Artist Roy Henry Vickers speaks about his retrospective, The Best of Roy Henry Vickers, and a new colouring book that introduces children to the beauty of the land and the rich cultural traditions of the Northwest Coast. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

A great seasonal cookbook to ensure you get the best tasting food from your garden at canadiancookbooks.ca/the-zero-mil... @harbourpublishing.bsky.social

Win this guide to the cookbook we're featuring this week by following us and liking the post at www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... Ends Sunday! @harbourpublishing.bsky.social

The Chilliwack Museum invites you to Woven Histories: An Evening with author Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa. Enjoy a conversation exploring the remarkable story of the Coast Salish woolly dog on April 28, from 6 - 8 pm at 45820 Spadina Avenue. The book is a finalist for the 2026 BC & Yukon Book Prizes.

Vancouver friends! Join us at the People's Co-op Bookstore on May 5 at 7 pm to celebrate Tom Wayman, the winner of the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize.

Curious about Tom Wayman, the winner of the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize? Sharing this interview from last year where Tom shares his poems and reflects on his writing philosophy with Jeremy Ratt at CBC's North by Northwest. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Congratulations to Tom Wayman for winning the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize for his collection, Out of the Ordinary!

The $10,000 prize recognizes the most outstanding new book of poetry published in Canada in 2025 by an established poet with five or more published poetry collections. Read the full story here: quillandquire.com/omni/

We're thrilled to see The Teachings of Mutton and The Last Exile selected as finalists for the 2026 BC & Yukon Book Prizes. The winners will be announced in September.

Don’t miss Margaret Gallagher’s interview with BC poet Russell Thornton on his new collection, Two Songs: Poems 2000-2025. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Congratulations to Joseph Dandurand and Tom Wayman! I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU (Nightwood Editions) and Out of the Ordinary (Harbour Publishing) have been shortlisted for the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize. The winner will be announced on April 21.

I review everything by Northwest Coast artist Roy Henry Vickers. His latest, a colouring book, blends styles of his #Indigenous cultures w opportunity to relax. RAVEN & FRIENDS is beautiful in art and spirit. From @harbourpublishing.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/03/rave...

Dive into an epic time-travelling series in verse, set in 2110, weaving the devastating impacts of climate change with an immersive, fantastical universe. Bramah’s Discovery is out April 14. Catch up with the full series available now on @harbourpublishing.bsky.social’s website. ⏲️✨

The CBC Books Spring 2026 Canadian Poetry preview includes Two Songs by Russell Thornton! Thornton's 10th collection brings together poems published across 25 years of his writing career, from 2000 to 2025. www.cbc.ca/books/canadi...

Congratulations to Tom Wayman, whose poetry collection, Out of the Ordinary, has been longlisted for the 2026 Al & Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize. This year’s jury includes Susan Musgrave and previous winners Sid Marty and A.F. Moritz. The winner will be announced on April 21 — stay tuned!

Thank you to Ryan Frawley for this thoughtful deep dive into Sam Wiebe’s new novel, Guns Across the River, the latest instalment in the Dave Wakeland series. #BCReview #SamWiebe

Electric Mermaid Live Reads presents Wendy Donawa, reading from The Time of Falling Apart, at Char’s Landing in Port Alberni on March 25 at 6 PM. Join us in person—or tune in from your living room. The Zoom link and registration details are in the announcement.

"a light taking the hand of the green of my grandmother's irises in a dance as grave as it is joyous." #TodaysPoem #poetry Hummingbird in That Second by Russell Thornton from Two Songs - Selected Poems 2000-2025 (2026 @harbourpublishing.bsky.social) harbourpublishing.com/collections/...

Gillian Harding-Russell on Two Songs by Russell Thornton: "Two Songs is a remarkable oeuvre that includes poems of great beauty that intertwine light and dark, fire and water and earth and dust or ashes, and all these poems so magnificently held together by love."

Join Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa, Senaqwila Wyss, and Tsumi'tsiye Violet Elliott, the co-authors of The Teachings of Mutton, on March 12th at the Reach Gallery for a discussion about Coast Salish Woolly Dogs and their cultural significance. #CoastSalish #WoollyDogs

Renowned potter and philanthropist Mary Fox opens up about her life’s work—and her deep commitment to mentorship—in a conversation with Verena Foxx for Inspired Magazine. #MaryFox #pottery #canadiancraft

North Vancouver Friends! Please join us at the launch of TWO SONGS by Russell Thornton tomorrow evening at 32 Books. Guest author Christina Shah will read from her collection, if: prey, then: huntress. #booklaunch #russellthornton #christinashah #canadianpoetry

Vancouver friends! Catch Wendy Donawa (The Time of Falling Apart: Poems) and Isabella Wang (November, November) at the Twisted Poets Literary Salon on March 11.

"Russell Thornton’s new poetry collection contains the best of his entire oeuvre, and as I read through its pages, the places the poems inhabit come to be as important as the ideas and experiences they communicate..." A wonderful review of TWO SONGS by Chris Banks in The Woodlot!

“The Teachings of Mutton” is a fascinating, humbling, heartbreaking book that revisits a long-forgotten chapter of regional history and indicates rich oral histories and Indigenous traditions that are only beginning to be fully appreciated." Read more at: discoverourcoast.com/2026/02/12/b...

