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Your source for news, reviews, and stories about books and authors in British Columbia. We also feature literary-related videos and audio interviews.

BC BookLook is a news service that presents original reviews and articles on books, authors, and events. Our goal is to provide as much information as possible, about as many B.C. books and authors as possible, to as many people as possible, on a daily basis. We gratefully acknowledge the ongoing support of the Canada Council for The Arts and CreativeBC.

11/27/2025

A subscription to BC BookWorld costs just $25. To receive the next 4 issues delivered to your door: https://forms.gle/6u8xNDYWmnTfXGj29

11/26/2025

OUT NOW: the WINTER issue of BC BookWorld (available from bookstores, libraries, and on BC Ferries) or digitally: https://bcbooklook.com/latest-issue/

Read Local BC Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia Penguin Random House Canada TouchWood Editions Heritage House Douglas & McIntyre Harbour Publishing Orca Book Publishers Caitlin Press Literary Press Group of Canada Firefly Books Ronsdale Press UBC Press New Society Publishers

11/25/2025

Letter to our readers and the BC book community in the Winter issue of BC BookWorld, as we enter our 39th year...
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10/15/2025

A successful book launch for John Horgan’s memoir at SFU Downtown last night, Oct. 14. It was great to see Rod Mickleburgh signing books and celebrating with everyone. 🎉

10/03/2025

Community keeps Chinatown alive.

Last week we joined the launch of Vitality: Iconic Images and Hidden Stories and later visited the exhibition at the Chinatown Storytelling Centre. Both moments carried the same truth: a neighbourhood is more than its streets — it’s the people and the stories that endure.

Meeting co-author Ramona Mar, who also shaped the audio work for the exhibition, reminded us how history speaks in many forms — images, voices, memories. The struggles, resilience, and hope of generations past still echo through Chinatown today.

Revitalization is about more than restoring buildings. It’s about carrying forward the spirit of community that has always held this place together.

10/02/2025

Celebrating Alan Twigg at the launch of his new book, Holocaust Hero 🎉

09/23/2025

✨ A wonderful weekend at Word Vancouver celebrating books, writers, and readers! Great to see our friends from Anvil Press and Caitlin Press sharing their stories and connecting with the community. 📚💫

09/17/2025

What happens when a mild-mannered HR nobody strikes a deal with a cadaverous being in a blood-red suit? Mark Waddell’s darkly comic new novel, Colin Get Promoted and Dooms the World, blends workplace satire, Faustian bargains and apocalyptic mischief into a wildly entertaining tale.
Read full review here:
https://bcbooklook.com/the-faustian-bargain/

09/02/2025

BC BookWorld's AUTUMN issue out NOW (find it in bookstores, libraries and on the BC Ferries). The issue includes... Deanna Barnhardt Kawatski’s memoir (Ronsdale Press) of 13 years in the wilderness; Bruce McIvor talks reconciliation (Nightwood Editions); Alan Haig-Brown’s life as a west coast fisher (Harbour Publishing); Sarah Louise Butler’s novel about runaway children and treehouse hideaways (Douglas & McIntyre); Anna Maskerine on hope and healing after domestic abuse (Caitlin Press); Junie Désil on systems that devalue Black life (Talonbooks); Jim Reynolds deep dive in to Canada’s past as a British colony (UBC Press).
https://bcbooklook.com/latest-issue/

08/20/2025

Stopped by Tanglewood Books this morning and saw a line of readers waiting. The love for books is still alive ❤️

08/06/2025

New featured review on BC BookLook:
Bones of a Giant by Brian Thomas Isaac offers a gut-punch portrait of Indigenous life on the Rez during the late 1960s.

Set in the Salmon River Valley, the novel follows Lewis Toma as he grapples with grief, racism and loyalty to his family and culture. Isaac’s quiet, seasoned prose brings lived experience to the forefront—with scenes that unfold honest in the bone. Through rich detail and emotional resonance, the story becomes a meditation on what it means to survive, resist, and belong.

Read the full review ➡️
bcbooklook.com/salmon-river-valley-rez-life-1968/

07/30/2025

The 2025 Poetry in the Park series came to a quiet, moving close today with Evelyn Lau under the trees of Emery Barnes Park.

Write a few lines. Observe your world. Let your thoughts spill.
You don’t have to be a poet to make space for reflection.

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BCBookLook is a news service that presents original reviews and articles on books, authors, and events. We also feature literary-related videos and audio interviews. Our goal is to provide as much information as possible, about as many B.C. books and authors as possible, to as many people as possible. We gratefully acknowledge the ongoing support of the Canada Council for The Arts and CreativeBC.