#176 Sexual treachery vs. friendship
Jazz riffs from a leaky lifeboat… Useless Things (REDACTED) A novella. By Charles Tidler Ekstasis Editions. 124 pages. $19.95… FULL STORY
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#175 The Kane scrutiny
REVIEW: Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America by Paul Kane, edited and with an introduction by… FULL STORY
#174 Lights, camera, action, debate
Documentaries about Alberta’s tar sands between 2004 and 2014 have helped and hindered public debate. Geo Takach’s critical responses to… FULL STORY
#173 Always cry wolf
Wolf Island by Ian McAllister (photographs) and Nicholas Read (text) Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2017. $19.95 / 9781459812642 Reviewed by Carol… FULL STORY
#172 Scottish lilt, without the kilt
REVIEW: The Nor’ Wester by David Starr Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2017. $11.95 978-1-55380-493-2 Reviewed by Steve Pocock David Starr’s… FULL STORY
#171 Florence, Dante and Me
REVIEW: Florence, Dante and Me (Godwin Books 2017) Robert Stuart Thomson unpriced 978-0-99587-600-2 by Beverly Cramp * It’s the… FULL STORY
#170 Midwifery, bongos & blue boxes
Canadian Countercultures and the Environment by Colin M. Coates (editor) Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2016 $34.95 / 9781552388143 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#169 A hero in the garden
Some Useful Wild Plants: A Foraging Guide to Food and Medicine from Nature by Dan Jason Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing,… FULL STORY
#168 Feminist shareholders meet
REVIEW: Making Room; Forty Years of Room Magazine by Meghan Bell and the Growing Room Collective (editors) Vancouver and Halfmoon… FULL STORY
#167 Depths of Shaughnessy Heights
August 31st, 2017 The White Angel by John MacLachlan Gray Madeira Park: Douglas & McIntyre, 2017. $29.95 978-1-77162-146-5 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
#166 Edenshaw, Raven, and Fungus Man
REVIEW: Entering Time: The Fungus Man Platters of Charles Edenshaw by Colin Browne Vancouver: Talon Books, 2016 $19.95 / 9781772010398 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#165 Alaska Highway — before GPS
REVIEW: Beyond Mile Zero: The Vanishing Alaska Highway Lodge Community by Lily Gontard (text) and Mark Kelly (photographs) Madeira Park: Harbour… FULL STORY
#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
#163 Highways to tell
At its AGM in Nakusp in May of 2018, the British Columbia Historical Federation announced the winner of its prestigious… 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
Turning Parliament Inside Out: Practical Ideas for Reforming Canada’s Democracy by Michael Chong, Scott Simms, and Kennedy Stewart (editors) Madeira… 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
