#256 Norman Bethune and women
I’m not your man: Norman Bethune & women An essay by Larry Hannant * Doctor, medical innovator, propagandist, artist, political… FULL STORY
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#255 Spitfire luck
The Spitfire Luck of Skeets Ogilvie: From the Battle of Britain to the Great Escape by Keith Ogilvie Victoria: Heritage… FULL STORY
#254 The trees we can’t see
Euclid’s Orchard and Other Essays by Theresa Kishkan Salt Spring Island: Mother Tongue Publishing, 2017. $22.95 / 9781896949635 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
#253 The divide of mountains and wine
Surveying the Great Divide: The Alberta/BC Boundary Survey, 1913-1917 by Jay Sherwood Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press, 2017. $29.95 / 9781987915525… FULL STORY
#252 We came, we saw, we skated
Lace Up: A History of Skates in Canada by Jean-Marie Leduc, with Sean Graham & Julie Leger Victoria: Heritage House… FULL STORY
#251 The stupid man’s smart person?
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson Toronto: Penguin Random House Canada, 2018. $34.95 / … FULL STORY
#250 Gordon Campbell, a reckoning
The Campbell Revolution? Power, Politics, and Policy in British Columbia J.R. (Jason) Lacharite and Tracy Summerville (editors) Montreal and Kingston:… FULL STORY
#249 Binning House (1941 – ?)
Binning House by Matthew Soules (text) and Michael Perlmutter (photography) Novato, California: ORO Editions, 2017. $24.95 (U.S.) / 9871939621665 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#248 Kaho’olawe; 8th Hawaiian island
Journey to Kaho’olawe by Hans Winkler and Cease Wyss (T’uy’t’tanat) Vancouver: Grunt Gallery, 2017 $20.00 / 9781988708027 Reviewed by Chris… FULL STORY
#247 High risks, high expectations
Vertical Horizons: The History of Okanagan Helicopters by Douglas M. Grant Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2017. $39.95 / 9781550178135 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#246 The heroism of the outsider
Novelist Bill Gaston once dubbed Ernest Hekkanen Canadian literature’s “most resolute maverick.” For twenty years he and his long-time partner… FULL STORY
#245 Publish and cherish
The tradition of printers supporting the literary arts is a very long one. Before there were trade publishing companies in… FULL STORY
#244 Finally, something world class
This year the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness is focussed on First Nations, drug addiction treatment and the environment…. FULL STORY
#243 Going to the Dogs
Here Rachel Rose interviews mutt maven Stanley Coren who has appeared on Oprah, Larry King and Charlie Rose. Coren has… FULL STORY
#242 A brotherly love revisited
Trailer Park Elegy by Cornelia Hoogland Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2017. $18.95 / 9781550178159 Reviewed by Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes … FULL STORY
#241 Howe Sound advice
Whale in the Door: A Community Unites To Protect BC’s Howe Sound by Pauline Le Bel Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press,… FULL STORY
#240 Go get Emily!!
Emily Patterson, The Heroic Life of a Milltown Nurse provides a rare portrait of a female life on the West… FULL STORY
#239 And here’s to you, Mr. Robinson
Red Robinson: The Last Deejay by Robin Brunet Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2016. $29.95 / 9781550177695 Reviewed by Lani Russwurm… FULL STORY
#238 Unforgettable Major Matthews
A memoir of 1969 by John Pass * We are pleased to unveil a memoir by the award-winning poet John… FULL STORY
#237 The sawmill and the river
Deep River Night by Patrick Lane (McClelland $ Stewart, $32.00) ISBN 978-0-7710-4817-3, hard cover. * The men in Patrick Lane’s… FULL STORY
