12 Days of Christmas: Gift guides for everyone!
Are you still looking for the perfect presents to give to any young book lovers in your life? Catch up on all our themed recommendations!
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Congratulations to our Forest of Reading nominees!
Congratulations! Listed here are all Orca books nominated for 2021 Forest of Reading awards.
Behind the Pages: Q&A with an Orca editor!
Have you ever wanted to know what it’s like to be the person editing books before they go out into the world? Learn more in this new Q&A with Orca’s picture book editor, Liz Kemp!
Fair Trade for the Holidays
The following post is written by Kari Jones, author of A Fair Deal: Shopping for Social Justice. What are your favorite stores to buy fair trade gifts from? We are lucky in Victoria that we have a few fair trade stores to choose from. The one most people know about …
Why I Do Author Visits
The following post is written by author Judith Graves. I love doing author visits to schools and public libraries. They are the highlight of my writing life. Usually, my writing days consist of hours sitting at my desk, typing on my laptop or reading through research materials. I may or …
Bob Tyrrell, founder of Orca Book Publishers, remembers Mel Bolen and Jim Munro
The following post is written by Bob Tyrrell, founder of Orca Book Publishers. The book community on the west coast suffered a great loss this past fall when we lost both Jim Munro and Mel Bolen, a mere month apart. Although both were well and truly retired, and had …