#559 Playing saxophone at Ponoka
Playing into Silence by Tina Biello Halfmoon Bay: Dagger Editions, 2019 $18.00 / 9781987915785 Reviewed by Phyllis Reeve * Narrative… FULL STORY
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#558 Take a hike & climb a mountain
In and Around Southwestern British Columbia by Stephen Hui, foreword by Cease Wyss (T’uy’t’tanat) Vancouver: Greystone: 2018 $24.95 / 9781771642866… FULL STORY
#557 Sea otter slaughter and survival
Sea Otters: A History by Richard Ravalli Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press $45.00 (U.S.) / 9780803284401 Reviewed by Robin… FULL STORY
#556 Gangs, pirates, smugglers
Stowaway by Pam Withers Toronto: Dundurn, 2018 $12.99 / 9781459741911 Reviewed by Irene Watts * Pam Withers has a staunch… FULL STORY
#555 Arthur Erickson’s steel house
Eppich House II: The Story of an Arthur Erickson Masterwork by Greg Bellerby, with an introduction by Michelangelo Sabatino Vancouver:… FULL STORY
#554 Patricia’s preternatural powers
Amateurs at Love by Patricia Young Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2019 $19.95 / 9780864929914 Reviewed by Heidi Greco * The… FULL STORY
#553 From alienation to adulation
Flow: Poems Collected and New by Roy Miki, edited by Michael Barnholden Vancouver: Talonbooks 2018 $49.95 / 9781772012101 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
#552 The three sisters of Bute Inlet
Cougar Companions: Bute Inlet Country and the Legendary Schnarrs Raincoast Chronicles no. 24 by Judith Williams Madeira Park: Harbour Pubishing,… FULL STORY
#551 Keith Harrison 1945-2019
Born in Vancouver on June 18, 1945, John Keith Harrison, author of nine books, died at his home on Hornby… FULL STORY
#550 From sawmills to EcoDensity
Vancouverism by Larry Beasley, with a prologue by Frances Bula $39.95 / 9780774890311 Vancouver: UBC Press, 2019 Reviewed by Michael… FULL STORY
#549 Peak satisfaction
The Glorious Mountains of Vancouver’s North Shore: A Peakbagger’s Guide by David Crerar, Harry Crerar, and Bill Maurer Victoria: Rocky… FULL STORY
#548 On a wing & a telepathic prayer
The Story of Radio Mind: A Missionary’s Journey on Indigenous Land by Pamela Klassen London and Chicago: The University of… FULL STORY
#547 A great book for a big language
SENĆOŦEN; A Dictionary of the Saanich Language by Timothy Montler Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2018 $150.00 (U.S.) / 9780295743851… FULL STORY
#546 Flashes of fascinating humanity
Hider/Seeker: Stories by Jen Currin Vancouver: Anvil Press, 2018 $20.00 / 9781772141177 Reviewed by Candace Fertile * The twenty stories… FULL STORY
#545 Microbes good and bad
The Whole-Body Microbiome: How to Harness Microbes — Inside and Out — for Lifelong Health by B. Brett Finlay and… FULL STORY
#544 Greg Younging Obituary
Formerly an Assistant Director of Research for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Dr. Gregory George Younging, a publisher… FULL STORY
#543 In Unity is not strength
Lost Boy by Shelley Hrdlitschka Victora: Orca Book Publishers, 2018 $14.95 / 9781459816374 Reviewed by Carol Anne Shaw * Having… FULL STORY
#542 Classical, biblical, theoretical
Passageways by Philip Resnick Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2018 $18.95 / 9781553805236 Reviewed by Andrew Parkin * This book is a… FULL STORY
#541 Co-opting the food chain
The Co-op Revolution: Vancouver’s Search For Food Alternatives by Jan DeGrass, with a foreword by Rick Scott Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin… FULL STORY
#540 Wayson Choy obituary
At age 80, Wayson Choy died at home on April 28, 2019. Wayson Choy was born on April 20, 1939… FULL STORY
