@orcabook.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social @stonehewer.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @harbourpublishing.bsky.social

From Our Neighbourhood To Yours: BC Books Set in Our Province From the Cariboo to the Kootenays to the East Vancouver evening skies, there's a good chance a BC book is based in your little corner of BC.

From the Cariboo to the Kootenays, from Salt Spring to the Okanagan, from the beaches to the East Vancouver evening skies, there’s a good chance that a BC book is based in your little corner of BC.

Find a BC book that feels like home. ⬇
www.readlocalbc.ca/2026/04/17/f...

The Lifelong Process of Knowing Our Minds Can Be Beautiful: An Interview with Amber Dawn The two authors talk about perverting pain, literary influences, and cultivating one's awareness of body and mind.

If you want to learn more about some of these books, I have interviews with two of the authors up online, both for @readlocalbc.bsky.social. Here's one with @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social:

For the Love of Books! Celebrate BC Book Day On April 21 A day to champion and connect with local authors, publishers, booksellers, and stories that make BC.

learn more here: www.readlocalbc.ca/2026/04/06/f...

April 21 is #BCBookDay 📚 a day to celebrate and support our province’s independent book & magazine publishers, authors, illustrators, independent bookstores, libraries, and festivals that connect us with local stories. Discover your local literary community at ReadLocalBC.ca

BC Bestsellers - Read Local BC Our weekly BC Bestseller list highlights the titles of independent, BC-owned publishers sold in independent BC bookstores.

Discover the newest book in the Lane Winslow mystery series, an empathetic children's book to educate both kids and parents about MMIWG2S, and many returning
BC Bestsellers @touchwooded.bsky.social @medicinewheelpub.bsky.social
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Jen Currin has a light skin tone, blue eyes, and a blonde sweeping pixie cut. She wears a pink shirt and stares directly at the camera with a serious glare. There’s intense lighting with a black ground.

“Encountering a poem on the bus is like encountering this little piece of otherworldiness—poetry is so different from the kinds of writing we’re used to seeing on transit walls”

Lamp clicks on in a dark room.  The apartment throbs with light.  Tonight I must dream. —Jen Currin, “A Shadow’s Cat”

Poetry in Transit spotlight: Jen Currin✨
@houseofanansi.bsky.social

We spoke with Jen Currin and the other Poetry in Transit 2025-26 poets on place, transit, and community. Read the full interviews here: www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/09/17/p...
#PoetryInTransit #ReadLocalBC #BCPoet
#BCPoetry

Poetry For The Unknown - Read Local BC To commemorate National Poetry Month, we've curated a list of BC poetry books that allow us to connect deeper to ourselves and to one another.

These poetry collections do what poetry does best: examines our ways of being, sharpens our emotional experiences, and enlivens our sensory capabilities www.readlocalbc.ca/2026/04/02/p...
@talonbooks.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social @tradewindbooks.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social

BC Bestsellers - Read Local BC Our weekly BC Bestseller list highlights the titles of independent, BC-owned publishers sold in independent BC bookstores.

Somewhere in this list is a brand new biography about the true and turbulent life of an ambitious woman from the 1800's, who somehow ended up in Barkerville, BC 🔎 from @heritagehouse.bsky.social

Can you find it? www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestselle...
#BCBestsellers #BCBooks #IndependentBCBooks

BC Bestsellers - Read Local BC Our weekly BC Bestseller list highlights the titles of independent, BC-owned publishers sold in independent BC bookstores.

Discover a fresh-off-the-press murder mystery novel based in the underbelly of Vancouver🕵️ @harbourpublishing.bsky.social www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestselle...
#BCBestsellers #BCBooks

Banning Transgender Conversion Practices by Florence Ashley (@ubcpress.bsky.social)
The Fifth by MP Boisvert (@caitlinpress.bsky.social)
Growing Up Trans edited by Dr. Lindsay Herriot and Kate Fry (@orcabook.bsky.social)
it was never going to be ok by jaye simpson (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social)

It’s International Transgender Day of Visibility! In honour of this important day, we’re highlighting books that centre the multi-layered experiences of trans people, their contributions, achievements, and the continued fight to end the discrimination their communities face globally.

Let us help you pick a great read for your next long-weekend get-away! 😎 🌄 Some of these books take you on the trails to explore and connect in nature, while others offer unique environmental histories. So get ready to unplug, kick your feet up, and spend an afternoon getting lost within the pages!

29 new Canadian poetry titles to check out this spring | CBC Books Here are the new and upcoming Canadian books of poetry we're most excited for this season.

The CBC Books Spring 2026 Canadian Poetry preview includes Two Songs by Russell Thornton! Thornton's 10th collection brings together poems published across 25 years of his writing career, from 2000 to 2025.

