posted by Celia Brogan Kit Pearson has authored a number of popular novels for young and adolescent readers. Three of these are specifically set in BC and are great ways to help readers see the stories around them. Awake and Dreaming is set primarily in Victoria and includes Pearson’s trademark element of magical realism. The […]
Read Local BC
Happy April! Last year we celebrated Poetry Month by posting every school day in April. This year we’re still featuring poetry in our schools, but here at bctela.ca we are going to focus on a different series. The Association of Book Publishers of BC (@abpbc) has launched a fabulous celebration of local publishing and has […]
Book club Twitter chats – my strategy
submitted by Kelley Inden (@ksinden) I figured I would share how I go about participating in a book club chat on Twitter. My guess is that there is a better way, perhaps even ‘an app for that’, but here is how I do it. Please feel free to pass along your own wisdom in the […]
Preparing for the #bctelabook club chat
This Sunday brings our first book club twitter chat about a work of fiction. Chatting about Medicine Walk will be a different experience from our previous chats about professional texts. As you finish the novel and prepare your thoughts for sharing, consider these prompts and provocations: How might stories have the power to heal, in […]
In-Person Book Club Chats
Medicine Walk’s richness in themes and ideas may need more room for discussion than twitter can offer. In honour of Wagamese’s work, as well as our varied learning styles, BCTELA executive members Celia Brogan and Pamela Richardson will host a get-together for a BCTELA book club discussion prior to the twitter chat on March 8th. All […]