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While waiting for her bus, Amanda reads a BC book at the Pacific Central Station in Vancouver.

Amanda reads a BC book while waiting for her bus at the Pacific Central Station.

BC Bestsellers

For the week of Jan. 15, 2012
Adult Bestseller List
  1. The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver by Chuck Davis
  2. Whitewater Cooks with Friends by Shelley Adams
  3. The Sacred Headwaters by Wade Davis
  4. Here’s Mike by Mike McCardell
  5. Fred Herzog by Claudia Gochmann et al.
  6. Raincoast Chronicles 21 by Rick James
  7. Eating Dirt by Charlotte Gill
  8. Beyond the Home Ranch by Diana Phillips
  9. A Thrilling Ride by Paul Chapman & Bev Wake, eds.
  10. Empire of the Beetle by Andrew Nikiforuk
Children’s Bestseller List
  1. A Moose in a Maple Tree by Troy Townsin, illustrated by Jennifer Harrington
  2. The Night Before a Canadian Christmas by Troy Townsin, illustrated by Jennifer Harrington
  3. Canadian Jingle Bells by Troy Townsin, illustrated by Jennifer Harrington
  4. Field Guide to the Identification of Pebbles by Eileen Van der Flier-Keller
  5. Frog Girl by Paul Owen Lewis
The BC Bestseller List is compiled using sales data from 30 independent bookstores in BC. It 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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Peters & bissett

January 18th, 2012

Please join Talonbooks for an evening of readings and discussion with Dr. Carl Peters and visual artist/concrete/sound poet bill bissett. Read Article

MPs offered global warming education from climate scientist

January 12th, 2012

Following Canada’s withdrawal from the Kyoto Accord at the Durban Conference on Climate Change in December, Orca Book Publishers has sent a copy of Dr. Andrew Weaver’s book, Generation Us—The Challenge of Global Warming, to all 308 Members of Parliament. Read Article

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