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A graphic labelled "2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize, LPG longlist." Six book covers are featured: Seeing Things by George Amabile; Parade of Storms by Evelyn Lau; I Would Like to Say Thank You by Joseph Dandurand; th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett; On The News that Sagittarius A Grows Hungrier by Nicola Vulpe; An Orange, A Syllable by Gillian Sze

Congratulations to the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize longlist, including LPG members @anvilpress.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @guernicaeditions.bsky.social, @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social, @talonbooks.bsky.social & Signature Editions!

The shortlist will be announced April 2.

BC Bestsellers - Read Local BC Our weekly BC Bestseller list highlights the titles of independent, BC-owned publishers sold in independent BC bookstores.

This week, find 2 brand new titles and some returning faces.

Discover a children's illustrated sure to get young ones excited about the outdoors–just in time for spring! Also new: a tear-jerking story about the return of wild Bison to Banff National Park 🔎 www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestselle...

Dive into an epic time-travelling series in verse, set in 2110, weaving the devastating impacts of climate change with an immersive, fantastical universe.

Bramah’s Discovery is out April 14. Catch up with the full series available now on @harbourpublishing.bsky.social’s website. ⏲️✨

Stuck in a reading rut? We’ve rounded up a few locally published books to help switch up your reading vibe. From candid essays and introspective poetry, these critic-approved titles will help pull you back into the world of books. 📖 ⭐

Natalie Lim has a light skin town, brown eyes, and thick, black, long hair with sweeping curtain bangs. She wears a yellow floral dress, poses in front of a white flower bush, and looks to the side with a bright smile.

“So much of poetry is about the art of paying attention, and there is no better place to do that than in our own neighborhoods.”

hold on tight. stay as long as you need. when you decide it’s time to go, we’ll go together. —Natalie Lim, “On Bouldering”

Poetry in Transit spotlight: Natalie Lim✨ @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social

Lim is a devoted advocate for community, and enriching one's neighbourhood.

We spoke with Natalie Lim and the other Poetry in Transit 2025-26 poets on place, transit, and community. Read here: www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/09/17/p...

Books Listed
The Trees Talk by Jennifer Scott, illustrated by Carla Joseph (Medicine Wheel Publishing)
Swimming with Seals by Maggie De Vries (@orcabook.bsky.social)
Staying Power by Zena Sharman (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social)
Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name? by Norma Dunning (@douglasmcintyre.bsky.social)

There’s no better day than World Storytelling Day to celebrate the art of storytelling in all of its forms. That’s why we’ve curated a selection of books that showcase the diversity and power of stories told both visually and through written word.

Journey to London’s high society in the 1960s in the fifth addition to the Priscilla Tempest Mystery series! 🔎🇬🇧

Out now from @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social!

Books for Women's History Month · Lists · 49th Shelf New books on women's lives and women's history.

Women's History Month is EVERY month! Check out these new books on women's lives and women's history. @ecwpress.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @heritagehouse.bsky.social @btlbooks.com @boulderbooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #WomensHistoryMonth #WomensHistory

43 Canadian fiction books coming out in April to June we're excited to read | CBC Books Here are the new Canadian novels and short story collections we can't wait to read this spring. Featuring books coming out from April to June, this is the second installment of our spring fiction prev...

Nice to see "We are Busy Being Alive" by Rishi Midha on this list! www.cbc.ca/books/new-ca...

@roblucastaylor.bsky.social @eleekg.bsky.social #bcpoets #bcbooks #PoetryInTransit

“A Vehicle for Seeing Through and Beyond”: The Life and Poetry of Sandy Shreve BC poets and friends honour her legacy.

We remember Sandy through the words of the poets and friends on whom she left a lasting impact. Building on a Vancouver Centennial project from a decade before, she started the annual Poetry in Transit campaign which celebrates its 30th year in 2026.

www.readlocalbc.ca/2026/03/13/a...

BC Bestsellers - Read Local BC Our weekly BC Bestseller list highlights the titles of independent, BC-owned publishers sold in independent BC bookstores.

Discover a touching new memoir about family dynamics and uncertainty during immigration (based in Vancouver!) and a health book that brings facts to an Ozempic-crazed world
@douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @greystonebooks.bsky.social

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In this practical and encouraging guide, Carry On takes the reader on a self-guided journey into self-acceptance for any queer person.

Out March 20, from Thornapple Press!

Open up a time capsule to discover the captivating histories of the people, places, and stunning natural world in BC. 🚀 📼 Whether you’re obsessed with unsolved mysteries, local histories, or learning more about Indigenous traditions, these titles will take you on a thrilling reading adventure.

The Last Caravan is a rare and graphic detail of the intimacy of community-supported medical assistance in dying. This true story follows author Anna Byrne’s close friend Mary Morgan and the community that rallied around her to be part of her “dying team” to help her die at home.