BC Books Online was created for anyone interested in BC-published books, and with librarians especially in mind. We'd like to make it easy for library staff to learn about books from BC publishers - both new releases and backlist titles - so you can inform your patrons and keep your collections up to date.
Our site features print books and ebooks - both new releases and backlist titles - all of which are available to order through regular trade channels. Browse our subject categories to find books of interest or create and export lists by category to cross-reference with your library's current collection.
A quick tip: When reviewing the "Browse by Category" listings, please note that these are based on standardized BISAC Subject Codes supplied by the books' publishers. You will find additional selections, grouped by theme or region, in our "BC Reading Lists."
Diane Tucker's Bonsai Love is an eloquent book of poems about the sensual delicacy of love. Carefully pruned, intricate in design, and sensitive to intrusion, these poems create an image of intimacy through reflection and in relation to nature, the universe, music, literature and art.
The voice that comes forth is one of self-doubt seeking reassurance: "Who wouldn't want her whole self rehearsed/from top to bottom, in every key, before being/laid down to rest in a marigold velvet bed?" It is a voice of caring and passion that seeks details ("Your hands have all the right calluses,/rough and smooth in the proper harmony") as well as larger philosophical answers ("You like the stars best:/once known, they stay the same.").
Bonsai Love is a discovery of love in all levels--a deep investigation of what it means to care and be cared for. In the end, the author does not settle on simple answers: "This heart is heavy to lift but small enough/to pocket and hide."