featured book:
The Tinsmith
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by Tim Bowling

“An odyssey that spans a continent—from the civil war battlefields, to the British Columbia salmon canneries, The Tinsmith is an ambitious and spellbinding read.” —Helen Humphreys

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ABPBC Executive Director, Margaret Reynolds, presents CBC’s Sheryl MacKay with the 2013 Gray Campbell Distinguished Service Award

 

BC Bestsellers

For the week of May 12, 2013
Adult Bestseller List
  1. Raven Brings the Light by Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd
  2. Tails Don’t Lie by Adrian Raeside
  3. The Book of Kale by Sharon Hanna
  4. Just Ask Wim! by Wim Vander Zalm
  5. The Girl with No Name by Marina Chapman and Lynne Barrett-Lee
  6. They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
  7. Gorilla Food by Aaron Ash
  8. Fishing the Coast by Don Pepper
  9. Eating Dirt by Charlotte Gill
  10. Hollyhock by Moreka Jolar and Heidi Scheifley
Children’s Bestseller List
  1. A Field Guide to the Identification of Pebbles by Eileen Van der Flier-Keller
  2. Little You by Richard Van Camp and Julie Flett
  3. Salmon Forest by Sarah Ellis, Dr. David Suzuki and Sheena Lott
  4. Big City Bees by Maggie de Vries and Renne Benoit
  5. Mimi Power by Victoria Miles and Marc Mongeau

 

The BC Bestseller List is compiled using sales data from over 90 independent bookstores in BC, which is provided to the ABPBC by TBM BookManager. The list represents sales of BC published books released within the calendar year.

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News & Events

Opening the Book on Film 3- Photos

May 3rd, 2013

British Columbia Film+Media (BCFM), in partnership with the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia (ABPBC) and the Canadian Media Production Association – BC Producers’ Branch (CMPA), presented a unique business networking opportunity for companies active in the book publishing and film, television and digital media industries at OPENING THE BOOK ON FILM 3 on March 27, 2013 at the VIFF’s Vancity Theatre. Click for photos!
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Photos: ABPBC Awards Dinner

April 25th, 2013

On April 18th, the ABPBC was proud to present Sheryl MacKay with the Gray Campbell Distinguished Service Award and Anvil Press with the Jim Douglas Publisher of the Year Award. Click through for photos!
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