Our most recent reports

• The eleventh annual BC Book Day will be celebrated on April 15, 2025
• Message from Books BC Board Chair Regarding U.S. Tariffs
• BC Book Publisher New Star Books Announces its Winding Down of Operations

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Books BC Staff

Executive Director

Matea Kulić

Program Manager

Asna Shaikh

Communications

Marianna Schultz

Administration and Member Services

Ashley Kim

Project Assistant

Ese Orioghwo

2024/25 Books BC Board of Directors

Chair

Don Gorman, Publisher, Rocky Mountain Books (Victoria)

Vice-Chair

Laraine Coates, Assistant Director of Marketing and Business Development, UBC Press (Vancouver)

Interim Treasurer

Michelle Simms, Director of Digital Initiatives, Orca Book Publishers (Victoria)

Secretary

Brian Kaufman, Publisher, Anvil Press (Vancouver)

Directors at Large

• Teddy Anderson, Publisher, Medicine Wheel Education (Victoria)
• Cynara Geissler, Director of Marketing and Publicity, Arsenal Pulp Press (Vancouver)
• Erin Kirsh, Marketing and Communications, Talonbooks (Vancouver)

Past Chair

Andrew Wooldridge, Publisher, Orca Book Publishers (Victoria)