Many thanks to Joe Plante at The Commentary for this interview with Russell Thornton about his latest poetry collection, Two Songs: Selected Poems 2000-2025. thecommentary.ca/ontheline/23...

Don't miss this exciting poetry event in North Vancouver on February 26th at 32 Books: A double reading featuring Russell Thornton and Christina Shah!

“Mutton’s pelt has acted like a teacher,” Hammond-Kaarremaa finishes. “His teachings have revealed so much, to so many people – not only about dog wool and woolly dog DNA and diet, not only about blankets and weaving and spinning, but about the enduring strength of oral history.”

Curious about the Coast Salish Woolly Dog? BC Bob explores the history and cultural significance of this remarkable animal, as portrayed in The Teachings of Mutton. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6tq...

Oh hell yes! A selected poems from one of the best poets around. "Two Songs: Selected Poems 2000-2025" by Russell Thornton, just released by @harbourpublishing.bsky.social: harbourpublishing.com/products/978...

New year, new you… new hobby? Mary Fox, author of Developing Glazes, takes you behind the scenes and demonstrates the steps that turn clay into a beautiful work of art. #potterybook #maryfox #canadianart www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyiH...

#BookReview: Sound Like a Sailor: The Book of Nautical Expressions by R. Bruce Macdonald “I dove straight into this delightful collection of words and phrases that originate on the high seas during the era of sea transport and warfare” @harbourpublishing.bsky.social thebcreview.ca/2025/09/29/2...

Developing Glazes by Mary Fox made this list of 21 Gifts for a Baby Boomer! Pottery is one of the fastest growing hobbies in North America for creatives of all ages. Gift a copy of the book to the new potter in your family! bcliving.ca/shopping-sty...

As Christmas approaches, I'd like to acknowledge the stellar work done by local Sunshine Coast bookstores, Talewind Books in Sechelt, and Earthfair in Madeira Park. They stock Coast writers, they promote their books, they make gift-buying easy, and they are central to a strong local economy.

Wendy Donawa (The Time of Falling Apart) will read with fellow poet Linda K. Thompson at the Qualicum Beach Museum on Friday, November 14th at 2 pm. qbmuseum.ca/events/

Mary Fox will launch her new book, Developing Glazes, at Wilson & Co. in Ladysmith this Saturday!

Lauryn Mackenzie of @chly.ca met with renowned potter Mary Fox at her home studio and gallery in Ladysmith to talk about her newest book, Developing Glazes. #potterybook #legacyproject #maryfox www.chly.ca/local-news/2...

Check out this Q&A with Victoria poet Wendy Donawa (The Time of Falling Apart) where she shares her thoughts on the creative process and the role of the writers as "society's truth-tellers." robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/12-o...

Ladysmith potter and philanthropist Mary Fox speaks with Margaret Gallagher about her new book, Developing Glazes, and her Legacy Project! #sustainablepottery #BCpotter

It’s time to submit your poetry collection for the 2026 Al & Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize! Be sure to review the submission guidelines listed on the Al Purdy A-frame Association website. One outstanding poet will be awarded $10,000! 📝✨ #PurdyPrize2026 #PoetryPrize #CallForSubmissions

Nanaimo friends! Wendy Donowa will be reading from her new collection, The Time of Falling Apart, alongside Tina Biello, the former Poet Laureate of Nanaimo, at the Harbourfront Library on October 10, 2:30 p.m. #PoetsofVancouverIsland #WendyDonawa

Carellin Brooks reviews The Time of Falling Apart by Wendy Donawa, writing: "At times the poetry is merely beautiful. A line describing “the tide’s pebbly click and shush” from “To My Hand” stops the reader cold. I’ve always wondered how to describe that sound: Donawa gets it perfectly right."

Poetry on the move! Don’t miss Tom Wayman reading from his latest collection, Out of the Ordinary, at Word Vancouver this Saturday, September 20th. Catch him and other amazing poets sharing their work on the poetry bus from 2:00–3:30 p.m. 📚🚌 #WordVancouver #TomWayman #PoetryinTransit

Don't miss this special presentation of The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog at the Sooke Region Museum on September 6th! sookeregionmuseum.ca/author-talks/

Potters alert! A new "recipe book" by renowned potter and Ladysmith philanthropist Mary Fox will be landing in bookstores this fall. Preorder a copy through your favourite local bookstore and get your glaze on! #SustainableArt #Pottery #CeramicArt #GlazingTechniques

Powell River Library will host Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa for a presentation of The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog on August 26 at 3 pm. Books will be available for signing, courtesy of Pocket Books! prpl.ca/event/a-coas...

The Teachings of Mutton is now proudly on display at the stunning Reach Gallery Museum! It's the perfect "must read" for anyone wishing to know more about weaving arts, dog breeds, Indigenous cultures and regional history. #ArtExhibit #TheReachGallery #TheTeachingsofMutton #sqʷəmey̓

Vancouver Island readers, catch Shirley Martin on tour with Calm Harbour, Turbulent Seas : A History of Ucluelet

No.1 on this week's BC Bestseller list is Curve of Time @harbourpublishing.bsky.social Read the full list: www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestselle...

Lorna Crozier is the author of 25 books, including the poetry collection After That and a memoir, Through the Garden: A Love Story (with Cats). She recommends The Collected Poems of Patrick Lane. With: @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @harbourpublishing.bsky.social #Booksky More below 👇