#101 The story of a suitcase
From the cryptic contents of a stray suitcase that he inherited from a distant relative, Graham Brazier of Denman Island… FULL STORY
FEATURE REVIEWS
#100 Step right up — graphically
The Ghosts We Know by Sean Karemaker Wolfville, NS: Conundrum Press, 2016. $20 / 978-1-77262-003-0 Reviewed by Michael Kluckner *… FULL STORY
#99 Opening the Oscar envelope
REVIEW: Oscar of Between: A Memory of Identity and Ideas by Betsy Warland Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press, 2016. $21.95 /… FULL STORY
#98 Eden without poisonous snakes
REVIEW: A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island by Michael Layland Victoria: TouchWood Editions, 2016 $39.95 / … FULL STORY
#97 Getting away with murder
REVIEW: Hell’s History: The United Steelworkers’ Fight to Prevent Workplace Deaths and Injuries from the 1992 Westray Mine Disaster through… FULL STORY
#96 Métis longing and belonging
REVIEW: Belonging Métis by Catherine Richardson (Kinewesquao) Vernon: J. Charlton Publishing, 2016 $30.00 / 9781926476070 Reviewed by Émilie Pigeon * Despite… FULL STORY
#95 Wolfgang meets Emily
REVIEW: I Had an Interesting French Artist to See Me This Summer: Emily Carr and Wolfgang Paalen in British Columbia By… FULL STORY
#94 Nature photographer extraordinaire
REVIEW: British Columbia’s Cariboo Chilcotin Coast: A Photographer’s Journey by Chris Harris 108 Mile Ranch: Country Light Publishing, 2016. $39.95 /… FULL STORY
#93 HMS Pinafore on the Pacific
REVIEW: Britannia’s Navy on the West Coast of North America, 1812-1914 by Barry Gough Victoria: Heritage House, 2016. $29.99 / 9781772031102… FULL STORY
#92 Of salmon, herring and abalone
REVIEW: People of the Saltwater: An Ethnography of Git lax m’oon by Charles R. Menzies Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press,… FULL STORY
#91 Nurturing postwar feminism
REVIEW: From Left to Right: Maternalism and Women’s Political Activism in Postwar Canada by Brian Thorn Vancouver: UBC Press, 2016. $32.95… FULL STORY
#90 Yellowcake & mass destruction
REVIEW: Sun Dogs and Yellowcake: Gunnar Mines — A Canadian Story by Patricia Sandberg Surrey: Crackingstone Press, 2016. $24.99 /… FULL STORY
#89 Rebels with legal causes
REVIEW: Lawyers’ Empire: Legal Professions and Cultural Authority, 1780-1950 By W. Wesley Pue Vancouver: UBC Press, 2016 $75 / 9780774833097 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#88 The ’54 Games began modern B.C.
REVIEW: The Miracle Mile. Stories of the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games by Jason Beck Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press, 2016…. FULL STORY
#87 Leishmaniasis must be beaten
Inge Bolin’s first novel, When Condors Call (Nanaimo: Chaska Publications, 2010) follows a young physician from the Peruvian Andes in… FULL STORY
#86 Capturing Hill 70, reconsidered
REVIEW: Capturing Hill 70: Canada’s Forgotten Battle of the First World War by Douglas E. Delaney and Serge Marc Durflinger, editors… FULL STORY
#85 Flooding a Garden of Eden
REVIEW: The Peace in Peril: The Real Cost of the Site C Dam by Christopher Pollon (text) and Ben Nelms (photos) Madeira Park:… FULL STORY
#84 The coast was not clear
REVIEW: The Queen of the North Disaster: The Captain’s Story by Colin Henthorne Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2016. $24.95 /… FULL STORY
#83 Vancouver & his mapmaker
Mary Tasi of Sky Spirit Studio and her studio partner Wade Baker, a descendant of three royal First Nations lineages,… FULL STORY
#82 What Jinx thinks
REVIEW: A Queer Love Story: The Letters of Jane Rule and Rick Bebout (UBC Press 2017) Edited by Marilyn R…. FULL STORY
