#219 Early Haig-Brown revitalized
Alison’s Fishing Birds by Roderick Haig-Brown Illustrated by Sheryl McDougald Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press, 2017. $21.95 / 9781987915198 (First published… FULL STORY
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Brunching capital
Victoria was named Brunch Capital of Canada by the Food Network, so maybe it’s not entirely surprising that Westcoast food… FULL STORY
#218 One dammed river before another
People, Power, and Progress: The Story of John Hart Dam and the Campbell River Power Projects by Daniel Stoffman Vancouver:… FULL STORY
It’s the environment, stupid
“Our largest environmental problem remains the general natural history illiteracy of a large majority of British Columbians,” says reviewer Loys… FULL STORY
Shadows, Shells and Spain
Originally from Vancouver, John Meyer, writes fictional travel memoirs—unique adventure stories that combine fun facts of history with present-day drama… FULL STORY
#217 Batter matters
From Scratch by Gail Anderson-Dargatz Victoria: Orca Books, 2017. $9.95. / 9781459815025 Reviewed by Carol Anne Shaw * Gail… FULL STORY
#216 Ignorance is not bliss
British Columbia: A Natural History of Its Origins, Ecology, and Diversity With a New Look at Climate Change by Richard… FULL STORY
Wolves of Winter
In Tyrell Johnson’s post-apocalyptic suspense novel, The Wolves of Winter (Simon & Schuster $24.95), set in the Yukon, we are… FULL STORY
#215 Island of Blue Foxes
The longlisted books for the 2018 RBC Taylor Prize are: 1. Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on Bering’s… FULL STORY
True tales of a Buddy Holly wannabe
In Dirty Windshields, Smugglers’ frontman Grant Lawrence delightfully chronicles Ambition, Good Times and Pre-Adult Denial through sixteen years of touring… FULL STORY
#75 Pondering justice at Xmas
I know Christmas is coming. Or, if you judge by the advertising, it’s already here. The blight of merchandising is… FULL STORY
#214 At home on the road
Dirty Windshields: The Best and the Worst of the Smugglers Tour Diaries by Grant Lawrence Madeira Park: Douglas & McIntyre,… FULL STORY
Smokeaters for hire, for fire
Aaron Williams’ Chasing Smoke: A Wildfire Memoir (Harbour $22.95) describes 16-hour, high-adrenaline days in apocalyptic fiery landscapes. Chasing Smoke. A… FULL STORY
Dark in them thar hills
Nelson-based R. M. (Rachel) Greenaway’s first novel Cold Girl (Dundurn 2016) won the Unhanged Arthur Award for Best Unpublished First… FULL STORY
#213 The forest smokeaters
Chasing Smoke. A Wildfire Memoir by Aaron Williams Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2017. $22.95 / 9781550178050 Reviewed by Dan Gallacher… FULL STORY
Airstreams Elegies
Toby Snelgrove of Mayne Island feelanced for the Vancouver Courier in the 1980s as a photographer, then became the photojournalist… FULL STORY
SOG. Save our glaciers
An unprecedented array of full-colour photographs of some of western Canada’s most striking glaciers and icefield elicits awe. Our Vanishing… FULL STORY
Hudson’s Hope springs eternal
Shirlee Smith Matheson and her husband Bill Matheson (born in Peace River, Alberta) arrived in Hudson`s Hope, BC, in 1965,… FULL STORY
Trilogy completed
At age 80, Bruce Fraser will be touring in the Spring of 2018 to promote his third novel in Kamloops,… FULL STORY
#74 The indignities of Windows 10
There are ordinary days when one feels under siege. The Hallowe’en decorations are down, except at Stephen’s place where the… FULL STORY
