#320 An East Vancouver childhood
Dear Current Occupant: A Memoir by Chelene Knight Toronto: BookThug, 2018 $20 / 9781771663908 Reviewed by Jennifer Chutter * Amidst… FULL STORY
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#319 King of the back packers
The World’s Most Travelled Man: A Twenty-Three Year Odyssey to and through Every Country on the Planet by Mike Spencer… FULL STORY
#318 A witness to persecution in China
The Unceasing Storm: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Katherine Luo, foreword by Madeleine Thien Madeira Park: Douglas &… FULL STORY
#317 Channeling Camus
The Plague by Kevin Chong Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018. $19.95 / 9781551527185 Reviewed by Michael Kluckner * A 1947… FULL STORY
#316 Nak’adli Nation honours Kw’eh
Remembering Chief Kw’eh compiled by Lillian Sam and Frieda Klippenstein Fort St. James: Nak’azdli Whut’en Press, 2016 $10 / 9780995286900… FULL STORY
#315 From props to hot properties
Life and Bronze: A Sculptor’s Journal by Ruth Abernethy Vancouver: Granville Island Publishing, 2016. $60 / 9781926991733 Reviewed by Maria… FULL STORY
#314 E.J. Hughes renewed
“B.C. is the best place in the world for landscape subject matter.” — E.J. Hughes “One of the main reasons… FULL STORY
#313 Doreen Armitage (1931-2018)
Born in Toronto on August 14, 1931, Doreen Alice Ellen (Hayes) Armitage died at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver… FULL STORY
#312 Home words bound
The Language of Family: Stories of Bonds and Belonging by Michelle van der Merwe (editor) Victoria: Royal British Columbia Museum,… FULL STORY
#311 Going to the dogs
I fought the law, and the dog won The Dog Lover Unit: Lessons in Courage from the World’s K9 Cops… FULL STORY
#310 The Third Solitude
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese Madeira Park: Douglas & McIntyre, 2018 $21.95 / 9781771621908 Reviewed by Eldon Yellowhorn * First… FULL STORY
#309 Christy Clark’s downfall
A Matter of Confidence: The Inside Story of the Political Battle for BC by Rob Shaw and Richard Zussman Victoria:… FULL STORY
#308 A little revolution, please
City on Edge: A Rebellious Century of Vancouver Protests, Riots, and Strikes by Kate Bird, foreword by Charles Demers Vancouver:… FULL STORY
#307 Why Liberals dominate federally
The Canadian Party System: An Analytic History by Richard Johnston Vancouver: UBC Press, 2017. $55 / 9780774836074 Reviewed by Adam… FULL STORY
#306 Assu’s autobiography of ancestors
Sonny Assu: A Selective History by Sonny Assu, with a foreword by Janet Rogers and essays by Candice Hopkins, Marianne… FULL STORY
#305 Finding Franklin, nailing Harper
Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition by Paul Watson Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2017. $34.95 / … FULL STORY
#304 Nancy Richler (1957-2018)
“In all my writing, I explore the slipperiness of morality and identity in the face of extreme loss and threat,… FULL STORY
#303 Removing antagonism to win
Pulling Together: A Coach’s Journey to Uncover the Mindset of True Potential by Jason Dorland, foreword by David Meggyesy Victoria:… FULL STORY
#302 When camping was no picnic
Alan Caswell Collier, Relief Stiff: An Artist’s Letters from Depression-era British Columbia by Peter Neary (editor) Vancouver: UBC Press, 2018…. FULL STORY
#301 Glory days of Park Wardens
The Green Horse: My Early Years in the Canadian Rockies — A Park Warden’s Story by Dale Portman Victoria: Rocky… FULL STORY
