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
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
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
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
HOLY COW! Looks like Emerson's gotten the SEAL OF APPROVAL! We're No 4 on this week's BC Bestsellers according to @readlocalbc.bsky.social on our release week! Thanks everyone!
#kidlitart #kidlit #readlocalbc
@picturebookseh.bsky.social
#kidlitart #kidlit #readlocalbc
@picturebookseh.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
HOLY COW! Looks like Emerson's gotten the SEAL OF APPROVAL! We're No 4 on this week's BC Bestsellers according to @readlocalbc.bsky.social on our release week! Thanks everyone!
#kidlitart #kidlit #readlocalbc
@picturebookseh.bsky.social
#kidlitart #kidlit #readlocalbc
@picturebookseh.bsky.social
It was such a thrill to be interviewed by the amazing Margaret Gallagher for #NorthbyNorthwest at #CBC studios today. I've been a fan for many years! #beneathdarkwaters #empressofireland #canadianauthors #readlocalbc #cbc
May 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
It was such a thrill to be interviewed by the amazing Margaret Gallagher for #NorthbyNorthwest at #CBC studios today. I've been a fan for many years! #beneathdarkwaters #empressofireland #canadianauthors #readlocalbc #cbc
Thank you CBC Books! Thrilled to be included in this list of the most anticipated Canadian titles for April 2025 @arsenalpulp.bsky.social
#readlocalbc #canadianauthors #beneathdarkwaters #empressofireland
#readlocalbc #canadianauthors #beneathdarkwaters #empressofireland
April 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Thank you CBC Books! Thrilled to be included in this list of the most anticipated Canadian titles for April 2025 @arsenalpulp.bsky.social
#readlocalbc #canadianauthors #beneathdarkwaters #empressofireland
#readlocalbc #canadianauthors #beneathdarkwaters #empressofireland
To celebrate a festive season supporting local authors, publishers and booksellers, we’re offering a chance to win a #ReadLocalBC book box.
#TyeePresents #Sponsored
#TyeePresents #Sponsored
CONTEST: Win a Limited Edition Book Box from Read Local BC | The Tyee
Three lucky Tyee readers will receive a curated holiday literary treat of their choice.
thetyee.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
To celebrate a festive season supporting local authors, publishers and booksellers, we’re offering a chance to win a #ReadLocalBC book box.
#TyeePresents #Sponsored
#TyeePresents #Sponsored
We ❤️ BC Books! Today is #BCBookDay, a day to celebrate our province’s vibrant literary landscape.
There’s never been a better time to support your independently-owned publishing community. Support #BCBooks, #BuyLocal and #ReadLocalBC!
Who our your favourite local authors or publishers?
There’s never been a better time to support your independently-owned publishing community. Support #BCBooks, #BuyLocal and #ReadLocalBC!
Who our your favourite local authors or publishers?
April 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We ❤️ BC Books! Today is #BCBookDay, a day to celebrate our province’s vibrant literary landscape.
There’s never been a better time to support your independently-owned publishing community. Support #BCBooks, #BuyLocal and #ReadLocalBC!
Who our your favourite local authors or publishers?
There’s never been a better time to support your independently-owned publishing community. Support #BCBooks, #BuyLocal and #ReadLocalBC!
Who our your favourite local authors or publishers?
Huge thanks to #BooksBC for organizing such an amazing celebration of #BCBookDay at the legislature.
Let’s keep the love going—support BC authors, buy from local bookstores, and most of all, #ReadLocalBC. There’s so much homegrown brilliance waiting to be discovered.
Let’s keep the love going—support BC authors, buy from local bookstores, and most of all, #ReadLocalBC. There’s so much homegrown brilliance waiting to be discovered.
April 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Huge thanks to #BooksBC for organizing such an amazing celebration of #BCBookDay at the legislature.
Let’s keep the love going—support BC authors, buy from local bookstores, and most of all, #ReadLocalBC. There’s so much homegrown brilliance waiting to be discovered.
Let’s keep the love going—support BC authors, buy from local bookstores, and most of all, #ReadLocalBC. There’s so much homegrown brilliance waiting to be discovered.
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
Congratulations! @medicinewheelpub.bsky.social and @orcabook.bsky.social have been shortlisted for the 2026-2027 First Nation Communities READ Awards: fncr.ca #bcbooks #readlocalbc
Dive into Vancouver's music history, Indigenous children books, and feminist memoirs 🎶 view list here: www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestselle...
