Real estate novel, take two
Shilo Jones could very well become the best novelist ever born in Bella Coola. On the heels of Charles Demers’… FULL STORY
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A little revolution, please
He recommends Rachel Notley and Justin Trudeau would do well to pick up a copy of City On Edge with… FULL STORY
#308 A little revolution, please
City on Edge: A Rebellious Century of Vancouver Protests, Riots, and Strikes by Kate Bird, foreword by Charles Demers Vancouver:… FULL STORY
All hail the middle of the road
In The Canadian Party System we learn only three leaders in that party’s entire history have not become prime minister…. FULL STORY
#307 Why Liberals dominate federally
The Canadian Party System: An Analytic History by Richard Johnston Vancouver: UBC Press, 2017. $55 / 9780774836074 Reviewed by Adam… FULL STORY
Joie de vivre & murder
Miriam Lisa Clavir, former conservator at the UBC Museum of Anthropology, now writes character-driven mystery novels. Her protagonist, Berry Cates,… FULL STORY
#306 Assu’s autobiography of ancestors
Sonny Assu: A Selective History by Sonny Assu, with a foreword by Janet Rogers and essays by Candice Hopkins, Marianne… FULL STORY
Finding Franklin, nailing Harper
While covering the Franklin story, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist got sacked for blowing the whistle on Prime Minister Harper’s… FULL STORY
#305 Finding Franklin, nailing Harper
Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition by Paul Watson Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2017. $34.95 / … FULL STORY
#304 Nancy Richler (1957-2018)
“In all my writing, I explore the slipperiness of morality and identity in the face of extreme loss and threat,… FULL STORY
The Book of Lua
Lua, the partially paralyzed cat, is lucky to be cared for by Dania Sheldon. After she suffered a spinal cord… FULL STORY
#303 Removing antagonism to win
Pulling Together: A Coach’s Journey to Uncover the Mindset of True Potential by Jason Dorland, foreword by David Meggyesy Victoria:… FULL STORY
When camping was no picnic
In the ’30s and ’40s, he became a leftist in response to the intransigence of the authorities; he later became… FULL STORY
Sexton on Huxley
James Sexton is one of six editors of Psychedelic Prophets: The Letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond (McGill Queens… FULL STORY
Thirty years of protecting wilderness
He also criticizes Parks Canada for terminating its warden service in 2008, leaving trails without maintenance and parks without environmental… FULL STORY
Life on Mars without Bowie
Born in Ottawa, Lori McNulty of Vancouver has been shortlisted for the twenty-first annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award honouring the… FULL STORY
Tofino has a laureate, too
Joanna Streetly was born in Trinidad, W.I., and educated in England. She came to Vancouver to study Outdoor Recreation and… FULL STORY
Dorothy would approve
Mercedes Eng was the surprise and surprised winner of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize at the B.C. Book Prizes gala… FULL STORY
Al Neil continues to percolate
But there’s nothing like a personal reminiscence–or three–to reveal how extraordinary and perplexing and difficult and odd he could be.
Jack of two trades
Jack Schofield of Mayne Island flew, for 20 years, as a commercial seaplane pilot along the full stretch of coastal… FULL STORY
