News & Updates

Introducing Concept Packs!

Spring/Summer 2026 Hotlist

Hotlist & Second Choice titles now available!

Super Forthcoming February/March 2026

Adult and Juvenile titles now available!

Japanese & Korean "Cozy Fiction"

January 2025 Top Ten

Staff Pick:
The Giving Flower

by Alda P. Dobbs

Adrienne Gear Book Talk Tickets

November 6, 3:30-4:30pm PT

A Steady Brightness of Being

A recommendation in honour of National Truth and Reconciliation Day.

The Truth in Truth and Reconciliation

A recommendation in honour of National Truth and Reconciliation Day.

Large Print
October 2025

Our monthly collection of large print titles.

There is a new way to order GearPicks!

2026 Chocolate Lily Award Nominees

Encourage students to read the best fiction written and illustrated by BC authors and illustrators

Nadia's Pick:
The Man Who Died Seven Times

by Yasuhiko Nishizawa

Fall 2025 Hotlist

Hotlist & Second Choice titles now available!

2025 Booker Longlist

The leading literary awards for works of fiction published in the UK in English.

Nadia's Pick:
The Bewitching

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

GearPicks Year 6 is here!

Launching May 28, 2025

Nadia's Pick:
The Outlier

by Elisabeth Eaves

Nadia's Pick:
The Paper Birds

by Jeanette Lynes