@orcabook.bsky.social @anvilpress.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social
#ReadLocalBC #BCBestsellerList #BCBooks
@orcabook.bsky.social @anvilpress.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social
#ReadLocalBC #BCBestsellerList #BCBooks
May 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Dive into Vancouver's music history, Indigenous children books, and feminist memoirs 🎶 view list here: www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestselle...
@orcabook.bsky.social @anvilpress.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social
#ReadLocalBC #BCBestsellerList #BCBooks
@orcabook.bsky.social @anvilpress.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social
#ReadLocalBC #BCBestsellerList #BCBooks
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
#BookTour #CanLit #ReadLocalBC
May 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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
#BookTour #CanLit #ReadLocalBC
L👀K at this fantastic lineup! All on ONE bus!!🚃 📕 Where was this when I was in school?! @eleekg.bsky.social @wordvancouver.bsky.social #PoetryInTransit #WORDVancouver #PoetLaureate #ReadLocalBC
Don't miss the bus! Join us on Saturday September 20, 2-3:30 PM at @wordvancouver.bsky.social for readings from this year's poetry in Transit authors
✨ Hosted by Vancouver's Poet Laureate Elee Kraljii Gardiner
✨ More info at poetryintransit.ca
#PoetryInTransit #WordVancouver #ReadLocalBC
✨ Hosted by Vancouver's Poet Laureate Elee Kraljii Gardiner
✨ More info at poetryintransit.ca
#PoetryInTransit #WordVancouver #ReadLocalBC
September 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
L👀K at this fantastic lineup! All on ONE bus!!🚃 📕 Where was this when I was in school?! @eleekg.bsky.social @wordvancouver.bsky.social #PoetryInTransit #WORDVancouver #PoetLaureate #ReadLocalBC
August 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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
Available now.
buff.ly/sN8xtaD
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#MiddleGradeBooks #ReadLocalBC #OldGrowthForests
February 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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.
buff.ly/sN8xtaD
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#MiddleGradeBooks #ReadLocalBC #OldGrowthForests
Available now.
buff.ly/sN8xtaD
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#MiddleGradeBooks #ReadLocalBC #OldGrowthForests
Way to Go is a #FoundGem and a raw coming-of-age story about friendship, pressure, and finding the courage to be yourself.
Available from @orcabook.bsky.social!
#ReadLocalBC #BCBooks #ReadLocal
Available from @orcabook.bsky.social!
#ReadLocalBC #BCBooks #ReadLocal
December 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Way to Go is a #FoundGem and a raw coming-of-age story about friendship, pressure, and finding the courage to be yourself.
Available from @orcabook.bsky.social!
#ReadLocalBC #BCBooks #ReadLocal
Available from @orcabook.bsky.social!
#ReadLocalBC #BCBooks #ReadLocal
Happy B.C. Book Day!
There’s never been a better time to support your independently-owned publishing community.
Support #BuyLocal and #ReadLocalBC!
PS. I ❤ #BCBooks
@orcabook.bsky.social
There’s never been a better time to support your independently-owned publishing community.
Support #BuyLocal and #ReadLocalBC!
PS. I ❤ #BCBooks
@orcabook.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Happy B.C. Book Day!
There’s never been a better time to support your independently-owned publishing community.
Support #BuyLocal and #ReadLocalBC!
PS. I ❤ #BCBooks
@orcabook.bsky.social
There’s never been a better time to support your independently-owned publishing community.
Support #BuyLocal and #ReadLocalBC!
PS. I ❤ #BCBooks
@orcabook.bsky.social
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...
#BCAuthors #BCBooks #ReadLocalBC #AuthorInterview
#BCAuthors #BCBooks #ReadLocalBC #AuthorInterview
Don’t Trip Looking Back Over Your Shoulder: An Interview with Al Rempel – Read Local BC
Featured Interviews • May 8, 2026 • Rob Taylor
www.readlocalbc.ca
June 2, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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...
#BCAuthors #BCBooks #ReadLocalBC #AuthorInterview
#BCAuthors #BCBooks #ReadLocalBC #AuthorInterview
“A story as soul-nourishing and refreshing as an old-growth forest”, A Promise to Protect is the middle-grade novel for young activists everywhere!
Available now.
buff.ly/sN8xtaD
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#MiddleGradeBooks #ReadLocalBC #OldGrowthForests
Available now.
buff.ly/sN8xtaD
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#MiddleGradeBooks #ReadLocalBC #OldGrowthForests
February 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
“A story as soul-nourishing and refreshing as an old-growth forest”, A Promise to Protect is the middle-grade novel for young activists everywhere!
