Vancouver's Abortion Caravan, wearing black headscarves, reaches Parliament Hill, May 1970
As feminism arose, reviewer Larry Hannant says, “the RCMP did what it did best — keeping the recording machine running.” FULL STORY
RCMP threatened to charge Michalko with obstruction of justice unless he dropped his unofficial investigation. Ex-Mountie Bonnie Reilly Schmidt reviews his… FULL STORY
In Deep River Night, for 416 pages, we are immersed in an unnamed sawmill village along the North Thompson River… FULL STORY
Reviewer Carys Cragg calls Livingston’s journey, told in The Suitcase and the Jar, “masterfully overwhelming and at once heartbreaking and stunningly… FULL STORY
In 1971, the local government burned down the squatters’ ramshackle huts and cabins that were perched on a tidal plain… FULL STORY
Seventeen people profiled in Lee Reid’s Growing Home: The Legacy of Kootenay Elders include author Tom Wayman, plus Doukhobors Ellie… FULL STORY
George had a youthful dream to become a lighthouse keeper, and Pat was up for adventure. Grizzlies, Gales, and Giant… FULL STORY
“These women and situations ring familiar, and then hit you with subversive notes.” Don’t Tell Me What to Do by… FULL STORY
His memoir describes how Sikhs must build bridges with Indigenous peoples, Christians, Jews, Muslims and LGBT groups. An Uncommon Road:… FULL STORY
Peace River farmer Arlene Boon reminds us that “We have until the water rises to stop the dam.” Damming the… FULL STORY
“The only part that surprises me is that it didn’t win… Maybe it was deemed too ‘regional’ to win a… FULL STORY
Writing in the Times Literary Supplement, Jan Morris has described Gough’s dual biography as “enthralling” and “a work of profound… FULL STORY
Reviewer Sheldon Goldfarb would have liked a more critical perspective to prevail; Steele instead supplies the life story as W.P…. FULL STORY
According to reviewer Becki L. Ross, “Lori Brotto’s Better Sex not only inoculates the reader against the scourge of sexual… FULL STORY
More than a decade later, their communal practice of women helping women has maintained its radically egalitarian ethic. Mudgirls Manifesto: … FULL STORY
Reviewer Ron Dart praises a new biography of Voytek Kurtyka for opening a door into the “mountaineering lore and legend”… FULL STORY
Buday’s new comedy-thriller is, “probably about painting, too,” says reviewer Dustin Cole. And, like all good novels, the story proposes… FULL STORY
Michael Kluckner admires Henshaw’s talents but acknowledges his dismay at her anti-suffrage sentiments, British imperialism and racism. He counters with… FULL STORY
The failed dream is a common trope in back-to-the-land memoirs — but Culture Gap shows that much can be learned… FULL STORY
Reviewer Paul Headrick says this debut novel is in the tradition of stories that are set in small rural settlements… FULL STORY
