Ronsdale Press

09/17/2026

Is it fall already? Yeah! That means a bumper crop of new books. BC Living has a list of 40 new BC titles to explore.

Moving memoirs, scary stories and thrilling romance novels—your (extended) B.C. fall reading list starts here

09/16/2026

Rod Mickleburgh interviews Joe Barrett, author of A Fight for Justice, for his On the Line podcast.

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: A small group of temporary foreign workers, backed by a determined union took on an employer and won, not just for themselves, but for tunnel workers worldwide. Sí, se puede is Ep. 37 of On the Line: Stories of BC Workers. Link in comments. LiUNA1611 Ronsdale Press

09/15/2026

M.A.C. Farrant will be at Word Vancouver this Saturday. I'll be there too sitting in the front row!

09/02/2026

I love the writing advice in this interview with Elspeth Bradbury, author of Journeys to the Nearby. She says "I squeeze and prod and bully every word, every phrase until it smartens up."

The author of Journeys to the Nearby talks about lifelong accumulations, the inseparability of text and illustrations, and creative fermentation. Go to full post ...read more

08/18/2026

Champagne for everyone! We're celebrating 5 months on the BC Bestseller list for "Seventy-Two Seasons" by M.A.C. Farrant!

Our weekly BC Bestseller List highlights the titles of independent, BC-owned publishers sold in independent BC bookstores.

07/30/2026

The fearless David Garrick ran over ice floes in minus 35 degrees Celsius weather to protect baby harp seals from Norwegian sealers. Find out more in BC BookWorld's review of "Walrus: the Life of Eco-Warrior David Garrick" in their summer issue.

Trevor Carolan reviews Walrus, Catherine Marie Gilbert’s biography of legendary BC environmentalist & Greenpeace shadow warrior David Garrick

07/16/2026

For Vancouver-area readers and gardeners! Join Elspeth Bradbury when she reads from "Journeys to the Nearby: A Gardener Discovers the Gentle Art of Untravelling" this Saturday (July 18, 2 – 3:30 p.m. Welsh Hall, West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Drive, West Vancouver)

07/15/2026

Join Mac Farrant, author of the bestselling "Seventy-Two Seasons" this Sunday, July 19th, at Noble Gardens in Deep Cove, North Saanich, BC for a benefit reading and book sale!

07/08/2026

Captain Paul Watson calls Walrus: The Remarkable Life of Eco-Warrior David Garrick "an excellent chronicling of his extraordinary and exemplary life." Catch author Catherine Marie Gilbert at the Book Nook in Port Hardy this Saturday (2:30pm, 7135 Market St).

The Book Nook offers a vast collection of new books, used books, beautiful home wares and unique gifts!

06/03/2026

Thank you to Craig of Canadian History Ehx for highlighting Richard Wagamese

It is Indigenous History Month.
Throughout this month, I will be sharing the stories from Canada's Indigenous history.
Today it is Richard Wagamese, one of Canada's most acclaimed authors.