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This first-hand account of a Canadian pioneer—the next title in TouchWood’s Classics West series—tells the story of a hard-won wilderness home and of the self-sufficient father and brothers who bui

What happens when a lifelong gardener finally realizes that he must collaborate with Mother Nature rather than work against her in order to achieve his dream of creating the perfect garden?

Adventures on wild waters In Finlay's River, R. M.

Buffalo Girl Cooks Bison is the first comprehensive contemporary bison cookbook for a general North American market.

Powerful and diligent, Peter O’Reilly played a role in shaping British Columbia in the last quarter of the 1800s.

Expand your culinary knowledge of wild and cultivated mushrooms with this comprehensive cookbook by award-winning writer and chef Bill Jones.

Beyond Beauty is the story of a remarkable journey that Bill Terry and his wife, Rosemary, undertook when they joined a party of Dutch and British alpine plant hunters intent on botanizing on the r

The West Coast has an abundance of produce and natural food resources, and some of the most talented and influential chefs in the world.

The classic satirical play of gossip gone horribly and hilariously wrong from a master dramatist.

In 1845, Sir John Franklin set off from England to locate and chart the elusive Northwest Passage. He and his crew of 129 men never returned.

For well over a century, the bright seas of the Sunshine Coast have been attracting visitors to the waterfront resorts, fishing lodges and beaches that rest between Howe Sound and the spectacular P

Frances Barkley was just eighteen when she became the first European woman to set foot on the west coast of North America.

It’s no secret that Canadians love beer, and in the western provinces, the large number of successful microbreweries continues to prove that distinct beer—high-quality beer—is important to our nati

Roderick L. Haig-Brown welcomes us onto his lush farm for a year of insights and observations.

Join beloved storyteller Anny Scoones as she sets out to discover the quaint and quirky charms of Victoria, BC.