#504 Joe Rosenblatt obituary
“Joe was one of the most generous and kind artists [of any genre] I ever met, a truly lovely person,… FULL STORY
Author Archive
#503 Brain surgery at Zero Rock
Sea Trial: Sailing After My Father by Brian Harvey Toronto: ECW Press, 2019 $21.95 / 9781770414778 Reviewed by Theo Dombrowski… FULL STORY
From the lands of Xesdu’wäxw
Born in 1931 in the Kitlope, Cecil Paul, also known by his Xenaksiala name, Wa’xaid, is one of the last… FULL STORY
The lure of tragedy
In 2018, Edwin Wong (1974-) founded the Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy Playwright Competition with Langham Court Theatre to challenge conventional… FULL STORY
#502 Patrick Lane (1939-2019)
On the same day, the Spring issue of B.C. BookWorld carried the news that Lane would be the 26th recipient… FULL STORY
Patrick Lane obituary
On the same day he died, the Spring issue of B.C. BookWorld carried the news that Patrick Lane would be… FULL STORY
#501 My Private Chinatown
MEMOIR: My Private Chinatown by Grahame Ware * The literature of remembrance turns the lost world of objects into emblems… FULL STORY
Patrick Lane: Poet, mentor, pool shark
Patrick Lane has died of a heart attack on March 7, 2019. A free community gathering to honour and remember… FULL STORY
The tall tree and thee
Perhaps it’s appropriate that our 500th review pays tribute to a veteran logger who saved an iconic Douglas fir, worth… FULL STORY
#500 A tall tale from Port Renfrew
Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada’s Last Great Trees by Harley Rustad Toronto: House of Anansi Press… FULL STORY
#499 Joining generations in Nelson
Growing Together: Conversations with Seniors and Youth by Lee Reid Nelson: Nelson CARES Society Press, 2018 $25.00 / 9781775399308 See… FULL STORY
Bachelor Bannock, from 1939 to today
No matter what era, during eighty years the Métis people were sustained by the land–physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
Three X 2
Cassandra Blanchard (pictured), Laura Matwichuk and Sarah de Leeuw will launching new poetry books at Massy Books on April 24, 2019… FULL STORY
#498 A co-creator with God
Exposed by Eileen Curteis Terrace: CCB Publishing, 2018 $44.06 (via Amazon) / 9781771433594 Reviewed by Phyllis Reeve * A poem… FULL STORY
Marshall wins Stuart-Stubbs Prize
By Anna Moorhouse on March 4, 2019 Dr. Daniel Marshall has won the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for outstanding Scholarly Book… FULL STORY
#497 Vancouver’s master broadcaster
George Garrett: Intrepid Reporter by George Garrett Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2019 $26.95 / 9781550178661 Reviewed by Michael Sasges *… FULL STORY
Looking for law in all the wrong places
The enlightened maritime laws of Hugo Grotius are all very well, but Across Oceans of Law avoids the stories of… FULL STORY
#496 Too much sail, not enough ballast
Across Oceans of Law: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire by Renisa Mawani Durham, North Carolina:… FULL STORY
Not against the wilderness
Packed with information on the skills needed to live a pioneer life, her North of Familiar is another memoir in… FULL STORY
#495 Of moose and rhubarb wine
North of Familiar: A Woman’s Story of Homesteading and Adventure in the Canadian Wilderness by Terry Milos Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin… FULL STORY
