For World Teachers' Day, we rounded up stories that embody the educational and inspirational spirit of the work educators do to promote literacy, nurture curiosity and shape the future leaders (and readers) of the world. 🍎 ✏️ 📚
05.10.2025 15:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Indigenous Stories to Read for Truth and Reconciliation
On this important day of learning and healing, these stories reflect the diverse experiences of Indigenous identity and cultural traditions.
In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we’ve rounded up a few stories that reflect the diverse experiences of Indigenous identity, language, teachings, and cultural traditions. Learn more about these books on our website.
#ReadIndigenous
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01.10.2025 16:50 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
@douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @ubcpress.bsky.social @medicinewheelpub.bsky.social @harbourpublishing.bsky.social
29.09.2025 18:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A collage graphic with the text "Reads for Truth and Reconciliation Day, September 30. + 50 more essential reads on All Lit Up.ca." The graphic features the covers of Beaver Hills Forever, Reconciling, Bad Indians Book Club, White Noise, and I Would Like to Say Thank You.
On the eve of Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada, we recommend five books to read and reflect on from @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @gooselane.bsky.social, @talonbooks.bsky.social, and @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social. Browse our full list here: alllitup.ca/book-list/re...
29.09.2025 14:24 — 👍 43 🔁 21 💬 1 📌 2
(1/5) The West Coast Book Prize Society announced the winners of the 41st @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social. 🏆 Congratulations to our members, @talonbooks.bsky.social, @heritagehouse.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, and @figure1publishing.bsky.social!
More details below and at buff.ly/ZxafZpf
23.09.2025 23:57 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Green book launch poster featuring authors Isabella Wang, Christina Shah and Natalie Lim.
TONIGHT!! Join Isabella Wang, @isabellawangbc.bsky.social and me for the launch of 'November, November', and 'if: prey, then: huntress!' Hosted by Natalie Lim. 7 pm, Massy Books. 229 E. Georgia St. @massybooks.bsky.social
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/huntress-i...
#poetry #booklaunch
22.09.2025 14:45 — 👍 7 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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
22.09.2025 19:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I wast at @wordvancouver.bsky.social today. I didn’t know we have poems on buses! Discovered some incredible local poets and authors. @readlocalbc.bsky.social
21.09.2025 03:07 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
Amphibious Poetics: An Interview with Leanne Dunic
Poets Leanne Dunic and Rob Taylor talk about genre-crossing art, mask wearing, and desire and restraint.
Congratulations to Leanne Dunic on winning the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize (@bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social) for her book "Wet."
You can read my interview with Leanne about the book over at @readlocalbc.bsky.social:
21.09.2025 23:33 — 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
Your indie BC Bestseller list is here, featuring many new titles hot off the press, from the first big fall release 🔥 📖
Be first to check out what's best right now:
www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestselle...
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22.09.2025 19:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Poetry on the Bus: Spot These 10 BC Poets on Your Next Ride
Celebrating 29 years of Poetry in Transit with a conversation with this year's selected BC poets.
↪Swipe to find out how place impacts these Poets’ work
Join us tomorrow from 2-3:30 PM @wordvancouver.bsky.social in Robson Square to hear readings from our featured poets! followed by discussion and Q&A.
Read the full interviews here:
www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/09/17/p...
19.09.2025 19:50 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Read Local BC | National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS)
Books BC, in partnership with the BC Libraries Cooperative, has launched the Read Local BC eBookshelf — a collection of books published right here in British Columbia that bring local stories to life....
In June 2025 we launched the Read Local BC eBookshelf, in partnership with the Association of Book Publishers of BC.
NNELS now offers accessible versions of Read Local BC titles:
nnels.ca/relations/re...
#Accessibility #DigitalLibrary @readlocalbc.bsky.social @libbyapp.com @nnelsca.bsky.social
18.09.2025 22:58 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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
18.09.2025 00:28 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
We’re back! 📚✨
It’s been over 30 years since “Word on the Street” (IYKYK) + we’re thrilled to have been able to foster the joy of the written word and inspire creativity for the last three decades.
The entire event is FREE and has something for everyone (truly!).
More Info: www.wordvancouver.ca
17.08.2025 19:10 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Decolonization and me, ring of tee shirts that are grey with two that are orange.
New and No.1 this week's BC indie Bestseller list:
Decolonization and Me by Phyllis Webstad and Kristy McLeod @medicinewheelpub.bsky.social
Full list:
www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestselle...
15.09.2025 18:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
8 Books on BC's Trailblazers and Future Changemakers
Powerful, inspirational, and thought-provoking stories about BC’s boldest changemakers, the people who helped shape the province.
It takes just one voice to make all the difference. These 8 stories on trailblazer's who left their mark on the province—and proved the power of action—will inspire you!
