#607 Anny’s island meanderings
Island Home: Out and About on Vancouver Island by Anny Scoones Victoria: TouchWood Editions, 2019 $20.00 / 9781771512589 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
Author Archive
#606 Whatever gets you through
Whatever Gets You Through: Twelve Survivors on Life after Sexual Assault by Stacey May Fowles and Jen Sookfong Lee (editors),… FULL STORY
#605 Island hotels and beer parlours
Along the E&N: A Journey Back to the Historic Hotels of Vancouver Island by Glen Mofford Victoria: TouchWood Press, 2019… FULL STORY
#604 BC Hydro’s destructive legacy
Our Coloured Past: The Arrow Lakes in the Age of Colour Photography by Kyle Kusch Nakusp: Arrow Lakes Historical Society,… FULL STORY
From Bermuda to B.C.
B.R. Bentley of Nanoose Bay was born in Cape Town in 1946. He has lived in South Africa, Canada and… FULL STORY
Escape from the fish farm
A new biography shines a light on this wild steelhead in a sea of Canlit farmed fish says reviewer John… FULL STORY
#603 Deep time to time slipping away
The Nature of Canada by Colin M. Coates and Graeme Wynn (editors) Vancouver: On Point Press, an imprint of UBC… FULL STORY
#602 Second chance at Crystal Beach
Sodom Road Exit by Amber Dawn Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018 $21.95 / 9781551527161 Reviewed by Ben Matthews * There… FULL STORY
#601 Notice to all Japanese Persons
The Three Pleasures by Terry Watada Vancouver: Anvil Press, 2017 $24.99 / 9781772140958 Reviewed by Michael Kluckner * One of… FULL STORY
#600 Stones, snow, and chocolate
Worry Stones Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2018 by Joanna Lilley $18.95 / 9781553805410 Reviewed by Jenna Butler * There’s more than… FULL STORY
#599 Coast Salish women revealed
Interwoven Lives: Indigenous Mothers of Salish Coast Communities by Candace Wellman Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press, 2019 $27.95 (U.S.)… FULL STORY
#598 Alienated and unmotivated
Dead Flowers by Alexander Laidlaw Gibsons: Nightwood Editions: 2019 $19.95 / 9780889713550 Reviewed by Heather Graham * Dead Flowers is… FULL STORY
Emily Carr’s B.C.
After tracing Emily Carr’s historic travels throughout the province, Laurie Carter is set to launch the final book in her… FULL STORY
#597 Lascelle’s ordinary & exotic food
Extraordinary Ornamental Edibles: 100 Perennials, Trees, Shrubs and Vines for Canadian Gardens by Mike Lascelle Madeira Park: Douglas & McIntyre… FULL STORY
#596 Escape from the fish farm
Jim Christy: A Vagabond Life by Ian Cutler, with a foreword by Luis E. Navia Port Angeles, WA: Feral House,… FULL STORY
Mind your imperfection
Visual Inspection by Matt Rader Gibsons: Nightwood Editions, 2019 $18.95 / 9780889713567 Reviewed by Paul Falardeau * I don’t live… FULL STORY
White hunger: Deni Y. Béchard
Born and raised in rural British Columbia to French-Canadian and America parents, Deni Y. Béchard was living in Montreal when… FULL STORY
#594 Talking feet & werewolf expertise
Collapsible by Tim Conley Vancouver: New Star Books 2019 $18.00 / 9781554201518 Reviewed by Myshara Herbert-McMyn with Ginny Ratsoy *… FULL STORY
2019 Whistler Writers Festival lineup
Featured authors at the Whistler Writers Festival (October 17 – 20, 2019) have been announced. They include: Cherie Dimaline, Andrew… FULL STORY
Ginger beef and fried macaroni
“Chop suey” cafes and restaurants continue to dot the Canadian landscape. Imogene Lim reviews Ann Hui’s overview from Victoria to… FULL STORY
