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
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B.C. Foodies
Now in its 24th year, the Taste Canada Awards single out some of the best cookbook authors in Canada. This… 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
Campbell wins Stuart-Stubbs Prize
SFU professor, Lara Campbell (right) has won the 2021 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia for… FULL STORY
Whistler Indie Book Awards open
Entries for the 2021 Whistler Independent Book Awards are now being accepted. Entries will close April 30, 2021. The Whistler… 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
#637 Coastal ranges & riddles
In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch by John Zada Vancouver: Greystone Books, 2019 $32.95… FULL STORY
#636 Stopover at Nootka Sound
Captain Cook’s Final Voyage: The Untold Story from the Journals of James Burney and Henry Roberts by James K. Barnett… FULL STORY
#635 Go east, young man
A Voluntary Crucifixion by David J. MacKinnon Montréal: Guernica Editions, 2019 $25.00 / 9781771832724 Reviewed by Jim Christy * If you’ve… FULL STORY
#634 Fragments of sorrow
Picking up the Pieces: Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket by Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson… FULL STORY
#633 Uneasy stories, imperfect lives
Meteorites: Stories by Julie Paul Victoria: Brindle & Glass, an imprint of TouchWood Editions, 2019 $22.00 / 9781927366820 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
#632 Living small on a tired planet
Tiny House, Big Fix Victoria: Orca Books, 2019 $9.95 / 9781459821200 by Gail Anderson-Dargatz Reviewed by Valerie Green * This… FULL STORY
#631 Vassilopoulos goes west
Adventures on the West Coast of Vancouver Island by Peter Vassilopoulos Delta: Pacific Marine Publishing, 2018 $39.95 / 9780919317512 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#630 Breaking with the Tribe
Mad Hatter by Amanda Hale Montreal: Guernica Editions, 2019 $29.95 / 9781771833905 Reviewed by Sally Campbell * Some books are… FULL STORY
#629 Wet’suwet’en land & revival
Ross Hoffman with Alfred Joseph Song of the Earth: The Life of Alfred Joseph Smithers: Creekstone Press, 2019 $21.95 /… FULL STORY
