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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · 1d

Ken Mather didn’t know when he took a job at the O’Keefe ranch in the 1980s that it would turn into a book in the 2020s. Read all about one family's tumultuous rags-to-riches story in The O’Keefes of O'Kanagan.
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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · 4d

A charming new picture book that takes readers young and old on a whimsical adventure through the natural world, The Thing About Birds is now available.
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#TheThingAboutBirds #Birding #CanadianReads #CanadianChildrensBooks

Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · 7d

Meet our authors this October! Check out the event dates and locations, and visit our website for more information.
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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · 8d

In The Thing About Birds by Christy Obalek, two best friends find a mysterious red feather & ask, “what makes a bird, a bird?” Happy #PubDay to this charming book that invites young readers to more closely observe nature. Available online or at your local bookstore.
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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · 8d

September 30th is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day to honour the Indigenous survivors of residential schools and their communities.
We are honoured to help uplift the stories of Indigenous authors, illustrators, and storytellers today, and every day.

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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · 10d

Today is the 15th anniversary of Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools by the late Theodore (Ted) Niizhotay Fontaine (1941-2021). Read more about this powerful memoir of survival and healing: buff.ly/xubIgiU

Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · 12d

Three of our fall titles were spotted in the Vancouver Writers Fest 2025 Program Guide! Hidden Flowers, Trading Fate, and Separated From Santo look great amongst fellow BC books.
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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · 16d

We are so excited to see that A Haida Wedding has won the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize! Congrats to Terri-Lynn Williams, Robert Davidson, and all the BC and Yukon Book Prize 2025 winners!
#HaidaHistory #CanadianBooks #CanadianBookAward

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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · 22d

#DYK BC almost became part of the USA? You can read all about the summer of 1789, when BC's future was uncertain, in Trading Fate by Graeme Menzies. Happy #PubDay to this uniquely west-coast take on Canada's origin story! buff.ly/348JIfn

Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Sep 6

This fall, Trading Fate asks us to ponder the events that shape a nation as we go back to the first time British Columbia faced the very real possibility of being ceded to the United States.

Available September 2025.

#TradingFate #CanadianBooks #ReadLocalBC
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“If Canadians are ever to have an origin story they all can embrace, we need more books like Trading Fate, which tells the overlooked story of how the west coast narrowly escaped becoming American.”
—Madelaine Drohan, author of He Did Not Conquer: Benjamin Franklin’s Failure to Annex Canada

Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Sep 6

Called “essential reading for British Columbians”, Trading Fate is a uniquely west-coast take on Canada’s origin story.

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"This timely and important book transports the reader back to the very beginnings of what would become British Columbia, demonstrating just how close BC came to being annexed into the USA. Extremely engaging and well written, Trading Fate is essential reading for British Columbians."
—Eric Brighton, award-winning co-author of Lost Kootenays: A History In Pictures, content creator and founder of Lost BC

Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Sep 2

Happy Pub Day to The Trophy Hunter! 🐟 A hilarious, nostalgic journey that will stick with readers longer than barnacles on the hull of a boat.
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#TheTrophyHunter #ChroniclesOfAWestCoastFishingGuide #ReadLocalBC

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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Aug 30

"A brave and timely book that pulls no punches,” What Friends Are For by award winning author Harriet Zaidman is a powerful and nuanced YA novel focusing on Canada’s 1983 abortion debate.
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"A brave and timely book that pulls no punches. Abortion is never easy to decide upon, go through, or write about. For all those who think a story about abortion is too tough for teenagers, think again. Knowledge is power."
—Karin Wells, journalist, lawyer and award-winning author of Women Who Woke Up the Law: Inside the Cases that Changed Women's Rights in Canada

Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Aug 30

This Fall, Harriet Zaidman brings us to the 1980s debate on bodily autonomy in Canada in her latest YA book, What Friends Are For.
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#WhatFriendsAreFor #YABooks #ReadLocalBC

“Zaidman takes a complicated issue and makes it easier to understand. Young readers will see themselves in Leesa, and they will come away from the book with a sense of compassion for those who are struggling with this difficult choice.”
—Deborah Ellis, author of The Outsmarters

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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Aug 27

Peter Smith wanted to tell the history of BC’s silver rush for over 20 years. Now, he has written Mining Camp Tales of the Silvery Slocan, a work full of historical facts, anecdotes, & archival material on a chapter of mining history that has been largely overlooked. buff.ly/gOryl8I

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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Aug 22

Named “a master storyteller” by award-winning journalist Bruce Masterman, David Giblin’s The Trophy Hunter will be swimming onto shelves September 2nd!

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“David Giblin is a master storyteller. He weaves deep soul, vivid description and rollicking
narrative through this touching yet entertaining book. Populated by a cast of colourful characters
like Troutbreath and Wet Lenny, The Trophy Hunter is about West Coast fishing, to be sure, but it is more about life itself.”
—Bruce Masterman, award-winning outdoor writer, journalist, and author of One Last Cast: Reflections of an Outdoor Life

Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Aug 21

Called “charming and richly imagined”, David Giblin’s The Trophy Hunter promises a compelling and nostalgic wrap up to the Chronicles of a West Coast Fishing Guide series.
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"A Leacock-worthy tale, The Trophy Hunter features a fascinating cast of characters as they navigate the ebb tides and eddies of life, searching—like all of us—for that next big fish. Charming and richly imagined, well-written—and very funny. It will make you want to pull up stakes and head for the coast."
—Will Ferguson, three-time winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour and author of Beyond Belfast: A 560-Mile Walk Across Northern Ireland on Sore Feet

Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Aug 9

Happy #BookLoversDay! 📚 How are you celebrating?
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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Aug 8

Fall is on its way, & with it our new season of books! 🍂📚 Our list is full of new memoirs, history books, picture books, a middle-grade novel, & two firsts for Heritage House—a graphic novel & YA novel. Read more about these exciting books here: buff.ly/dA6pEOO
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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Aug 1

We deem 2025 a Bookworm Summer! 📚☀️ Don’t know what to pick up first? Check out our stack of recommendations! buff.ly/S2PpHPT
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#SummerReading #ReadingRecommendations #CanadianBooks

Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Jul 24

Do you know the fascinating history of Mulberry trees?
In his new book, Trees of Victoria: A Wanderer’s Guide, Collin Varner introduces readers to this & 200+ species of trees found throughout the “City of Gardens.” Watch him talk more about it here: buff.ly/1vtGrUj #NatureGuide

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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Jul 18

#BookFaceFriday in Cache Creek! Filled with beautiful colour photography & maps, Pioneer Churches along the Gold Rush Trail takes you on a illuminating tour through BC’s interior to uncover these buildings that were once the hubs of their communities.
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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Jul 13

Celebrate International Rock Day with a rockin’ book! Three sisters spend an adventure-filled (and rock-heavy 🪨) summer in the Canadian wilderness in Summer of Rocks by Jenna Greene. Pick up a copy today! buff.ly/DM74tmy

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Heritage House Publishing @heritagehouse.bsky.social · Jul 12

The book met the real thing when the Camas fields were in full bloom this spring!
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Readers of Blue Camas, Blue Camas will be captivated by the story of why these flowers are important, particularly to the Lkwungen community. buff.ly/DP0UBwH

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