#572 Settlers coveted Sumas Lake
Before We Lost the Lake: A Natural and Human History of Sumas Valley by Chad Reimer Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press,… FULL STORY
FEATURE REVIEWS
#571 The Slinky and the mirror
Slinky Naive by Caroline Szpak Vancouver: Anvil Press, 2018 $18.00 / 9781772141153 Reviewed by Andrew Yang * Born in Istanbul,… FULL STORY
#570 Rolf Knight obituary
Born on March 4, 1936, the son of an itinerant cook, Rolf Knight grew up in remote B.C. logging camps,… FULL STORY
#569 Superscript and sexual tension
Reproduction by Ian Williams Toronto: Penguin Random House Canada, 2019 $35.00 / 9780735274051 Reviewed by Theo Dombrowski * Of his… FULL STORY
#568 Pregnant lines and pauses
Q & A by Adrienne Gruber Toronto: Book*Hug Press, 2019 $18.00 / 9781771664721 Reviewed by Phyllis Parham Reeve * “How… FULL STORY
#567 A Métis Red Riding Hood
The Girl and the Wolf by Katherena Vermette (text) and Julie Flett (illustrations) Penticton: Theytus Books, 2019 $19.95 / 9781926886541… FULL STORY
#566 George Payerle (1945-2019)
George Thomas Payerle was a founding member of the Writers Union of Canada. His major novel Unknown Soldier was reviewed… FULL STORY
#565 The Germans are here
Through the Whirlpool: Swept Up in the Nazi Apocalypse by Karl Koerber CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2019 $15.85 / 9781718958524… FULL STORY
#564 Going sweet on Salt Spring Island
Little Island Bake Shop: The Heirloom Recipes Made for Sharing by Jana Roerick Vancouver: Figure 1, 2019 $34.99 / 9781773270630… FULL STORY
#563 B.C.’s community food co-ops
The Co-op Revolution: Vancouver’s Search For Food Alternatives by Jan DeGrass, with a foreword by Rick Scott Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin… FULL STORY
#562 Blodgett’s poetic microclimate
Apostrophies VIII: Nothing Is But You and I by E.D. Blodgett Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2019 $19.99 / 9781772124514… FULL STORY
#561 At home with Jack Hodgins
Damage Done by the Storm by Jack Hodgins Vancouver: Ronsdale Press 2019 $18.95 / 9781553805595 Reviewed by Ginny Ratsoy and… FULL STORY
#560 Arbutus, sandstone, & island time
Love of the Salish Sea Islands: New Essays, Memoirs and Poems by 40 Island Writers by Mona Fertig (editor) and… FULL STORY
#559 Playing saxophone at Ponoka
Playing into Silence by Tina Biello Halfmoon Bay: Dagger Editions, 2019 $18.00 / 9781987915785 Reviewed by Phyllis Reeve * Narrative… FULL STORY
#558 Take a hike & climb a mountain
In and Around Southwestern British Columbia by Stephen Hui, foreword by Cease Wyss (T’uy’t’tanat) Vancouver: Greystone: 2018 $24.95 / 9781771642866… FULL STORY
#557 Sea otter slaughter and survival
Sea Otters: A History by Richard Ravalli Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press $45.00 (U.S.) / 9780803284401 Reviewed by Robin… FULL STORY
#556 Gangs, pirates, smugglers
Stowaway by Pam Withers Toronto: Dundurn, 2018 $12.99 / 9781459741911 Reviewed by Irene Watts * Pam Withers has a staunch… FULL STORY
#555 Arthur Erickson’s steel house
Eppich House II: The Story of an Arthur Erickson Masterwork by Greg Bellerby, with an introduction by Michelangelo Sabatino Vancouver:… FULL STORY
#554 Patricia’s preternatural powers
Amateurs at Love by Patricia Young Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2019 $19.95 / 9780864929914 Reviewed by Heidi Greco * The… FULL STORY
#553 From alienation to adulation
Flow: Poems Collected and New by Roy Miki, edited by Michael Barnholden Vancouver: Talonbooks 2018 $49.95 / 9781772012101 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
