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Hello! Want to get to know us more? We've interviewed ourselves 🤭 Take a look: buff.ly/4uSP8Xz @booksbc.bsky.social
November 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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Is this the end of the line for Poetry in Transit? The beloved and long-standing community engagement project from Books BC will likely be discontinued after 2027. Learn more at buff.ly/lnIRBHk #poetryintransit #readlocalbc
October 22, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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The Victoria Festival of Authors is next week! The annual literary festival takes place on October 12-18, and features readings, workshops, and conversations with Canadian and international authors. Check out the full agenda at buff.ly/LsmrQ6p. #vfa #literaryevent #readlocalbc
October 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Congratulations! Books BC members @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @figure1publishing.bsky.social, @harbourpublishing.bsky.social, and #StrongNationsPublishing were named winners at the 2026 @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social. 🏆 Read the full list at buff.ly/vpZJbu5 #bcbooks #readlocalbc
September 22, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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Then at 4:00-5:00 pm, Rob Taylor hosts a special 30th-anniversary celebration, featuring poets Junie Désil, Natalie Lim, and Fiona Tinwei Lam. There will also be other fun poetry activities on site! Learn more at buff.ly/WYxCXM2 #poetryintransit #poetry #literaryevent #readlocalbc
September 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Congratulations! @medicinewheelpub.bsky.social and @orcabook.bsky.social have been shortlisted for the 2026-2027 First Nation Communities READ Awards: fncr.ca #bcbooks #readlocalbc
September 15, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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Happening today! As part of our Read Local BC eBookshelf program 📚 #bcbooks #readlocalbc #prodev
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Join Tami Setala, BC Libraries Cooperative's Licensing & Business Development Manager, and Sarah Felkar, @booksbc.bsky.social's Executive Director, for a 45-minute discussion about ebooks and their licensing terms.

When? Aug 19, 1:30 PM via Zoom.

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August 19, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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It’s #BlackCatAppreciationDay, which is the perfect time to introduce you to our favourite little black cat adventurer, Huxley! 🐈‍⬛
#ReadLocalBC #HuxleysIslandAdventure #PictureBook
August 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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The 44th annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts is happening now! From August 13th to 16th, enjoy Canada’s longest running summer gathering of Canadian writers and readers ☀️ writersfestival.ca @scwrittenarts.bsky.social #readlocal #readlocalbc #literaryfestival #literaryevent
August 14, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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Happy BC Day! Celebrate local culture, heritage, and the great outdoors in this array of titles from BC storytellers. buff.ly/W9aESXb
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August 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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This British Columbia Day Monday August 3rd at 2:15pm at Coles at the Lougheed Mall in Burnaby. I’ll be signing a few of my books at this BC history books event. Bring an old one, buy a new one! See you there.
#VancouverHistory #ReadLocalBC
August 3, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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We’re not just in bookstores 📣 FREECOUVER: 101 free things to do in and around Vancouver can also be found in specialty shops like MAKE on Granville Island and in Gastown.

Granville Island was so busy today, which was great to see.

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A hand in a gift shop holding up a book called FREECOUVER 101 free things to do in & around Vancouver by John Lee & Rebecca Bollwitt. The cover looks like a fridge with magnets on it holding up souvenir photos / postcards
July 24, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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Poetry in Transit spotlight: Renée Harper✨

We spoke with Renée Harper 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...
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Renée Harper has a light skin tone, hazel eyes, and shoulder length brown hair with a side part. She wears tortoise shell framed glasses, and a grey turtle neck sweater. She looks at the camera with a soft smile “There’s something inherently poetic about being in motion, suspended between places. Transit invites reflection, and for me, it sometimes invites poetry.” he read my fortune in the passing clouds ill omens mixed with gusts of wind but sunshine too —Renée Harper, “Fortunes”
June 19, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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The author of Sprocket talks about parenting styles, poetry's power, and balancing the past with the present in an in-depth interview with @roblucastaylor.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social discover: www.readlocalbc.ca/2026/05/08/d...
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Don’t Trip Looking Back Over Your Shoulder: An Interview with Al Rempel – Read Local BC
Featured Interviews • May 8, 2026 • Rob Taylor
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June 2, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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Author Marion McKinnon Crook had a great time on her library tour across the Thompson-Nicole region. Thank you to everyone who made this tour special!
#BookTour #CanLit #ReadLocalBC
May 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Desperately believing that if I just support the system and believe in the status quo that things will eventually improve but it's me still following and getting emails from the "doesn't accept Indies" readlocalbc and Vancouver Writer's Fest
May 20, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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Poetry in Transit spotlight: Tom Wayman✨ @harbourpublishing.bsky.social

We spoke with Tom Wayman 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...
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Tom Wayman has a light skin tone, white and grey wavy long hair, and a beard. He wears thin framed glasses and a blue shirt, and peers to the side. at a time when the audience for contemporary poetry is infinitesimal, the Poetry in Transit poems demonstrate to the travelling public that “poetry” is not one thing, any more than “music” is. Expensive sedans, beaters, delivery trucks and jammed buses alike splash through the pavement’s rivulets —Tom Wayman, “A City Most at Home in the Rain”
May 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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BC Book Day highlights British Columbia's publishing ecosystem and its cultural and economic impact, honouring the publishers, authors, illustrators, bookstores, libraries, festivals, and literary prizes that connect us with local stories. #bcbooks #readlocalbc
May 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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Dive into Vancouver's music history, Indigenous children books, and feminist memoirs 🎶 view list here: www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestselle...
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May 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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This week, we celebrate the 11th year of Creative Industries Week in BC! Discover BC's vibrant creative industries, including motion picture, music, digital media, and publishing. @BooksBC_ @ReadLocalBC @magsbc @BCLegislature #BCBookDay2026 #MadeInBC #BCBooks.

Learn more at bccreates.com
April 23, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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Ask for a BC book at your local independent bookstore or library, and discover your local literary community at ReadLocalBC.ca

There’s never been a better time to support your independently-owned publishing community. Support #BCBooks, #BuyLocal and #ReadLocalBC!
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Celebrate the vibrant community of BC authors, publishers, bookstores, libraries, and the booklovers who make it all happen.
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April 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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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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Our weekly BC Bestseller list highlights the titles of independent, BC-owned publishers sold in independent BC bookstores.
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April 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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Poetry in Transit spotlight: Jen Currin✨
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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...
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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”
April 10, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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Poetry in Transit spotlight: Lauren Peat☀️

We spoke with Lauren Peat 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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Lauren Peat has a light skin tone, blue eyes, and a dark blonde pixie cut. She wears a brown turtle neck sweater and small hoop earrings. She is looking to the side while sunlight shining through leaves creates spots of sunlight and shadows across her face. “Words can make a minute stretch long, or collapse it into a pinprick. It’s a special kind of alchemy… I remember feeling as if the rest of the bus had melted away, and I almost missed my stop.” The 1:52 train sustains a D major chord. I rehearse having no purpose inside night’s cargo of shadow. —Lauren Peat, “Freight Train”
February 20, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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Sydney and her friends try to save an old-growth forest in A Promise to Protect, the perfect read for young activists with an interest in sustainability and conservation!

Available now.
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#MiddleGradeBooks #ReadLocalBC #OldGrowthForests
February 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM