#164 Cuba from the inside
For anyone with an abiding love or interest in Cuba, there are many books about the place–more than ten of… FULL STORY
THE ORMSBY REVIEW: non-fiction
#163 Highways to tell
REVIEW: British Columbia by the Road: Car Culture and the Making of a Modern Landscape. by Ben Bradley Vancouver: UBC Press,… FULL STORY
#162 The sisters of war
REVIEW: War Torn Exchanges: The Lives and Letters of Nursing Sisters Laura Holland and Mildred Forbes by Andrea McKenzie (editor). Vancouver:… FULL STORY
#161 Loving in a fog
REVIEW: The Most Dangerous Thing by Leanne Lieberman Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2017 $14.95 9781459811843 Reviewed by Carol Anne Shaw … FULL STORY
#160 From sunny ways to better ways
REVIEW: Turning Parliament Inside Out: Practical Ideas for Reforming Canada’s Democracy by Michael Chong, Scott Simms, and Kennedy Stewart (editors)… FULL STORY
#159 Joan Skogan was one of a kind
Born in Comox on September 29, 1945, Joan Skogan knew joy and sorrow. An intrepid researcher and a conscientious writer,… FULL STORY
#158 A province of non-believers
REVIEW: Infidels and the Damn Churches: Irreligion and Religion in Settler British Columbia by Lynne Marks Vancouver: UBC Press, 2017. $34.95 … FULL STORY
#157 Shuswap gets its due
Everything Shuswap by Jim Cooperman Shuswap Press / Playfort Pubishing $35 / 9780995052208 By Mark Forsythe * [Sandwiched between the… FULL STORY
#157 From stage to page
REVIEW: All the World’s a Stage: The Story of Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach By Jayne Seagrave Victoria: Heritage House,… FULL STORY
#156 Frostbitten on Canada’s Everest
REVIEW: Surviving Logan by Erik Bjarnason and Cathi Shaw Victoria: Rocky Mountain Books, $28 2016 / 9781771601924 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
#155 S.C. Heal obituary (1925-2017)
“In my opinion there is no finer interpreter of the marine scene in British Columbia.” — John M. MacFarlane, nautical… FULL STORY
#154 Jim Wong-Chu (1949-2017)
Chinese Canadians weren’t granted the federal vote in Canada until 1947 and they first voted provincially in 1949–the year Jim… FULL STORY
#153 David Watmough (1926-2017)
“I hope my work is myopically ‘westcoast’ and persistently graceful in language.” — David Watmough “That rarest of birds on… FULL STORY
#152 Getting spidey in Victoria
REVIEW: Victoria’s Most Haunted: Ghost Stories from BC’s Historic Capital City by Ian Gibbs Victoria: Touchwood Editions, 2017. $19.95 / … FULL STORY
#151 Common ground in the Chilcotin
REVIEW: Chilcotin Chronicles: Stories of Adventure and Intrigue from British Columbia’s Central Interior by Sage Birchwater Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press,… FULL STORY
#150 Narnia meets Camelot
REVIEW: Walking to Camelot: A Pilgrimage through the Heart of Rural England by John A. Cherrington Vancouver: Figure 1 Publishing, 2016…. FULL STORY
#149 Grit to the core
REVIEW: From the Klondike to Berlin: The Yukon in World War I. by Michael Gates Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2017. $24.95 … FULL STORY
#148 Pacific Theatre almost homeless
If you’re not the favoured Arts Club or the Shakespeare Fest, keeping professional theatre alive in boomtown Vancouver is daunting.
#147 Cats–Pat Carney’s island carnival
On Island: Life Among the Coast Dwellers by Pat Carney Victoria: TouchWood Editions, 2017. $21.95 / 9781771512107 Reviewed by Pam… FULL STORY
#146 Poignant ruminations of summer
REVIEW: The Summer Book: A Treasury of Warm Tales, Timeless Memories and Meditations on Nature by 24 BC writers by Mona… FULL STORY
