Orca-strations

He also wrote, Orcas Everywhere: The Mystery and History of Killer Whales (Orca $24.95) for young people, inspired by the… FULL STORY

Tolstoy’s Words To Live By

Leo Tolstoy’s first collection of “Daily Thoughts” was originally published in Russian in 1903. It’s available in May, for the… FULL STORY

Fighting for the right to read books

In response, African Americans began creating “Freedom Libraries” and over 80 appeared in the deep south as documented by B.C…. FULL STORY

Vancouver’s brave new architecture

What particularly impressed a mandarin from the east, Robert H. Hubbard, were the West Coast architects who were designing a… FULL STORY

Defender of the Wet’suwet’en

Alfred Joseph’s memoirs highlight how white settlers changed Wet’suwet’en lives: from being independent hunters and fishers to wage-earners of white-owned… FULL STORY

Family trees

“What are families other than fictions?” asks one of Michael Christie’s characters. “And like all stories, families are not born,… FULL STORY

Highway murder

You know a novel is working when you are disappointed when it ends—and you would prefer to remain in the… FULL STORY

A self-propelled man

His memoir, Lines on a Map, has been shortlisted for the Banff Mountain Book Competition in the Adventure Travel category…. FULL STORY

Revolving W and Flying Pigs

Now art critic Robert Amos provides an appreciative look at McKellar’s magical visions of Vancouver in the 1970s and 1980s…. FULL STORY

Two Margarets, one Alice…

“This book informs us that the choir matters as much as solo performance,” says reviewer Linda Rogers. Women’s Writing in… FULL STORY

Ursus arctos horribilis

Averse to anthropomorphizing “Coola” and “Grinder,” Shelley Hrdlitschka and Rae Schidlo put the pair in the spotlight for conservationist principles…. FULL STORY

125 years of grub & pub

Glen Mofford offers wonderful stories about the proprietors and patrons of the hotels he describes in Along the E&N. Along… FULL STORY

Anny of Vancouver Island gables

A sixth book from Anny Scoones revives her wandering ways. Island Home: Out and About on Vancouver Island by Anny… FULL STORY

Yasuko Thanh after Evelyn Lau

There is much in Thanh’s memoir Mistakes to Run With to ponder about sacrifice, human nature, and acceptance, says reviewer… FULL STORY

Escape from the fish farm

A new biography shines a light on this wild steelhead in a sea of Canlit farmed fish says reviewer John… FULL STORY

Ginger beef and fried macaroni

“Chop suey” cafes and restaurants continue to dot the Canadian landscape. Imogene Lim reviews Ann Hui’s overview from Victoria to… FULL STORY

The ferry-less Gulf Islands

Harder-to-reach remote islands are special places where ingenuity, creativity, passion, and hard work lie at the heart of making satisfying… FULL STORY