B.C.’s mighty sea otter
Being a “keystone species” otters have the power to hold an ecosystem together and their return to B.C. started a… FULL STORY
Orca-strations
Mark Leiren-Young has written Orcas Everywhere: The Mystery and History of Killer Whales (Orca $24.95) for young people, inspired by… FULL STORY
Tolstoy’s Words To Live By
Leo Tolstoy’s first collection of “Daily Thoughts” was originally published in Russian in 1903. It’s available in May, for the… FULL STORY
Fighting for the right to read books
In response, African Americans began creating “Freedom Libraries” and over 80 appeared in the deep south as documented by B.C…. FULL STORY
Vancouver’s brave new architecture
What particularly impressed a mandarin from the east, Robert H. Hubbard, were the West Coast architects who were designing a… FULL STORY
Defender of the Wet’suwet’en
Alfred Joseph’s memoirs highlight how white settlers changed Wet’suwet’en lives: from being independent hunters and fishers to wage-earners of white-owned… FULL STORY
Family trees
“What are families other than fictions?” asks one of Michael Christie’s characters. “And like all stories, families are not born,… FULL STORY
Highway murder
You know a novel is working when you are disappointed when it ends—and you would prefer to remain in the… FULL STORY
A self-propelled man
His memoir, Lines on a Map, has been shortlisted for the Banff Mountain Book Competition in the Adventure Travel category…. FULL STORY
Revolving W and Flying Pigs
Now art critic Robert Amos provides an appreciative look at McKellar’s magical visions of Vancouver in the 1970s and 1980s…. FULL STORY
Two Margarets, one Alice…
“This book informs us that the choir matters as much as solo performance,” says reviewer Linda Rogers. Women’s Writing in… FULL STORY
Ursus arctos horribilis
Averse to anthropomorphizing “Coola” and “Grinder,” Shelley Hrdlitschka and Rae Schidlo put the pair in the spotlight for conservationist principles…. FULL STORY
125 years of grub & pub
Glen Mofford offers wonderful stories about the proprietors and patrons of the hotels he describes in Along the E&N. Along… FULL STORY
Anny of Vancouver Island gables
A sixth book from Anny Scoones revives her wandering ways. Island Home: Out and About on Vancouver Island by Anny… FULL STORY
Yasuko Thanh after Evelyn Lau
There is much in Thanh’s memoir Mistakes to Run With to ponder about sacrifice, human nature, and acceptance, says reviewer… FULL STORY
Escape from the fish farm
A new biography shines a light on this wild steelhead in a sea of Canlit farmed fish says reviewer John… FULL STORY
Ginger beef and fried macaroni
“Chop suey” cafes and restaurants continue to dot the Canadian landscape. Imogene Lim reviews Ann Hui’s overview from Victoria to… FULL STORY
The ferry-less Gulf Islands
Harder-to-reach remote islands are special places where ingenuity, creativity, passion, and hard work lie at the heart of making satisfying… FULL STORY
From navvy to Okanagan rancher
A new book tracks O’Keefe from Nepean, Ontario in 1861 seeking fortune in the West, to establishing the historic O’Keefe… FULL STORY
Tales from North of 60
Reviewer Paul Falardeau says Van Camp’s tone is conversational, whether hearing a tape recording or the gossip of aunties, we… FULL STORY
