Looking for law in all the wrong places
The enlightened maritime laws of Hugo Grotius are all very well, but Across Oceans of Law avoids the stories of… FULL STORY
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Not against the wilderness
Packed with information on the skills needed to live a pioneer life, her North of Familiar is another memoir in… FULL STORY
Poetic pairings pontificate and probe
Now Rob Taylor tells us what the poets are doing in pairs, combining mid-career writers with relative newcomers. Review by… FULL STORY
Guns and goals
From Rinks to Regiments combines early 20th century pro hockey with an interest in the Canadian experience of the war… FULL STORY
Welcome to the new Cann Lit
While the Georgia Straight‘s first-ever cannabis editor extolls the benefits of marijuana—she also describes how unfair its prohibition has been…. FULL STORY
He Speaks Volumes – a biography
Former Vancouver Sun books editor Rebecca Wigod helps George Bowering satisfy his quest for literary posterity, consuming fifty volumes of… FULL STORY
Beachcombers and deer-savers
Story sleuth and pundit Jack Knox is again on the BC Bestsellers List. Keith Norbury gives a thumbs up to… FULL STORY
On the wings of forever
Yosef Wosk: “I have come to appreciate all existence as a choreographed dance, a pas de deux of dynamic and… FULL STORY
26 Craftsmen: Truth to Material
“Out of the Woods is a treat to the eyes and hearts of west coasters,” says reviewer Grahame Ware. This… FULL STORY
How Churchill Waged War
In April, 1941, he wrote, “Japan is unlikely to enter the war.” In December, Japan bombed upon Pearl Harbor. No… FULL STORY
The bard and the bees
Winston approaches Saklikar’s poetic concerns by foregrounding his own unscientific love of words, especially from the world of beekeeping: queenright,… FULL STORY
The cattle cometh
Cattle brought to B.C. on the Okanagan Trail were a mix of British shorthorn and Spanish cattle from Mexico, via… FULL STORY
Tracing a modern Kurtz in the Congo
The novel’s depiction of the confusion and violence of the Congo is entirely convincing according to reviewer Paul Headrick.
Big oil, big stall, big bamboozle
Trudeau’s cabinet so liked the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project that they “bought the company” from Texas-based oil giant Kinder… FULL STORY
Starlight is “breathtakingly beautiful”
Shelagh Rogers shines a light on her friend Richard Wagamese’s final novel, published before it was completed, in an interview… FULL STORY
Shoelaces: hard. Bestsellers: not easy
Reviewer Sheldon Goldfarb pays tribute by respectfully mimicking McCardell’s amusing but always thoughtful style. Shoelaces are Hard & Other Thoughtful… FULL STORY
The big conundrum: Water and China
Robert Sandford leaves no stone unturned in his assessment of crises emerging in freshwater and marine systems in China, Canada,… FULL STORY
Inspired by Woodward’s revolving W
With his artwork in Revolving W and Flying Pigs, Keith McKellar brings an energy to Vancouver’s social history that few… FULL STORY
RBCM: a dualistic museum
An intriguing overview by Patricia Roy (left), The Collectors shows how the Royal B.C. Museum’s unsung curators have since developed… FULL STORY
Ancient grains and seeds are awesome
Such is the case with Awesome Ancient Grains & Seeds, a hybrid gardening/ cookbook by Dan Jason and Michele Genest–reviewed… FULL STORY
