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This is an enormously dynamic time in the history of book publishing. In News & Events, we will keep members and the public apprised of industry news, our advocacy efforts, and important upcoming events.

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Books BC appreciates Honourable Minister Popham’s Support for the BC Book Publishing Sector

April 16th, 2024
We would like to take this opportunity to share an example of the incredible support we’ve received from the Honourable Minister Popham, Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport. Minister Popham was the catalyst for starting BC Book Day ten years ago, which we celebrate at the Legislative Buildings each spring with a showcase of BC book publishers and the stories of our province. Now, Minister Popham has joined our advocacy efforts on a national level by encouraging the federal government “to step up, meet its public commitments and invest in the future survival of the publishing sector” via a letter to Canadian Heritage.
We are grateful for her passion and her commitment to culture and arts in our province! If you’d like to thank Minister Popham, you can tag her @lanapopham.

BC Book Day 2024

April 9th, 2024
  Save the date! On Tuesday, April 23, celebrate 10 years of BC Book Day! BC Book Day invites British Columbians to celebrate the province’s book & magazine publishers, authors, illustrators, bookstores, libraries, festivals, and literary prizes that connect us with local stories. GOAL: To raise awareness among government and the general public of BC’s publishing ecosystem and its cultural and economic contributions. We invite you to use our shareable graphics on social media to participate! 
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Today is #BCBookDay, celebrating our province’s book & magazine publishers, authors, illustrators, bookstores, libraries, festivals, and literary prizes that connect us with local stories. Support #BCBooks and #ReadLocalBC! Today on #BCBookDay, we celebrate our province’s vibrant literary landscape. Share a favourite BC-published book and tag #BCBooks!

Save the Date! BC Book Publishing Conference 2024

February 28th, 2024

The BC Book Publishing Conference is back! 

On May 8, 2024, the Association of Book Publishers of BC (Books BC) is organizing a day of in-person learning and connection at SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver.

There will be a diverse mix of professional development sessions on topics such as remote teams, AI, Indigenous approaches to publishing practices, and healthy author and illustrator relationships. Junior staff will be able to connect with each other at the New to Publishing roundtable. There will also be networking opportunities to foster community among the wider publishing industry in BC.

Speakers will be a mix of Books BC’s membership and individuals from the wider Canadian and international publishing communities to offer more varied perspectives.

Conference attendees will also be able to attend SFU Publishing’s Greg Younging Conversation, an annual tribute to the incredible life and work of Dr. Younging.

The conference will be followed by the Books BC Awards Night to celebrate the winners of our biannual publishing awards, the Jim Douglas Publisher of the Year Award and the Gray Campbell Distinguished Service Award.

 

Registration is now open for three fall professional development sessions on accessible publishing

August 23rd, 2023

Books BC invites you to three online fall professional development sessions to strategize and improve your accessibility metadata, content discoverability, and born-accessible workflows. Sessions will be delivered over Zoom and will include a 45 minute presentation from an eBOUND Canada facilitator, with 15 minutes for questions and discussion.

Publishers and their staff may register for a single or multiple sessions here.

Please note: Books BC Active, Associate Members and Friends receive one free ticket per membership.

Please contact Books BC at info@books.bc.ca to inquire about your company’s membership status if you are uncertain and to receive a member’s discount code.

Tickets for non-members and additional staff are $20.

 

ANNOUNCING OUR 2023/24 POETRY IN TRANSIT PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRANSLINK

July 28th, 2023

The Association of Book Publishers of BC (Books BC) is excited to announce the 2023/24 Poetry in Transit program. 

The 2023/24 Poetry in Transit selected poets and featured books are: 

Susan Braley, (Victoria) Tilling the Darkness (Caitlin Press & Dagger Editions)

P.W. Bridgman, (Vancouver)  Idiolect (Ekstasis Editions)

Robert Bringhurst, (Heriot Bay) The Ridge (Harbour Publishing)

Edward Byrne, (Vancouver) Tracery (Talonbooks)

Megan Fennya Jones, (Vancouver) The Program (Goose Lane Editions)

Mark Leiren-Young, (Victoria) Big Sharks, Small World (Orca Book Publishers)

Emily Osborne, (Bowen Island) Safety Razor (Gordon Hill Press)

Kirsten Pendreigh, (Vancouver) Best Canadian Poetry 2021 (Biblioasis)

Sharon Thesen, (Prince George) Refabulations: Selected Longer Poems (Talonbooks)

Ian Thomas, (Vancouver) Green Islands: Poems from the Great Bear Rainforest  (Rainbow Publishers & Raven Chapbooks)

Poetry in Transit has been running since 1996, making it the longest-running poetry on transit program in Canada. Poems eligible for the project must be by BC-based writers and published in book form by Canadian publishers. Poems are submitted by publishers and selected by a jury. The 2023/24 jury included poets Evelyn Lau and Rob Taylor.

Learn more about our annual Poetry in Transit campaign at poetryintransit.ca

We invite you to join us at “Poetry Bus!”, the campaign launch event at the Word Vancouver Reading and Writing Festival at UBC Robson Square on Saturday, September 16th at 12:45 p.m.

In addition, we invite you to share your sightings of the 2023/24 Poetry in Transit bus cards throughout Metro Vancouver and BC using the #PoetryInTransit hashtag on social media channels. 

Find promotional graphics for social media, the covers of the featured books, and poets’ headshots here.

Download the full press release here.

CBC: Could the port strike impact your holiday reading list?

July 12th, 2023

Local book publishers expressed sympathy with dock workers as well as concern over supply chain delays’ impact in this July 7th CBC article. 

Andrew Wooldridge of Orca Books and Howard White of Harbour Publishing shared their worries about the port strike in Vancouver effecting fall release dates and sales ahead of the busy back to school and holiday seasons. While hoping for a deal to be reached soon, Wooldridge said, “we’ll figure out how to get through, just like we did with the pandemic.”

JOB OPPORTUNITY-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MATERNITY LEAVE

June 21st, 2023

THE ASSOCIATION OF BOOK PUBLISHERS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (BOOKS BC) is seeking a dynamic leader with experience in not-for-profit management and publishing to serve as its interim Executive Director. This is a 14-month, full-time position, based in Vancouver, BC. All Books BC staff currently work a hybrid schedule (mix of in-person and remote).

See the full job post here for more details: https://books.bc.ca/contact/careers/

Email your cover letter and resume to CAREERS@BOOKS.BC.CA by August 1, 2023.

 

 

 

 

The Association of Book Publishers of BC unveils new logo and operating name: Books BC

June 9th, 2023

The Association of Book Publishers of BC is thrilled to announce a new logo and operational name, Books BC. The updated name and logo will serve for stronger communication visually and better communicate the organization’s orientation as a regional association of book publishers that strives to foster connections beyond publishers, to all book-related communities. The legal name remains as “The Association of Book Publishers of BC,” but “Books BC” will replace the former acronym “ABPBC” as the operational name.

Read the full press release here.