Available now.
buff.ly/sN8xtaD
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#MiddleGradeBooks #ReadLocalBC #OldGrowthForests
Available now.
buff.ly/sN8xtaD
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#MiddleGradeBooks #ReadLocalBC #OldGrowthForests
@bcferries.bsky.social trip coming up? Find these BC books and more in the Passages on-board store on your next sailing (Part 1)! 🚢🌊
@greystonebooks.bsky.social @heritagehouse.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social
@douglasmcintyre.bsky.social
#SummerReads #BCFerries #ReadLocalBC
@greystonebooks.bsky.social @heritagehouse.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social
@douglasmcintyre.bsky.social
#SummerReads #BCFerries #ReadLocalBC
July 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
@bcferries.bsky.social trip coming up? Find these BC books and more in the Passages on-board store on your next sailing (Part 1)! 🚢🌊
@greystonebooks.bsky.social @heritagehouse.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social
@douglasmcintyre.bsky.social
#SummerReads #BCFerries #ReadLocalBC
@greystonebooks.bsky.social @heritagehouse.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social
@douglasmcintyre.bsky.social
#SummerReads #BCFerries #ReadLocalBC
Don't miss the bus! Join us on Saturday September 20, 2-3:30 PM at @wordvancouver.bsky.social for readings from this year's poetry in Transit authors
✨ Hosted by Vancouver's Poet Laureate Elee Kraljii Gardiner
✨ More info at poetryintransit.ca
#PoetryInTransit #WordVancouver #ReadLocalBC
✨ Hosted by Vancouver's Poet Laureate Elee Kraljii Gardiner
✨ More info at poetryintransit.ca
#PoetryInTransit #WordVancouver #ReadLocalBC
September 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Don't miss the bus! Join us on Saturday September 20, 2-3:30 PM at @wordvancouver.bsky.social for readings from this year's poetry in Transit authors
✨ Hosted by Vancouver's Poet Laureate Elee Kraljii Gardiner
✨ More info at poetryintransit.ca
#PoetryInTransit #WordVancouver #ReadLocalBC
✨ Hosted by Vancouver's Poet Laureate Elee Kraljii Gardiner
✨ More info at poetryintransit.ca
#PoetryInTransit #WordVancouver #ReadLocalBC
Join us THIS SATURDAY from 2-3:30 PM at @wordvancouver.bsky.social for readings from this year's Poets! Hosted by Vancouver's poet laureate @eleekg.bsky.social and followed by discussion and Q&A.
#ReadLocalBC #WordVancouver #PoetryInTransit
#ReadLocalBC #WordVancouver #PoetryInTransit
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Join us THIS SATURDAY from 2-3:30 PM at @wordvancouver.bsky.social for readings from this year's Poets! Hosted by Vancouver's poet laureate @eleekg.bsky.social and followed by discussion and Q&A.
#ReadLocalBC #WordVancouver #PoetryInTransit
#ReadLocalBC #WordVancouver #PoetryInTransit
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
Learn more at bccreates.com
April 23, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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
Learn more at bccreates.com
We asked BC Independent book publishers for their recommendations, find out what they chose below 👀
www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/10/22/i...
#ReadLocalBC #BCIndieBooks #BCIndiePublishers
www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/10/22/i...
#ReadLocalBC #BCIndieBooks #BCIndiePublishers
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.
www.readlocalbc.ca
October 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
We asked BC Independent book publishers for their recommendations, find out what they chose below 👀
www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/10/22/i...
#ReadLocalBC #BCIndieBooks #BCIndiePublishers
www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/10/22/i...
#ReadLocalBC #BCIndieBooks #BCIndiePublishers
Broaden your horizons this fall with this list of fascinating nonfiction on wide-ranging topics, from the way we eat and think to incredible historical movements in Canada and the relationship between the body and politics!
#ReadLocalBC @ubcpress.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social
#ReadLocalBC @ubcpress.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Broaden your horizons this fall with this list of fascinating nonfiction on wide-ranging topics, from the way we eat and think to incredible historical movements in Canada and the relationship between the body and politics!
#ReadLocalBC @ubcpress.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social
#ReadLocalBC @ubcpress.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social
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.
#Vancouver #Books #BC #BCBooks #ReadLocalBC 📚
Granville Island was so busy today, which was great to see.
#Vancouver #Books #BC #BCBooks #ReadLocalBC 📚
July 24, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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.
#Vancouver #Books #BC #BCBooks #ReadLocalBC 📚
Granville Island was so busy today, which was great to see.
#Vancouver #Books #BC #BCBooks #ReadLocalBC 📚