11.09.2025 00:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Read local bc monthly newsletter: As daylight slips away a little earlier and the breeze grows a little colder, we can feel Autumn approaching. With the change of seasons comes time for us to reflect and prepare our favourite remedies: hot teas and coffee on hand, wool socks and slippers and sweatpants at the front of our wardrobe, and homes filled with heavy blankets, curated book stacks, and warm light from a myriad of lamps, candles, and fireplaces. My favourite part of the beginning of fall has always been buying new stationary, soft leathery notebooks, and inky pens, and perusing local book stores for new stories to fall into. We have curated book lists with some of the best that BC has to offer, so you can do just that. Pick up a copy at your nearest local indie bookstore!This September is filled with literary festivals and readings that we’ve highlighted for you, so you can find a writing retreat that enlivens your practice, and attend readings that encapsulate you. Lastly, it wouldn’t be September without our annual Poetry in Transit launch! Read on to find out who made the cut. As always, #ReadLocalBC!
Autumn is approaching, and with it came our September edition, Fall into a New Series 💌
We write a monthly newsletter highlighting local literary events, achievements, launches, and must read book lists
Sign up below to stay up to date on your local bookish news
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10.09.2025 16:24 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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
09.09.2025 17:21 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2
New picture books coming this fall! 🍂
Email from Plus a first look at our new school collections Can't view images? Open this email in your web browser. Art by Brady Sato from Maya Inside. We’ve got a stellar lineup of picture books comin
Looking for new picture books to use in the classroom? We’ve got a stellar fall lineup!
From fun and silly to comforting and empowering, there are strong curriculum connections for your classroom—and there’s something for every reader.
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08.09.2025 17:48 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
In honor of Official Languages Day, Canadian Heritage is launching "I support Canadian books!” 🍁
On September 11, support Canadian books and local culture by sharing a photo of the book you have chosen on your social media with #CanadianBook and #OLDay.
More details here: buff.ly/uwV1m7A
04.09.2025 21:30 — 👍 3 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
If you love arts and culture in Canada, please consider signing the @artscoalitionca.bsky.social letter before September 15th! 📣✒️ #DontCutTheArts @readlocalbc.bsky.social
02.09.2025 20:03 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
We’ve got an announcement to celebrate the first day of school: applications are open now for our Writers in the Classroom program, which will offer 13 FREE author visits to schools across Metro Vancouver between October to December 2025.
Apply by Sept 30:
writersfest.bc.ca/youth#writer...
02.09.2025 16:06 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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
18.08.2025 20:19 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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02.09.2025 17:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Candid and deeply personal—Post-Man by Alex Manley explores masculinity, neurodivergence, and identity from a non-binary lens. From hockey culture to gender norms, this essay collection is a must-read for every reader discussing manhood in today.
Coming Sept. 30 from @arsenalpulp.bsky.social!
28.08.2025 16:41 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Medicine Wheel Publishing provides high quality educational Indigenous literature that is culturally authentic, carries moral messages and for all.
https://medicinewheelpublishing.com/
Visit our other pages for more!
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Our mission is to recognize and promote the achievements of the book community in BC and Yukon through the BC and Yukon Book Prizes and related programs. The 10 Prizes are presented annually recognizing authors, illustrators, and publishers.
BCLA is the professional association for library workers and libraries from all library sectors in British Columbia.
bclaconnect.ca
We offer sequential, comprehensive learning rooted in traditional and contemporary Indigenous logic, methodology, practice and theory.
Innovative literary book publisher based in British Columbia, Canada.
Poet. Teacher. Editor. Interviewer. Festival Director. Plum memer. Not necessarily in that order. Usually found in Vancouver, Port Moody or Abbotsford. http://roblucastaylor.com/
Publishing Radically Rewarding Literature for Almost Fifty Years
The National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS) is a digital public repository of books for readers with print disabilities. We provide books in accessible and alternate formats, such as DAISY, EPUB, BRF, and more, for Canadian library patrons.
Canada's foremost publisher of theatre books since 1984
playwrightscanada.com
Create and share social media content anywhere, consistently.
Built with 💙 by a global, remote team.
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✨Celebrating arts, culture, and creativity in our communities!
💫FREE events across B.C. from Sept 19 - Oct 12, 2025.
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An independent Canadian publisher based in BC • Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry • Dagger Editions is our imprint for queer women-identifying writers.
We're new here, but not to publishing beautiful books👋
◦Art + Photography
◦Indigenous Art + Culture
◦Architecture + Design
◦Food + Drink
figure1publishing.com
Supporting the long-term health and success of BC Book Publishers and book related communities.
books.bc.ca
Supporting, connecting, and inspiring Quebec writers
An indie 🇨🇦 book publisher with a big love of eating, drinking, and diving into 📚 stories that expand and deepen our worldview.
Campbell River’s independent bookstore established 2007.
Canada's largest independent used bookstore: 20,000 sq.ft filled floor to ceiling with everything from vintage to today's bestsellers.
www.russellbooks.com
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Canadian distributors of the best in independent publishing. Part of the Raincoast Distribution Group. 🇨🇦
www.raincoastgroup.com
We help libraries help people.
The BC Libraries Coop is a community service cooperative with over 200 Canadian member organizations.
https://bc.libraries.coop/
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