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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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New books and new bestsellers @orcabook.bsky.social @harbourpublishing.bsky.social @greystonebooks.bsky.social

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BC Bestsellers - Read Local BC
For the week ending November 22, 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 ...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Reading should be accessed the way you want it. That’s why we’re spotlighting books that expand what reading can be—through hi-lo print books, audiobooks, ebooks, and dynamic storytelling that make the “written” word more accessible than ever.🎧 📱 📘 🎨
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November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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What We Carry is our newest column tracing stories of migration, movement + ancestral memory from authors who write across intersections of identity, borders, cultures + generations. @ecwpress.bsky.social @playcanpress.bsky.social @btlbooks.com @arsenalpulp.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
What We Carry: Fall 2025 · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
What We Carry is a book list by managing editor, Justine Abigail Yu, tracing stories of migration, movement, and ancestral memory from authors who write ...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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3 new books on this week's BC Bestseller List ... discover below
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BC Bestsellers - Read Local BC
For the week ending November 15, 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 ...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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It’s #TakeAHike Day! Get motivated to explore the outdoors and all the scenic hiking trails that the province has to offer (even during the cooler months!) Whether you prefer to hit the trails solo or with the whole family, these books will encourage you to tie up your laces, get active. 🚞 👟
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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If you’re looking for more autumnal books to read this season, we have two great book recs that will transport you to a fascinating world of history and adventure.

What types of books do you like to pick up during the fall?

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November 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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With only 49 days left in the year, there's still time to crush your reading goals before 2026 strikes the clock! These BC books are exhilarating, gripping, and most importantly, short reads that you can power through to fast-track your reading goals.
8 Quick Reads to Fast-Track Your Reading Goals - Read Local BC
Behind on your reading goals? There's still time to catch up before the year's over with these quick and easy BC books in fiction, biography, and more.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Seeking something that will intrigue and challenge the discerning readers in your life? We highly suggest the Read Local BC Indigenous Voices Gift Box! 📚
This expertly curated selection by Hilary from Iron Dog Books features buzzworthy BC-published books by Indigenous writers.
box with books emerging, Indigenous voices book box, a multi-genre journey kiskisomitok by reuben quinn decolonization and me by Kristy McLeod and Phyllis webstad, a circle of tee shirts with a couple of them orange. a body more tolerable by jaye simpson, poems, two wolves biting each others shoulders with bright pink background
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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NEW this holiday season: discover @readlocalbc.bsky.social's limited edition book boxes and give the gift of reading!

We're thrilled that ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok by ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ reuben quinn is featured in the Indigenous Voices Book Box and in such amazing company.

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A light pink background. Across the top it reads "A multi-genre journey: Indigenous Voices Book Box". The image is of an open cardboard gift box with three book covers standing up inside. L to R: ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok: ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ to remind each and one another by reuben quinn, a body more tolerable by jaye sipson, and Decolonization and Me: Conversation about Healing a Nation and Ourselves by Kristy McLeod and Phyllis Webstad.
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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We’re hosting an online information session for all prospective CRWR Minor and CRWR Major students. If you’re unable to attend, the event will be recorded and later posted to our webpage.

🗓 Monday, November 17
⏰ 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm PT
📍Online (Zoom)

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November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Today we observe Remembrance Day in honour of the armed forces members who served in the difficult fight for our freedoms we're sharing stories that explore their history and resilience.

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November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Channel those long screen-time hours into your next great reading escape! 👀 Featured books from @orcabook.bsky.social, @greystonebooks.bsky.social, @talonbooks.bsky.social, @anvilpress.bsky.social

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November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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📚✨ Storytime just got a local twist! The Read Local BC Kids Gift Box is aimed at children aged 6–9, and is perfect for curious minds and cozy nights. Tag someone who might want to add this to their kid’s holiday wishlist. 🙂
@greystonekidsbooks @heritagehousepublishing @orcabook Available for $40.00
box with books emerging, wilderness adventures await early readers book box two tricksters find friendship by Johnny Aitken and jess willows, a white girl and an indigenous boy running and holding hands in the forest barnacle bay by jana curll cute crabs and sea anemone floating in the water, Huxley's island adventure by Haley Healey, water colour of a black cat on a fallen log in the forest
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Craving the perfect gift? 🎁 Our Culinary Gift Box serves up a delicious option for the foodie in your life!

