#488 Snipers, rockets, and howitzers
From Rinks to Regiments: Hockey Hall-of-Famers and the Great War by Alan Livingstone MacLeod Victoria: Heritage House: 2018 $19.95 /… FULL STORY
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#487 Welcome to the new Cann lit
The Little Book of Cannabis: How Marijuana Can Improve Your Life by Amanda Siebert, foreword by Rav Ivker Vancouver: Greystone… FULL STORY
#486 Edith Iglauer obituary
LITERARY LOCATION: 5192 Claydon Road, Garden Bay, Sunshine Coast Having lived for many decades in a waterfront cottage that was… FULL STORY
#485 Honouring everyday anxieties
Practical Anxiety by Heidi Greco Toronto: Inanna Publications, 2018 $18.95 / 9781771335812 Reviewed by Andrew Parkin * Heidi Greco is… FULL STORY
#484 Books, books, and Bowering
He Speaks Volumes: A Biography of George Bowering by Rebecca Wigod Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2018 $24.95 / 9781772012064 Reviewed by Kathy… FULL STORY
#483 Métis bannock, Métis kinship
Memories of a Metis Settlement: Eighty Years of East Prairie Metis Settlement by Constance Brissenden (editor) Penticton: Theytus Books, 2018… FULL STORY
#482 Raincoast Jews — two views
Guide to Victoria’s Historic Jewish Cemetery by Amber Woods Victoria: Old Cemeteries Society, 2018 $15 / 9780968289945 Available at: jewishvictoria.wordpress.com/ordering/ * Raincoast… FULL STORY
#481 Beachcombers and deer-savers
On The Rocks with Jack Knox: Islanders I will Never Forget by Jack Knox Victoria: Heritage House, 2018 $19.95 /… FULL STORY
#480 Witness to wolves and wilderness
Return of the Wolf: Conflict and Coexistence by Paula Wild Madeira Park: Douglas and McIntyre, 2018 $32.95 / 9781771622066 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#479 On the wings of forever
ESSAY: Universal Technologies and Traditional Innovations: A Comprehensive Perspective for Museums by Yosef Wosk An Ormsby Exclusive, in collaboration with… FULL STORY
#478 Burquitlam gangland capers
Property Values by Charles Demers Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018 $17.95 / 9781551527277 Reviewed by John Douglas Belshaw * We… FULL STORY
#477 Art of the forest and turbulent sea
Out of the Woods: Woodworkers along the Salish Sea by Pirjo Raits Victoria: Heritage House, 2018 $34.95 / 9781772032604 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#476 BC Books Spring 2019
Here is a new feature from The Ormsby Review! A comprehensive preview of almost 150 forthcoming books (spring 2019) from… FULL STORY
#475 Ian Waddell’s front row seat
Take the Torch: A Political Memoir by Ian Waddell Gibsons: Nightwood Editions, 2018 $22.95 / 9780889713475 Reviewed by Rod Drown… FULL STORY
#474 Nothing to offer but decisions
How Churchill Waged War: The Most Challenging Decisions of the Second World War by Allen Packwood Barnsley, UK: Pen &… FULL STORY
#473 Small cities take centre stage
Small Cities, Big Issues: Reconceiving Community in a Neoliberal Era by Christopher Walmsley and Terry Kading (editors) Edmonton: Athabasca University… FULL STORY
#472 The Okanagan Trail
Ken Mather chronicles how B.C. grasslands became cattle country between 1858 and 1868 in his Trail North. January 24th, 2019… FULL STORY
#471 The bard and the bees
Listening to the Bees by Mark L. Winston and Renée Sarojini Saklikar Gibsons: Nightwood Editions, 2018 $24.95 / 9780889713468 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
#470 Gender, manga, and teen idiom
Twin Studies by Keith Maillard Calgary: Freehand Books, 2018 $24.95 / 9781988298313 Reviewed by Theo Dombrowski * We can never… FULL STORY
#469 From Passchendaele to Paris
A Piece of the Continent by Paul Nicholson Available from Amazon.ca and https://www.apieceofthecontinent.com/ $24.50 / 9781775192305 Reviewed by Valerie Green… FULL STORY
