Heritage Group Distribution

05/22/2026

Exciting news! A Promise to Protect by Nikki Bergstresser has been shortlisted for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award ✨

05/06/2026

Happening Saturday, May 16th at Russell Books from 1-3 PM! 🌿📖

Join us Saturday May 16th for a signing with Collin Varner to celebrate the release of his new book “Plants of Greater Victoria: An Ambler’s Guide” published by

About the author: Collin Varner is a horticulturalist/arboriculturalist. Over his forty-year career, he worked at the University of British Columbia’s Botanical Garden, assumed responsibility for conserving 25,000 trees across campus, and taught courses in native plant studies. Now retired, Varner is an avid photographer, world traveller, and bestselling author of The Flora and Fauna of Coastal British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest, Edible and Medicinal Flora of the West Coast, Invasive Flora of the West Coast, and the award-winning The Flora and Fauna of Stanley Park.

05/05/2026

Another new release from Heritage House is now available! 🌱

Colin Varner's latest book, Plants of Greater Victoria: An Ambler's Guide, is a full-colour guide to 200+ species of wild plants found throughout the parks, forests, mountains, waters, and urban green spaces of Greater Victoria, BC.

Find it at your local bookstore 📖

Happy pub day to Plants of Greater Victoria! 🌿 A full-colour guide to 200+ species of wild plants found throughout the parks, forests, mountains, waters, and urban green spaces of Greater Victoria, BC. With clear, concise descriptions and stunning photography, this guide is a must for nature-loving locals and visitors alike. (It’s also the perfect companion to Trees of Greater Victoria!)

🌱 Advanced praise 🌱

“This is a brilliant book which opens new opportunities to learn about unique plants surrounding Canada’s warmest large city.”
—Brian Minter, horticulturist, garden writer, CBC garden personality, recipient of the Order of Canada and Order of BC

“Whether resident or visitor to BC's frost-free capital, keep this native-plant guidebook handy.”
—Nina Shoroplova, author of Legacy of Trees: Purposeful Wandering in Vancouver's Stanley Park

Available now online or at your local independent bookstore.

04/30/2026

NEW RELEASE! 🌟 Building a Sustainable Kitchen by Naomi Hansen is the ultimate resource to help you build and maintain a planet-friendly kitchen 🌎🌿🥕🫛🍌🍽️

Each chapter contains a wealth of flexible recommendations for achievable, evidence-based changes that make a real impact for the planet. Chapters on reducing food waste, understanding plant-based, local, seasonal, and organic eating, and gardening teach us about the food on our plates. Chapters on the potential and pitfalls of composting and recycling, learning what it really means to send waste to a landfill, and navigating the nitty gritty of disposable and reusable items help us reduce garbage and grow toward a circular economy.

$35 — now available at your local bookstore, online, direct from HGD and TouchWood Editions!

https://www.hgdistribution.com/products/building-a-sustainable-kitchen

04/29/2026

NEW RELEASE! The Next Big Pigs by Ryan Uytdewilligen is now available 🐽🎶🎙🌟

Mikey is a farm kid who doesn’t want to farm...he wants to perform! But as an only child living in an isolated location, that seems like a faraway dream. Life is pretty lonely until the day Mikey’s parents give him three pigs to care for and raise.

As Mikey soon finds out, these are no ordinary pigs! Humphrey, Bianca, and Moo can talk, dance, and put on show! Life on the farm transforms into a rehearsal space as Mikey and the pigs get ready for the big time—Broadway here they come!

$12.95 — now available at your local bookstores, online, direct from HGD and Heritage House.

https://www.hgdistribution.com/products/the-next-big-pigs

04/28/2026

NEW RELEASE! 🌟 Alone in Wonderland: Longing for Connection and Adventure in the Shadow of Mount Rainier by Christine Reed is an award-winning memoir about her experience solo-backpacking the Wonderland Trail. Battling rough terrain, unpredictable weather, and the emotional weight of her past, she reclaims her identity as a woman capable of doing hard things and learns that sometimes, solitude is the only place we truly hear our own voice.

$25 — now available in bookstores, online, direct from HGD and RMB | Rocky Mountain Books! 🥾🌲🗺

https://www.hgdistribution.com/products/alone-in-wonderland

04/16/2026

Alone in Wonderland: Longing for Connection and Adventure in the Shadow of Mount Rainier — A Memoir by Christine Reed is NOW AVAILABLE from RMB | Rocky Mountain Books 🎉

04/08/2026

Two new books have arrived! 🌟🎊

Check out Bloomsbury to Barkerville by Marion McKinnon Crook, and The Next Big Pigs by Ryan Uytdewilligen—now available from Heritage House 📚🐖

02/25/2026

Read Local BC recommended reads to help you slow down, observe, and gain a deeper sense of the ecological world around us 💛🌿🌎

02/18/2026

Calling all book lovers...our friends at TouchWood Editions are hiring an Editorial Coordinator / Project Manager! 📚📣

For more info and how to apply -> t.ly/JAFl1

Deadline to apply is March 1.

We're hiring! TouchWood Editions is looking for an enthusiastic, collaborative, and highly motivated book lover to join our team on a full-time basis. 📚

Info: t.ly/JAFl1

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