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The powerful story of a mother's struggle to save her son from addiction—and the strength and hope for change that she found in her grief.

No matter where people live on the BC coast, says Howard White, they have certain shared experiences: frustration with rain and ferries, familiarity with gumboots, bumbershoots, seagull droppings a

With Here, award-winning poet Colin Browne offers a book of luminous encounters, contradictions, collisions, and meditations on art, nature, justice, historical memory, and territorial occupation.

Finalist, 2023 Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize—BC and Yukon Book Prizes.

A captivating new thriller in the Wakeland detective series that explores the depths of Vancouver's criminal underworld.

Respected Cowichan Tribe Elder and botanical expert Luschiim, Arvid Charlie, began his education in early childhood, learning from his great grandparents and others of their generation.

In trademark lyric prose, accompanied by the images depicting the sights and sounds of nature, Warland's roving observations in and around Vancouver's Lost Lagoon offer insights into natu

"An important book for helping kids see past the stereotypes of terrifying grizzly bears and join the call for conservation."—School Library Journal, starred review.

Winner of a 2020 Gourmand World Cookbook Award in Canada. Hopheads, rejoice!

Grant Buday's new novel is an eccentric coming-of-age story that captures the late-Victorian fascination with ancient Egypt, auras, and the afterlife.

Mining Camp Tales of the Silvery Slocan tells the often-overlooked story of British Columbia's silver rush and its accompanying boom towns.

This young reader novel begins with a high school field trip to the former gold rush town of Yale in British Columbia.

Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom is, like New York's CBGB's and Los Angeles's Whiskey a Go-Go, one of the most venerated rock clubs in the world.

Listening to the Bees is a collaborative exploration by two writers to illuminate the most profound human questions: Who are we? Who do we want to be in the world?

Gangsters, movie stars, strippers, corruption, murder: the story of Vancouver's oldest and most venerated nightclub, the legendary Penthouse.