Chile With Meat
Carmen Aguirre’s early plays about the “hardships, horrors, and heartache of exile” have been collected into a triad for Chile… FULL STORY
Author Archive
#480 Witness to wolves and wilderness
Return of the Wolf: Conflict and Coexistence by Paula Wild Madeira Park: Douglas and McIntyre, 2018 $32.95 / 9781771622066 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#479 On the wings of forever
ESSAY: Universal Technologies and Traditional Innovations: A Comprehensive Perspective for Museums by Yosef Wosk An Ormsby Exclusive, in collaboration with… FULL STORY
#478 Burquitlam gangland capers
Property Values by Charles Demers Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018 $17.95 / 9781551527277 Reviewed by John Douglas Belshaw * We… FULL STORY
26 Craftsmen: Truth to Material
“Out of the Woods is a treat to the eyes and hearts of west coasters,” says reviewer Grahame Ware. This… FULL STORY
#477 Art of the forest and turbulent sea
Out of the Woods: Woodworkers along the Salish Sea by Pirjo Raits Victoria: Heritage House, 2018 $34.95 / 9781772032604 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#476 BC Books Spring 2019
Here is a new feature from The Ormsby Review! A comprehensive preview of almost 150 forthcoming books (spring 2019) from… FULL STORY
Ryga longlist announced
The George Ryga Award is annually presented to a B.C. writer who has achieved an outstanding degree of social awareness… FULL STORY
#475 Ian Waddell’s front row seat
Take the Torch: A Political Memoir by Ian Waddell Gibsons: Nightwood Editions, 2018 $22.95 / 9780889713475 Reviewed by Rod Drown… FULL STORY
How Churchill Waged War
In April, 1941, he wrote, “Japan is unlikely to enter the war.” In December, Japan bombed upon Pearl Harbor. No… FULL STORY
#474 Nothing to offer but decisions
How Churchill Waged War: The Most Challenging Decisions of the Second World War by Allen Packwood Barnsley, UK: Pen &… FULL STORY
#473 Small cities take centre stage
Small Cities, Big Issues: Reconceiving Community in a Neoliberal Era by Christopher Walmsley and Terry Kading (editors) Edmonton: Athabasca University… FULL STORY
The bard and the bees
Winston approaches Saklikar’s poetic concerns by foregrounding his own unscientific love of words, especially from the world of beekeeping: queenright,… FULL STORY
#472 The Okanagan Trail
Trail North: The Okanagan Trail of 1856-68 and its Origins in British Columbia and Washington by Ken Mather Victoria: Heritage… FULL STORY
Centennial of Winnipeg Strike
It was once the most famous labour strike in Canadian history. Now few Canadians know much about it: In May… FULL STORY
#471 The bard and the bees
Listening to the Bees by Mark L. Winston and Renée Sarojini Saklikar Gibsons: Nightwood Editions, 2018 $24.95 / 9780889713468 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
The cattle cometh
Cattle brought to B.C. on the Okanagan Trail were a mix of British shorthorn and Spanish cattle from Mexico, via… FULL STORY
Divided they withstand
Born and raised in Iran, Nilofar Shidmehr came to Canada in 1997 and earned her MFA in Creative Writing from… FULL STORY
#470 Gender, manga, and teen idiom
Twin Studies by Keith Maillard Calgary: Freehand Books, 2018 $24.95 / 9781988298313 Reviewed by Theo Dombrowski * We can never… FULL STORY
Tracing a modern Kurtz in the Congo
The novel’s depiction of the confusion and violence of the Congo is entirely convincing according to reviewer Paul Headrick.
