#351 Essays from the north
Where it Hurts: Essays by Sarah de Leeuw Edmonton: NeWest Press, 2017 $19.95 / 9781926455846 Reviewed by Heidi Greco *… FULL STORY
Author Archive
#350 Naval giants of the Great War
Churchill and Fisher: The Titans at the Admiralty who fought the First World War by Barry Gough Toronto: James Lorimer,… FULL STORY
He built stories and they came
Reviewer Sheldon Goldfarb would have liked a more critical perspective to prevail; Steele instead supplies the life story as W.P…. FULL STORY
#349 A carpenter poet adept at forms
Elemental by Kate Braid Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press, 2018. $18.00 / 9781987915631 Reviewed by Christopher Levenson * Christopher Levenson admires… FULL STORY
#348 The ghost of Jack Munro
On the Line: A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement by Rod Mickleburgh Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2018. $44.95 … FULL STORY
#347 Kinsella – a life like no other
Going the Distance: The Life and Works of W.P. Kinsella by William Steele Douglas & McIntyre September 1, 2018. $34.95 … FULL STORY
Open Me for taking risks
Having lived in New Zealand for 28 years, Leanne Babcock sold up everything and moved back to her homeland Canada… FULL STORY
#346 Called to the poethood
Another Mountain to Climb by Danny Peart Vancouver: Milagro Press, 2017. $25 / 9780994932914 Reviewed by Isabella Wang * Isabella… FULL STORY
First Comings
According to reviewer Becki L. Ross, “Lori Brotto’s Better Sex not only inoculates the reader against the scourge of sexual… FULL STORY
Tofino gets Poet Laureate
Yes, Tofino now has its own Poet Laureate, too. The first one is Joanna Streetly who has also launched her… FULL STORY
#345 Lovers and other shenanigans
Beautiful Communions by Des Kennedy (Ronsdale Press $18.95) 978-1-55380-532-8 Review by Cherie Thiessen * In Des Kennedy’s latest novel, a… FULL STORY
Build it and they will chum
More than a decade later, their communal practice of women helping women has maintained its radically egalitarian ethic. Mudgirls Manifesto: … FULL STORY
#344 Three curative plays of B.C.
The Cure for Death by Lightning: A Play Adapted from the Novel by Gail Anderson-Dargatz by Daryl Cloran Vancouver: Talonbooks,… FULL STORY
#343 Mudgirls Manifesto
Mudgirls Manifesto: Handbuilt Homes Handcrafted Lives Authored by the Mudgirls Natural Building Collective New Society Publishers (2017) $29.99 978-0-86571-877-7 Review… FULL STORY
#342 The woodsman & the economist
My West Coast Surveying Adventure by Richard G. Lipsey, OC, FRSC * We are delighted to present a memoir by… FULL STORY
A Polish mountain climber for the ages
Reviewer Ron Dart praises a new biography of Voytek Kurtyka for opening a door into the “mountaineering lore and legend”… FULL STORY
#341 Cultivating desire
Better Sex Through Mindfulness: How Women Can Cultivate Desire by Lori A. Brotto Vancouver: Greystone Books, 2018. $22.95 / 9781771642354… FULL STORY
Missiles, murder and emasculation
Buday’s new comedy-thriller is, “probably about painting, too,” says reviewer Dustin Cole. And, like all good novels, the story proposes… FULL STORY
Trilogy optioned for TV series
Straight Circles (Anvil Press 2018) by Jackie Bateman Review by Caroline Woodward In the diverse genre of suspense writing, North… FULL STORY
#340 Kurtyka, the Polish alpinist
Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka by Bernadette McDonald Victoria: Rocky Mountain Books, 2017. $32 / … FULL STORY
