Evergreen Book Club
Spring 2026
I often dream of winning the lottery and escaping to an island where I spend an entire year just reading. In this dream scenario I watch the ocean with a coffee in one hand and a book in the other. Somewhere in the background a Nancy Meyers inspired kitchen has bowls full of fruit that never attracts flies.
In reality I try to steal an hour, two if I’m lucky, with my phone in do not disturb mode. I light a candle and hope to make my 100 page reading goal for the day before the road noise outside my office window gets too distracting.
For Evergreen Book Club’s spring picks I’m hoping you’ll find yourself transported to entirely different surroundings - an elite university in New England, mid-century Montreal, a funeral in community, and the forests of British Columbia.
Non-Fiction Spring 2026
I wasn’t exactly sure what kind of book I was looking for just that I wanted something to do with nature when I came across this 2011 book published with the David Suzuki Foundation. While normally I wouldn’t pick a non-fiction book that’s 15 years old I think it will be interesting to read about what life as a tree planter was like. Especially as BC’s forestry industry is once again at the heart of many trade discussions. And as we continue to face the reality of living in a rainforest that spends a lot of time catching fire.
June 2026
To make sure I’m reading diversely I usually have to flip past the big prizes and into the stacks a bit. But not so with Jonny Appleseed. The debut novel by poet Joshua Whitehead has been hailed as an amazing work making the longest for the Giller Prize and the winner of Canada Reads 2021. You should be able to find it in multiple formats at every library and bookstore.
April 2026
I try to keep my reading fairly spoiler free by limiting myself to the back cover. I have to say I’m a sucker for anything set in a school environment and was a big fan of Heathers and Do Revenge so I’m hoping this will scratch the preppy mean girl itch.
