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.
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When horses are wishes
Now she’s written a memoir about adjusting to life in a 6.4 million hectare wilderness area in the northern Rockies…. FULL STORY
The under-heralded Kathy Page
Page’s themes have been identified as loss, survival and transformation: “the magic by which a bad hand becomes a good… FULL STORY
At the heights of his powers
Mary Sanseverino compares the work of the Banff-based photographer to American wilderness lensmen Ansell Adams and Galen Rowell. The Canadian… FULL STORY
Emotional time bombs
“This is a terrific debut and a book to reread just to admire the use of the language and to… FULL STORY
Disturbing: The Peace
In July, two civil law suits will be heard alleging that the impacts of Site C, west of Fort St…. FULL STORY
Sitting Shiva combines Google & grief
Erín Moure celebrates and grieves a man she left in 1982. He became an alcoholic and died alone at St…. FULL STORY
Enjoying the rat race
“Mountaineering is akin to having a rat gnawing on your insides – a creature that is constantly needing feeding, rarely… FULL STORY
Recalling New Orphic Review
“I now conceive of Endpiece as a caboose—a railway wagon attached to the end of a train. The lights at… FULL STORY
Say cheese, Hooded Nudibranch
Rick Harbo’s Photo Guide to Northwest Marine Life “will satisfy the curiosity of aspiring naturalists and more serious scientists alike”… FULL STORY
It takes one to know one
“I was gripped and fascinated by this masterful account.” — Howard Hisdal All the Fine Young Eagles: In the… FULL STORY
The wisdom of Solomon
Joel Solomon has befriended founders of Greenpeace, Hollyhock, TIDES and Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream; and he has backed Mayor… FULL STORY
The new turf of Indigenous Lit
From Oral to Written: A Celebration of Indigenous Literature in Canada, 1980-2010 celebrates the rise of a new literary genre;… FULL STORY
Paranormal gets its due
There have been ghost collections before Shanon Sinn’s new book; and there will be more after. Reviewer Carol Anne Shaw… FULL STORY
Invalidating Judge McEachern’s folly
President of the Gitxsan-Wet’suwet’en Tribal Council in the 1980s, Neil J. Sterritt has recalled his essential role in successful land… FULL STORY
A plague on our houses
Joan Givner compares Kevin Chong’s The Plague, set in Vancouver, with Albert Camus’ work of the same name published seventy… FULL STORY
How rivers can remember
UBC expert has published an examination of the earth’s waterways with Princeton University Press, reviewed be B.C. estuary expert Colin… FULL STORY
B.C. astronomer gets his due
A new, 560-page biography is reviewed by John Hutchings who stargazed there for 51 years. It marks the 100th anniversary… FULL STORY
Surrey highlighted from 1850s to 1980s
In Surrey: A City of Stories, she has provided a well-researched, engaging, and inclusive historical overview of B.C.’s fast-growing city…. FULL STORY
Georgia Straight endures & thrives
“Georgia Straight: A 50th Anniversary is a must-read for those interested in B.C. and Lower Mainland life in the last… FULL STORY
