#419 Talking federal politics
Talking Past Each Other: Quebec and the Federal Dialogue in Canada, 1867-2017 by Hamish Telford New York and Bern: Peter… FULL STORY
FEATURE REVIEWS
#418 Boswell’s woman of words
A Bright and Steady Flame: The Story of an Enduring Friendship by Luanne Armstrong Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Books, 2018 $22.95… FULL STORY
#417 Living wild in Clayoquot Sound
Wild Fierce Life: Dangerous Moments on the Outer Coast by Joanna Streetly Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press, 2018 $22.95 / 9781987915655… FULL STORY
#416 Nirvana in Nootka Sound
Klee Wyck Journal: The Making of a Wilderness Retreat by Lou McKee Fairbanks, Alaska: Epicenter Press, 2017 9781935347750 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
#415 Murder by Milkshake
Murder by Milkshake: An Astonishing True Story of Adultery, Arsenic, and a Charismatic Killer by Eve Lazarus Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp… FULL STORY
#414 Good art and bad habits
Ken Foster’s Vancouver: Life, Art and Alleyways by Sean Nosek and Ken Foster Vancouver: Granville Island Publishing, 2018 $49.95 /… FULL STORY
#413 Cuban saints and stones
Angela of the Stones by Amanda Hale Saskatoon: Thistledown Press, 2018 $19.95 / 9781771871655 Reviewed by Linda Rogers * Amanda… FULL STORY
#412 Vancouver jazz scene
Live at the Cellar: Vancouver’s Iconic Jazz Cub and the Canadian Co-operative Jazz Scene in the 1950s and ‘60s by… FULL STORY
#411 The boy Attorney-General of B.C.
ESSAY: A Person of Some Consequence: Attorney-general George Hunter Cary (1832-1866) by Robert Ratcliffe Taylor * Editor’s note: Victoria historian… FULL STORY
#410 A journey to Fernie
Ordinary Strangers by Bill Stenson Salt Spring Island: Mother Tongue Publishing, 2018 $23.95 / 9781896949710 Reviewed by Theo Dombrowski *… FULL STORY
#409 With Whymper to the Pacific
A Not-so-Savage Land: The Art and Times of Frederick Whymper, 1838-1901 by Peter Johnson, foreword by Robert Amos Victoria: Heritage… FULL STORY
#408 Grizzly twins and latter-day saints
Gracie by Joan MacLeod Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2018 $16.95 / 9781772012026 * Thanks for Giving by Kevin Loring Vancouver: Talonbooks 2018…. FULL STORY
#407 Celebrating age and wisdom
The Aging of Aquarius: Igniting Passion and Purpose as an Elder by Helen Wilkes Gabriola Island: New Society, 2018 $17.99… FULL STORY
#406 The Sinixt are not extinct
Not Extinct: Keeping the Sinixt Way by Marilyn James and Taress Alexis Nelson: Maa Press, 2018 $30.00 / 9780968530283 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
#405 Crows and crime scenes
Crow Jazz by Linda Rogers, illustrated by Rick Van Krugel Salt Spring Island: Mother Tongue Publishing, 2018 $23.95 / 9781896949659… FULL STORY
#404 A tumble with George
Some End / West Broadway by George Bowering and George Stanley Vancouver: New Star Books, 2018. $18.00 / 9781554201457 Reviewed… FULL STORY
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The Ormsby Review works with writers, publishers, and literary professionals to promote books published by or about British Columbia in… FULL STORY
#403 Health before healthcare
All Together Healthy: A Canadian Wellness Revolution by Andrew MacLeod Madeira Park: Douglas & McIntyre, 2018 $22.95 / 9781771621885 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#402 Roma and other Gypsies
Gypsy Fugue: An Archetypal Memoir by Marlene Schiwy Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press, 2018. $24.95 / 9781987915594 Reviewed by Phyllis Reeve… FULL STORY
#401 Legacy of Vitus Bering
Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on Bering’s Great Voyage to Alaska by Stephen R. Bown Madeira Park:… FULL STORY
