The crows pick at the waste on the asphalt.The men push jingling shopping carts. Or stand and mimic lifein a prison yard. The wild white swan is dead. Where I caughttrout as a child, no trout swim now
In rhyming prose, sure to appeal to both children and their grown-up sous-chefs, this story is both informative and fun. Young readers spend a snowy northern afternoon in the warm kitchen with little
Somewhere Between Joyous affirmation of British Columbia's splendour and momentous grief for the destruction of a once-thriving salmon culture comes the newest work from acclaimed poet and novelist Ti
Christine Allen and Michael Kluckner's portrayal of life on Killara Farm moves thoughtfully through a year of gardening with a rich, detailed narrative that evokes the many pleasures of life in rural
Readers who enjoy history, intrigue, and a fine sea tale will relish this latest work by Gough. Intimately familiar with the region's complex waterways (Gough lives in Victoria, British Columbia) and
History in BC grows profusely and luxuriantly, but with odd undergrowth," observed historian J.M.S. Careless many years ago. This claim is fully borne out by this impressive anthology of some of the p
For more than a decade, the "Globe and Mail" has featured comprehensive obituaries of notable British Columbians by columnist Tom Hawthorn. He recounts the lives of the recently departed in an engagin
Clarke had no interest in "trophy climbs" and never did ascend many of BC's highest peaks. On the other hand, he explored more virgin territory and racked up more first ascents than any other climber-
Written in the near absence of creative works by Ukrainian Canadians of her generation, "God of Missed Connections" is a breakthrough collection by one of Canada's leading young poets. This book is pr
What if Mike McCardell--beloved reporter of glasses half-full and the brighter side of life--is actually dead... or, more specifically, un-dead? Suppose he has continued to walk among the living ever
I was driving back at night from Fulford, having done a house call. There was a guy lying beside the road. He was big, but I was fairly strong at that time, so I put him in the car and got to the hos
By the time Al Purdy succumbed to lung cancer at his waterfront home in Sidney BC on April 21, 2000, he was universally acknowledged to be one of the greatest writers Canada has produced. In five deca
On the West Coast, few subjects are as controversial as salmon farming. Every week, new studies raise alarming questions about the safety of farmed fish and the risk farms pose to the environment. But
This is a book with a mission. On one level it is a celebration of the great Canadian poet Al Purdy by eminent writers who were his contemporaries. On another it is a celebration of the place that was
Biographical essays on Nelson Symonds, Sonny Greenwich, Claude Ranger and eleven other influential Canadian jazz musicians. Essential to the library of every Canadian music buff.
This is the memoir/novel that so astonished reviewers in 1979. In it Evans faithfully records his own turn-of-the-century Ontario boyhood through the eyes of a nine year old fictional protagonist, Gil
The author of Black Tie and Tales and Black in the Saddle Again returns with a new collection guaranteed to tickle your funny bone and make you scratch your head at the absurdities of life in the earl
An edited collection of letters, this book documents the long correspondence between two well-known Canadian poets who were also personal friends. Both had long careers, and the letters from each to t
