Diane Pinch penned an appreciation of West Coast environmental organization, the Sierra Club in its fiftieth year, which predates Greenpeace. FULL STORY
A mock-up of BC BookWorld's planned cover for Summer 2020, featuring Liliane Leila Juma.
This is one of the few times in human history when being a scribe might be considered a preferable profession. I think of those monks in the Dark Ages, transcribing manuscripts, safe from the plague. We are still scribbling away here, keeping track of as many B.C.-related books as possible. FULL STORY
Her second collection, The Swan Suit, contains a story called “East O” in which we are introduced to the last… FULL STORY
For the Dene and Inuvialuit in the NWT in 1928, “the white man introduced them to a new way to… FULL STORY
Doing house calls by canoe, sharing rooms with bats and scorpions, and getting poked and prodded by curious villagers were… FULL STORY
“Even though Bill was modest and did not push himself forward or seek the centre of attention,” writes Hatch, “his… FULL STORY
“Nishga is not a poem, essay or a letter,” writes reviewer Latash Maurice Nahanee. “It is a documentation of one… FULL STORY
Being a “keystone species” otters have the power to hold an ecosystem together and their return to B.C. started a… FULL STORY
Mark Leiren-Young has written Orcas Everywhere: The Mystery and History of Killer Whales (Orca $24.95) for young people, inspired by… FULL STORY
Leo Tolstoy’s first collection of “Daily Thoughts” was originally published in Russian in 1903. It’s available in May, for the… FULL STORY
In response, African Americans began creating “Freedom Libraries” and over 80 appeared in the deep south as documented by B.C…. FULL STORY
What particularly impressed a mandarin from the east, Robert H. Hubbard, were the West Coast architects who were designing a… FULL STORY
Alfred Joseph’s memoirs highlight how white settlers changed Wet’suwet’en lives: from being independent hunters and fishers to wage-earners of white-owned… FULL STORY
“What are families other than fictions?” asks one of Michael Christie’s characters. “And like all stories, families are not born,… FULL STORY
You know a novel is working when you are disappointed when it ends—and you would prefer to remain in the… FULL STORY
His memoir, Lines on a Map, has been shortlisted for the Banff Mountain Book Competition in the Adventure Travel category…. FULL STORY
Now art critic Robert Amos provides an appreciative look at McKellar’s magical visions of Vancouver in the 1970s and 1980s…. FULL STORY
“This book informs us that the choir matters as much as solo performance,” says reviewer Linda Rogers. Women’s Writing in… FULL STORY
Averse to anthropomorphizing “Coola” and “Grinder,” Shelley Hrdlitschka and Rae Schidlo put the pair in the spotlight for conservationist principles…. FULL STORY
Glen Mofford offers wonderful stories about the proprietors and patrons of the hotels he describes in Along the E&N. Along… FULL STORY
A sixth book from Anny Scoones revives her wandering ways. Island Home: Out and About on Vancouver Island by Anny… FULL STORY
