#581 Cookbook for a dystopian future
One-Pot Wonders: James Barber’s Recipes for Land and Sea by James Barber Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2019 (first published 2006)… FULL STORY
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#580 The power behind the P.M.
At the Centre of Government: The Prime Minister and the Limits of Political Power by Ian Brodie Montreal and Kingston:… FULL STORY
#579 Poetic memoir and needle biopsy
Trauma Head by Elee Kraljii Gardiner Vancouver: Anvil Press, 2018 $18.00 / 9781772141221 Reviewed by Yvonne Blomer * Trauma Head,… FULL STORY
#578 Roughing it at the Cove
Boom & Bust: The Resilient Women of Historic Telegraph Cove by Jennifer Butler Victoria: Touchwood, 2019 $26.00 / 9781771512985 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#577 A trillion to one in Port Alberni
The Bulldog and the Helix: DNA and the Pursuit of Justice in a Frontier Town by Shayne Morrow Victoria: Heritage… FULL STORY
#576 In conversation with Van Camp
Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories by Richard Van Camp Madeira Park: Douglas & McIntyre, 2019 $19.95 / 9781771622165 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
#575 The late, great, James Teit
At the Bridge: James Teit and An Anthropology of Belonging by Wendy Wickwire Vancouver: UBC Press, 2019 $34.95 / 9780774861526… FULL STORY
#574 Secwépemc Shuswap reflections
Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws: Yerí7 Stsq̓ey̓s-kucw by Marianne Ignace and Ronald Ignace, with a foreword by Bonnie Leonard Montreal… FULL STORY
#573 B.C.’s forgotten artists
The Ormsby Review presents a joint review of all ten books in the Unheralded Artists of B.C. Series from Mother… FULL STORY
#572 Settlers coveted Sumas Lake
Before We Lost the Lake: A Natural and Human History of Sumas Valley by Chad Reimer Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press,… FULL STORY
#571 The Slinky and the mirror
Slinky Naive by Caroline Szpak Vancouver: Anvil Press, 2018 $18.00 / 9781772141153 Reviewed by Andrew Yang * Born in Istanbul,… FULL STORY
#570 Rolf Knight obituary
Born on March 4, 1936, the son of an itinerant cook, Rolf Knight grew up in remote B.C. logging camps,… FULL STORY
#569 Superscript and sexual tension
Reproduction by Ian Williams Toronto: Penguin Random House Canada, 2019 $35.00 / 9780735274051 Reviewed by Theo Dombrowski * Of his… FULL STORY
#568 Pregnant lines and pauses
Q & A by Adrienne Gruber Toronto: Book*Hug Press, 2019 $18.00 / 9781771664721 Reviewed by Phyllis Parham Reeve * “How… FULL STORY
#567 A Métis Red Riding Hood
The Girl and the Wolf by Katherena Vermette (text) and Julie Flett (illustrations) Penticton: Theytus Books, 2019 $19.95 / 9781926886541… FULL STORY
#566 George Payerle (1945-2019)
George Thomas Payerle was a founding member of the Writers Union of Canada. His major novel Unknown Soldier was reviewed… FULL STORY
#565 The Germans are here
Through the Whirlpool: Swept Up in the Nazi Apocalypse by Karl Koerber CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2019 $15.85 / 9781718958524… FULL STORY
#564 Going sweet on Salt Spring Island
Little Island Bake Shop: The Heirloom Recipes Made for Sharing by Jana Roerick Vancouver: Figure 1, 2019 $34.99 / 9781773270630… FULL STORY
#563 B.C.’s community food co-ops
The Co-op Revolution: Vancouver’s Search For Food Alternatives by Jan DeGrass, with a foreword by Rick Scott Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin… FULL STORY
#562 Blodgett’s poetic microclimate
Apostrophies VIII: Nothing Is But You and I by E.D. Blodgett Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2019 $19.99 / 9781772124514… FULL STORY
