Canadian Edition), by Jess Driscoll
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January 19, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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I've waited more than a decade to be able to say this: hell yeah, new Elizabeth Bachinsky!!!

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January 19, 2026 at 9:42 PM