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
FEATURE REVIEWS
#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
#117 The belated legacy of Ka’kasolas
REVIEW: Ellen Neel: The First Woman Totem Pole Carver An exhibit at Legacy Gallery, Victoria, BC Reviewed by Megan A…. FULL STORY
#116 Wiebe not Spade
Review: Invisible Dead by Sam Wiebe Penguin Random House 2016 $22 / 978-0-345-81627-6 by Maansi Pandya * Soon to be… FULL STORY
#115 “On cultural vandalism”
During a speech in 2017, Richard Mackie lamented the loss of historical buildings on Vancouver Island for a NIC Elder… FULL STORY
#114 From apartheid to resurgence
Medicine Unbundled: A Journey Through the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care by Gary Geddes Victoria: Heritage House, 2017 $22.95 9781772031645… FULL STORY
#113 Why we need estuaries
REVIEW: Ecology of Salmonids in Estuaries Around the World: Adaptations, Habitats, and Conservation by Colin D. Levings Vancouver: UBC Press, 2016…. FULL STORY
#112 Good isn’t good enough
REVIEW: Exhibiting Nation: Multicultural Nationalism (and Its Limits) in Canada’s Museums by Caitlin Gordon-Walker Vancouver: UBC Press, 2016. $95 / 9780774831635… FULL STORY
#111 Where Christ is not Almighty
REVIEW: The Secular Northwest: Religion and Irreligion in Everyday Postwar Life by Tina Block Vancouver: UBC Press, 2017. $32.95 / 9780774831291… FULL STORY
#110 Bill Reid’s legacy enhanced
REVIEW: Bill Reid Collected by Martine J. Reid Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2016, in collaboration with the Bill Reid Centre $19.95 /… FULL STORY
#109 From exclusion to equality
REVIEW: Great Fortune Dream: The Struggles and Triumphs of Chinese Settlers in Canada, 1858-1966 By David Chuenyan Lai and Ding Guo… FULL STORY
#108 Iceland in their veins
REVIEW: White Settler Reserve: New Iceland and the Colonization of the Canadian West By Ryan Eyford Vancouver: UBC Press, 2016. $32.95 … FULL STORY
#107 Moodyville, mudflats & Maisie
REVIEW: Where Mountains Meet The Sea: an Illustrated History of the District of North Vancouver by Daniel Francis Madeira Park:… FULL STORY
#106 Beyond Germs
REVIEW: Beyond Germs: Native Depopulation in North America by Catherine M. Cameron, Paul Kelton, and Alan C. Swedlund (editors) Tucson: University… FULL STORY
#105 Canucks in Khaki (WW I)
Canucks in Khaki: Langley, the Lower Mainland, and the Great War of 1914 to 1918 by Warren Sommer Fort Langley: Legacy… FULL STORY
#104 Greenhorn Dads
REVIEW: The Dad Dialogues: A Correspondence on Fatherhood (and the Universe) by George Bowering and Charles Demers Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press,… FULL STORY
#103 Tainted blankets, tainted history
REVIEW: The Smallpox War in Nuxalk Territory by Tom Swanky Surrey: Dragon Heart Enterprises, 2016 $39.95 / 9781365410536 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#102 Hockey is an endangered sport
If we are not collectively mindful, Joni Mitchell will have no more rivers to skate away on. It’ll mostly be… FULL STORY
