#137 Upbeat about Under Vancouver
Greg Girard, with interviews by William Gibson and David Campany Under Vancouver 1972-1982 Toronto: The Magenta Foundation, 2017. $50.00 / … FULL STORY
FEATURE REVIEWS
#136 It takes one to tanka
The Way of Tanka by Naomi Beth Wakan Brunswick, Maine: Shanti Arts Publishing, 2017. $20.00 / 978-1-941830-60-4 Reviewed by Phyllis… FULL STORY
#135 The W̱SÁNEĆ revisited
The W̱SÁNEĆ and Their Neighbours: Diamond Jenness on the Coast Salish of Vancouver Island, 1935by Diamond Jenness. Edited and with… FULL STORY
#134 Resuscitation of James Legge
REVIEW: James Legge and the Chinese Classics A Brilliant Scot in the Turmoil of Colonial Hong Kong by Marilyn Laura… FULL STORY
#133 Black Dog desperation
REVIEW: Deadpoint By Nikki Tate Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2017. $9.95 / 9781459813526 Reviewed by Carol Anne Shaw *… FULL STORY
#132 The demise of Vancouver
REVIEW: 2050: A Post-Apocalyptic Murder Mystery by Michael Kluckner Vancouver: Midtown Press, 2016. $19.95 / 978-1-988242-18-7 Reviewed by Mark James… FULL STORY
#131 Minds lost, country found, in ’67
REVIEW: The Year Canadians Lost Their Minds and Found Their Country: The Centennial of 1967 by Tom Hawthorn Madeira Park:… FULL STORY
#130 The making of Making Room
REVIEW: Making Room; Forty Years of Room Magazine by Meghan Bell and the Growing Room Collective (editors) Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin… FULL STORY
#129 Hornby haven for herd of steel
REVIEW: The Art of Jeffrey Rubinoff Edited by James Fox Madeira Park: Douglas & McIntyre, 2016. $36.95 / 978-1-77162-129-8 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
#128 Fred Herzog’s genius revisited
Like a circus performer without a net, Fred Herzog worked without a tripod. Bill Jeffries responds to a Berlin-published book… FULL STORY
#127 Postcards from unknown soldier
Faced with a handful of family postcards signed only by “Dick,” Sandi Ratch gave herself a detective quest: to identify… FULL STORY
#126 Marine birds
REVIEW: At Sea with the Marine Birds of the Raincoast by Caroline Fox Victoria: Rocky Mountain books, 2016. $25.00 / 9781771601627… FULL STORY
#125 To the end of Ron Brown’s line
REVIEW: Rails Over the Mountains Exploring the Railway Heritage of Canada’s Western Mountains by Ron Brown Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2016. $29.99… FULL STORY
#124 Grappling with Indian apples
Chief Tetlenitsa’s Apples: Commercializing Indigenous Horticulture in British Columbia, 1907-1916 By Michael Sasges * John Tetlenitsa, chief of the Nlaka’pamux… FULL STORY
#123 “I’ll bid you Klahowya”
A Great Old Tramp: Letters from a Canadian Sojourner in British Columbia, 1873-1875, edited by Greg Stott, previously unpublished. *… FULL STORY
#122 River-as-machine vs ecosytem
REVIEW: A River Captured: The Columbia River Treaty and Catastrophic Change by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes Victoria: Rocky Mountain Books, 2016…. FULL STORY
Ormsby #121 A 100-mile crime novel
From Alisa Smith, co-author of The 100-Mile Diet, comes a tale of WW II espionage that takes place roughly within… FULL STORY
#120 Looking up from Down Under
REVIEW: Munro vs. The Coyote By Darren Groth Victoria: Orca Books, 2017. $19.95 9781459814097 Reviewed by Carol Anne Shaw *… FULL STORY
#119 Bike ride & Art Deco exhibit
REVIEW: Lost Vancouver: an Unexpected Art Deco Tour An exhibit at Space Gallery at 552 Clark Drive, Vancouver Reviewed by… FULL STORY
#118 Grubstake angel
REVIEW: Gold Rush Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Nellie Cashman by Thora Kerr Illing Victoria: Touchwood Editions, 2016. $18.95 / … FULL STORY