Includes:
🍴 My New Indian Kitchen by Vikram Vij and Jennifer Muttoo @figure1publishing
🍴 The Davison Orchards Cookbook by Rachel Davison, Tamra Davison, and Laura Shaw @touchwooded
box with books emerging from it, unlock local flavour BC culinary book box "I'm drawn to cookbooks that tell a story, and these two compliment each other perfectly" Mary-Ann Yazedijan, bookseller, black bond books and book warehouse the Davison orchards cookbook, three women sitting on a vintage red truck with a valley in the background my new Indian kitchen Vikram via with Jennifer muttoo green book with paisley design.
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Grab one of our Limited Edition BC Book Boxes before they're gone! Curated by three local indie booksellers and featuring BC published books.
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The Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia’s three book boxes celebrate Canadian indie publishers and authors, covering such topics as Indigeneity, cooking, and eco-consciousness.
Books BC Launches ‘Read Local’ Book Boxes
The Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia’s three book boxes celebrate Canadian indie publishers and authors, covering such topics as Indigeneity, cooking, and eco-consciousness.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Three local booksellers curated our limited edition book boxes, swipe to meet them 📚 What makes each book so special? Read the Curators Guide to see why: www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/10/31/t...
meet the curators behind our book boxes, with three women. Mary-Ann Yazedjian, Curator of our BC Culinary Book Box, is a bookseller at Black Bond Books & Book Warehouse. She has been working with books her whole adult life. A degree in English Lit inspired her love of literature, and she’s never looked back. She can’t imagine a career where she doesn’t get to talk about books all the time. ID: she had a light skin tone, short curly hair, and wears glasses. HILARY ATLEO, Curator of our Indigenous Voices Box is Anishinaabe from Curve Lake, Ontario, but now spends more time in her husband, Cliff Atleo’s, Nuu-chah-nulth territories on the west coast of Vancouver Island. In 2017, after several years of experience in the bookselling industry, Hilary and Cliff opened Iron Dog Books. Hilary has a light skin tone, dark brown hair, wears glasses and is pictured smiling. KERRI DOYLE, Curator of our Early Readers Book Box, is the owner of Books & Shenanigans. When she first moved to Victoria 10 years ago, she downsized and got rid of all of her books. She never recovered from that, and opened her own bookshop during the pandemic. Her favourite thing is to help people find their next great read. Kerri has a medium light skin tone, short grey hair, and wears glasses. she is sitting on a backwards red chair with bookshelves in the back.
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Discover our new limited edition book boxes! 🍁 🎁
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Discover Our Limited Edition Book Boxes - Read Local BC
Each box features Canadian-authored titles thoughtfully curated by independent booksellers.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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This holiday season… give the gift of reading!
We are very excited to announce that we have the following limited edition Read Local BC gift boxes available for sale:

🎁 Early Readers Kids Box

🎁 Indigenous Voices Box

🎁 Culinary Box
Explore here: www.readlocalbc.ca/shop/
November 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Don't have time for marathon reading sessions? You can finish these unputdownable BC reads in just one sitting. Learn more in our new blog post: buff.ly/BdsKz5i

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5 Short BC Books You Can Devour in One Sitting
Don't have time for marathon reading sessions? You can finish these unputdownable BC reads in just one sitting.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Did you know about 170,000 wood bison once roamed northern regions? This educational book for kids teaches them about the role of bison in our ecosystem and the call for their conservation. 🦬

Now available from @orcabook.bsky.social!

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October 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Foster cultural connections through the joys of daydreaming with Dreaming Alongside. This stunningly illustrated book gives readers permission to daydream and think of what magic their lives have the potential to hold. 🦋 ✨

Now available from @orcabook.bsky.social!
October 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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New books on the BC Bestseller list from @greystonebooks.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social
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BC Bestsellers - Read Local BC
For the week ending October 25, 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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October 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Poetry in Transit spotlight: Junie Désil

Désil reflects on the value and role of public art, aligned with the political vein that runs through her work.

We spoke with Junie Désil and the other Poetry in Transit 2025-26 poets on place, transit, and community here: www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/09/17/p...
Junie Désil has a medium-dark skin tone with brown eyes, and long, thick black hair. She’s wearing a knit sweater and staring at the camera over her shoulder, with dramatic lighting. “When people see themselves and their experiences reflected in art in public spaces, it affirms that their experiences are valuable, important and shared." one time he dropped by with fresh-caught salmon sweet sun-ripe plums and plump fragrant blackberries purple mulberries that stain lips and fingers —Junie Désil, “he has beautiful flowering trees”
October 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Fall into the new season with these BC books that will give you all the atmospheric vibes! No matter the genre you’re into, grab a hot drink to sip on and get cozy in your favourite reading spot with these intimate reads. ☕ 🧣 🎃

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October 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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We asked BC Independent book publishers for their recommendations, find out what they chose below 👀
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BC Book Recommendations From the People Who Make Them
Get to know the work of our BC Independent publishers through this curated guide of top picks from the bookmakers themselves.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM