#615 A floating city sinks
Floating City by Kerri Sakamoto Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2018; Penguin Random House, 2019 $21.00 / 9780345809896 Reviewed by Grahame Ware… FULL STORY
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#614 Waterfront industry and seafood
Photo essay: Revolving W and Flying Pigs: A Neon Journal by Keith McKellar (Laughing Hand), with an introduction by Robert… FULL STORY
#613 The strange fate of John Jeffrey
Green Gold: The Epic True Story of Victorian Plant Hunter John Jeffrey by Gabriel Hemery £15 (U.K.) / 9781789650242 London:… FULL STORY
#611 A baby boomer’s songbook
Song Book: 21 Songs From 10 Years (1964-74) by Fiona McQuarrie Walthamstow, UK: New Haven Publishing, 2018 $24.00 / 9781912587155… FULL STORY
#610 Secwépemc playwright honoured
Honouring the Strength of Indian Women: Plays, Stories, Poetry by Vera Manuel (author) and Michelle Coupal, Deanna Reder, Joanne Arnott,… FULL STORY
#609 The pen is mightier than the street
Mistakes to Run With by Yasuko Thanh Toronto: Penguin Random House Canada (Hamish Hamilton), 2019 $24.95 / 9780735234413 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
#608 Kootenay art and activism
New Ground: A Memoir of Art and Activism in BC’s Interior by Ann Kujundzic, with a foreword by Mary Schendlinger… FULL STORY
#607 Anny’s island meanderings
Island Home: Out and About on Vancouver Island by Anny Scoones Victoria: TouchWood Editions, 2019 $20.00 / 9781771512589 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
#606 Whatever gets you through
Whatever Gets You Through: Twelve Survivors on Life after Sexual Assault by Stacey May Fowles and Jen Sookfong Lee (editors),… FULL STORY
#605 Island hotels and beer parlours
Along the E&N: A Journey Back to the Historic Hotels of Vancouver Island by Glen Mofford Victoria: TouchWood Press, 2019… FULL STORY
#604 BC Hydro’s destructive legacy
Our Coloured Past: The Arrow Lakes in the Age of Colour Photography by Kyle Kusch Nakusp: Arrow Lakes Historical Society,… FULL STORY
#603 Deep time to time slipping away
The Nature of Canada by Colin M. Coates and Graeme Wynn (editors) Vancouver: On Point Press, an imprint of UBC… FULL STORY
#602 Second chance at Crystal Beach
Sodom Road Exit by Amber Dawn Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018 $21.95 / 9781551527161 Reviewed by Ben Matthews * There… FULL STORY
#601 Notice to all Japanese Persons
The Three Pleasures by Terry Watada Vancouver: Anvil Press, 2017 $24.99 / 9781772140958 Reviewed by Michael Kluckner * One of… FULL STORY
#600 Stones, snow, and chocolate
Worry Stones Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2018 by Joanna Lilley $18.95 / 9781553805410 Reviewed by Jenna Butler * There’s more than… FULL STORY
#599 Coast Salish women revealed
Interwoven Lives: Indigenous Mothers of Salish Coast Communities by Candace Wellman Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press, 2019 $27.95 (U.S.)… FULL STORY
#598 Alienated and unmotivated
Dead Flowers by Alexander Laidlaw Gibsons: Nightwood Editions: 2019 $19.95 / 9780889713550 Reviewed by Heather Graham * Dead Flowers is… FULL STORY
#597 Lascelle’s ordinary & exotic food
Extraordinary Ornamental Edibles: 100 Perennials, Trees, Shrubs and Vines for Canadian Gardens by Mike Lascelle Madeira Park: Douglas & McIntyre… FULL STORY
#596 Escape from the fish farm
Jim Christy: A Vagabond Life by Ian Cutler, with a foreword by Luis E. Navia Port Angeles, WA: Feral House,… FULL STORY
#594 Talking feet & werewolf expertise
Collapsible by Tim Conley Vancouver: New Star Books 2019 $18.00 / 9781554201518 Reviewed by Myshara Herbert-McMyn with Ginny Ratsoy *… FULL STORY
