My city is gone
Reviewed by John Moore In Sam Wiebe’s latest Dave Wakeland mystery, The Last Exile (Harbour Publishing $24.95), Wakeland returns to… FULL STORY
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Strathcona to the Spanish Civil War
For a good introduction to 1930s Vancouver, pick up a copy of David Spaner’s novel, Keefer Street by David Spaner… FULL STORY
BC Independent Bookstores
City Bookstore Name Address Telephone Number About the Store Abbotsford Food For Thought 1 – 2664 Gladys Ave Abbotsford, BC… FULL STORY
Forgiving an abuser
by Stephen McClure This can’t have been an easy book to write. No Letter in Your Pocket: How a Daughter… FULL STORY
Captors and captives
Review by Alan Twigg Having served as an international medical health consultant throughout east Africa and much of Asia, Vancouverite… FULL STORY
Finding wisdom on the road
EXCERPT Naked in a Pyramid: Travels and Observations by Yosef Wosk (Anvil Press $24.95) by Yosef Wosk The Great Pyramid… FULL STORY
Anger in ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ nêhiyawêwin
by Carellin Brooks Wanda John-Kehewin’s third book, Spells, Wishes, and the Talking Dead: ᒪᒪᐦᑖᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑯᓭᔨᒧᐤ ᓂᑭᐦᒋ ᐋᓂᐢᑯᑖᐹᐣ mamahtâwisiwin, pakosêyimow, nikihci-âniskotâpân… FULL STORY
Reflections of a life lived
The word “elegiac” springs readily to mind when turning to Rhonda Batchelor’s new collection Allow Me: Poems 2000-2020 (Ekstasis $23.95)…. FULL STORY
Advice for would-be authors
“There is no fast and easy way to become a published author.” — Ben Nuttall-Smith After Ben Nuttall-Smith (at right)… FULL STORY
Teen secret – adult trauma
Review by Heidi Greco Sometimes a novel offers more than a multi-plotted story. Shashi Bhat’s second title, The Most Precious… FULL STORY
Two people, lasagna & inequality
In Eric Sager’s book, The Plumber and the Professor (FriesenPress, 2021) two cousins argue about inequality over a lasagna dinner… FULL STORY
Blue moon love
A pioneer in the field of neurotherapy, Vancouver’s Dr. Paul Swingle has written a novella, Silhouette (Yellow Bike Press, 2021) that… FULL STORY
A-Knitting we will go
Sylvia Olsen has been publishing books since 2002, starting with the teen novel, No Time to Say Goodbye: Children’s Stories of… FULL STORY
Dear man
Jude Neale’s latest collection of poetry The River Answers (Ekstasis $23.95) contains “love songs to strangers and anthems for the… FULL STORY
The meaning of no
With the onset of #MeToo and the backlash against sexual assault, it should be getting safer for women of all… FULL STORY
Imagining historical Victoria
Vanessa Winn’s historical novel based on real people and events titled Trappings (Oakheart Press $24.95) will be included as a course… FULL STORY
Overcoming white supremacy
Rachel Ricketts (right) grew up in Vancouver, exposed early to the devastating effects of racism. “I was aware of the… FULL STORY
The girl who howled
In Teoni Spathelfer’s debut picture book, Little Wolf (Heritage $19.95) for young readers aged 4 – 8, a girl leaves… FULL STORY
Original Ormsby Review site
As of today, November 1, 2019, The Ormsby Review, founded in September 2016 by Alan Twigg and Richard Mackie, is now… FULL STORY
#638 Adventures at Canyon Camp
The Horse of The River: A Camp Canyon Falls Adventure by Sari Cooper Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2019 $12.95 /… FULL STORY
