#108 Iceland in their veins
REVIEW: White Settler Reserve: New Iceland and the Colonization of the Canadian West By Ryan Eyford Vancouver: UBC Press, 2016. $32.95 … FULL STORY
Author Archive
Eriksson up for Foreword Award
Ann Eriksson’s fifth novel, The Performance (Douglas & McIntyre, $22.95), has been shortlisted as one of 19 finalists from Canada… FULL STORY
Ormsby #107 Moodyville & mudflats
Originally the construct known as North Van stretched from Horseshoe Bay to well up Indian Arm, the Pacific coast’s southernmost… FULL STORY
Nilsen of Nelson
In her debut book of poems, Otolith (Goose Lane $19,95), Emily Nilsen examines the ache of nostalgia in the world’s… FULL STORY
#107 Moodyville, mudflats & Maisie
REVIEW: Where Mountains Meet The Sea: an Illustrated History of the District of North Vancouver by Daniel Francis Madeira Park:… FULL STORY
#67 Clearcut insanity
Hi Darlin’: I don’t know what we did to deserve this past winter, but I’m sorry we did it and… FULL STORY
Granny and her grow ‘op
In Jennifer Craig’s third book Gone to Pot (Second Storey $19.95) Jess, a feisty Nelson-based Grandmother, faces near calamity. On… FULL STORY
A labour of love & labour
“When one reads other accounts of the history of British Columbia since the Second World War,” says Mark Warrior, “the… FULL STORY
Lori lauded
Vancouver author and bee educator Lori Weidenhammer has won a National Outdoor Book Award for Victory Gardens for Bees: A… FULL STORY
#106 Beyond Germs
REVIEW: Beyond Germs: Native Depopulation in North America by Catherine M. Cameron, Paul Kelton, and Alan C. Swedlund (editors) Tucson: University… FULL STORY
From Peachland to Portugal
Born in North Vancouver, Michelle Oucharek-Deo of Port Coquitlam is a Registered Art Therapist who has written a debut novel,… FULL STORY
#105 Canucks in Khaki (WW I)
Canucks in Khaki: Langley, the Lower Mainland, and the Great War of 1914 to 1918 by Warren Sommer Fort Langley: Legacy… FULL STORY
Ormsby #104 Greenhorn dads
George Bowering and Charles Demers are aligned on most aspects of what it’s like to be a father in The… FULL STORY
Greening the getaway
The Bartley family has long maintained a summer home on one of the Gulf Islands. Now mother and daughter, Joan… FULL STORY
#104 Greenhorn Dads
REVIEW: The Dad Dialogues: A Correspondence on Fatherhood (and the Universe) by George Bowering and Charles Demers Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press,… FULL STORY
Serpentine Loop reprinted
Elee Kraljii Gardiner grew up as the daughter of U.S. Olympic figure skating gold medalist Tenley Albright. Gardiner’s first collection… FULL STORY
Damn churches in B.C.
B.C. is less religious than other provinces. Or, if you prefer, it is more irreligious. Having received the Floyd S…. FULL STORY
#103 Tainted blankets, tainted history
REVIEW: The Smallpox War in Nuxalk Territory by Tom Swanky Surrey: Dragon Heart Enterprises, 2016 $39.95 / 9781365410536 Reviewed… FULL STORY
Rhoda B. Moss (1930-2017)
The founder of Mosaic Books in Kelowna, the Okanagan’s largest independent bookstore for almost 50 years, has died. Rhoda B…. FULL STORY
October Ferries gets publishing berth
In 2005, playwright Charlotte Cameron moved from Edmonton to Gabriola Island where she soon became fascinated by Malcolm Lowry and… FULL STORY
