Ronsdale Press

06/25/2025

Journeys to the Nearby is “At once entrancing and deeply comforting, Bradbury takes readers on a journey to those places that are so near and dear to our hearts, but which we may have forgotten about in the noise and chaos and pressures of life.” Thank you to reviewer Natalie Virginia Lang for this thoughtful review in The BC Review!
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Natalie Virginia Lang reviews Journeys To the Nearby: A Gardener Discovers the Gentle Art of Untravelling, by Elspeth Bradbury (Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2025) $22.95 / 9781553807247

06/20/2025

Congratulations to Tom Brodbeck! His book "Treaties, Lies and Promises" has been nominated for the Manitoba Historical Society's Margaret McWilliams Award in Popular History!
https://www.mhs.ca/awards/margaret-mcwilliams-award-program/2024-nominees/
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06/18/2025

Wondering what to read this summer (books that actually exist)? The Vancouver Sun has 10 suggestions including The Final Spire by Trevor Marc Hughes, which it calls "a chronicle of fascinating history and good old-fashioned chutzpah." Since I can't share a news link you can find the list on the Vancouver Sun's site.
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06/18/2025

Looking for EBooks with BC content? Read Local is launching their eBookshelf tomorrow!

Join us at the launch of the Read Local BC eBookshelf, an innovative collection showcasing the best of BC-published ebooks for library patrons, on Thursday, Jun 19 at the Burnaby Public Library (McGill). Featuring readings by Wayde Compton and Candie Tanaka!

06/13/2025

Do you love book giveaways? Of course you do! And this month 49th Shelf has three of our titles to choose from: Inside the House Inside (flash fiction from Rosalind Goldsmith), The Final Spire (mountaineering adventure from Trevor Marc Hughes) and The Nothing Club (YA fiction from Cathy Beveridge)
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List of the books currently available for our giveaway draws. Enter for your chance to win one!

06/04/2025

The Final Spire by Trevor Marc Hughes on tour! The Canadian Eh Society is presenting a film/panel series called Beyond the Summit: Tales of Resilience on Mount Logan and Waddington. There are dates across BC and the Yukon from June 5 to 14.
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05/23/2025

Librarians love “Journeys to the Nearby” by Elspeth Bradbury! Library Journal calls it "An absorbing look at the familiar denizens of a garden that will appeal to gardeners and nature lovers” and Booklist says “Each short, well-written chapter (also well illustrated by Bradbury) offers readers yet another subject to ponder."
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05/15/2025

Are you curious about writing flash fiction? Rosalind discusses her new book, “Inside the House Inside,” in an interview with Variant Literature.
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Rosalind Goldsmith’s short story “Inside the House Inside” appeared in issue 8 of Variant Lit in Fall 2021. Rosalind’s debut fiction collection Inside the House Inside will be published by Ronsdale…

05/08/2025

Fun Fact! The inbound tunnel boring machine (TBM) used on the new skytrain extension being built in Vancouver was named after Phyllis Munday, a maverick mountain climber in the 1930s. Read about her story in our recently released book: The Final Spire: ‘Mystery Mountain’ Mania in the 1930s by Trevor Marc Hughes

Two 6-metre diameter tunnel boring machines (TBMs) were used to excavate the Broadway Subway tunnels. Tunnel boring machines are traditionally named after influential, historic and academic women. The tradition dates back to the 1550s, when miners prayed to Saint Barbara to protect them from dangers...

05/01/2025

Just announced! “Keefer Street” by David Spaner is nominated for the Western Canada Jewish Book Awards’ Nancy Richler Memorial Prize for Fiction. Winners to be announced May 13 so we're crossing our fingers....
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04/30/2025

For readers in Toronto: Rosalind Goldsmith will be launching her debut short story collection, "Inside the House Inside," this Thursday. If you are a fan of cutting edge prose that tackles contemporary themes this is the book for you!
Tranzac Club, Living Room, 292 Brunswick Ave (6:30 pm)
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04/23/2025

Congratulations to Daniel! Closing in on ONE YEAR on the BC Bestsellers list!

Lost BC highly recommends this great book that has been on the BC Bestsellers List for 50 weeks now! Congratulations to our friend Daniel Marshall and his BC based publisher Ronsdale Press!
http://www.amazon.ca/Untold-Tales-Old-British-Columbia/dp/1553807049