George Bowering as a rising academic in Montreal who became a notoriously hard marker at SFU.
Former Vancouver Sun books editor Rebecca Wigod helps George Bowering satisfy his quest for literary posterity, consuming fifty volumes of his diaries. FULL STORY
Story sleuth and pundit Jack Knox is agan on the BC Bestsellers List. Keith Norbury gives a thumbs up to… FULL STORY
Yosef Wosk: “I have come to appreciate all existence as a choreographed dance, a pas de deux of dynamic and… FULL STORY
“Out of the Woods is a treat to the eyes and hearts of west coasters,” says reviewer Grahame Ware. This… FULL STORY
In April, 1941, he wrote, “Japan is unlikely to enter the war.” In December, Japan bombed upon Pearl Harbor. No… FULL STORY
Winston approaches Saklikar’s poetic concerns by foregrounding his own unscientific love of words, especially from the world of beekeeping: queenright,… FULL STORY
Cattle brought to B.C. on the Okanagan Trail were a mix of British shorthorn and Spanish cattle from Mexico, via… FULL STORY
The novel’s depiction of the confusion and violence of the Congo is entirely convincing according to reviewer Paul Headrick.
Trudeau’s cabinet so liked the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project that they “bought the company” from Texas-based oil giant Kinder… FULL STORY
Shelagh Rogers shines a light on her friend Richard Wagamese’s final novel, published before it was completed, in an interview… FULL STORY
Reviewer Sheldon Goldfarb pays tribute by respectfully mimicking McCardell’s amusing but always thoughtful style. Shoelaces are Hard & Other Thoughtful… FULL STORY
Robert Sandford leaves no stone unturned in his assessment of crises emerging in freshwater and marine systems in China, Canada,… FULL STORY
With his artwork in Revolving W and Flying Pigs, Keith McKellar brings an energy to Vancouver’s social history that few… FULL STORY
An intriguing overview by Patricia Roy (left), The Collectors shows how the Royal B.C. Museum’s unsung curators have since developed… FULL STORY
Such is the case with Awesome Ancient Grains & Seeds, a hybrid gardening/ cookbook by Dan Jason and Michele Genest–reviewed… FULL STORY
In Salish Blankets: Robes of Protection and Transformation, Symbols of Wealth, we learn Janice George and Buddy Joseph have since… FULL STORY
Still co-habiting, the poet further accepts her ex-partner’s trans-journey as a queer-trans woman falling in love with another woman. The… FULL STORY
Christopher Wright, author of Arctic Cargo, reviews Ken Burton’s Canada’s Arctic and Kevin Vallely’s Rowing the Northwest Passage. Rowing the… FULL STORY
Along the way we learn pyramid builders ate garlic for stamina and Louis XIV started the fad for snacking on… FULL STORY
Ultimately this is a book about a particular house rather than a social class or family, according to reviewer Patrick… FULL STORY
