In 1808, the Russian Ship St. Nikolai ran aground off the Olympic Peninsula; this novel is based on this astounding historical event and the lives of the people affected.
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Author:Herring, Peggy
Summary:Genre: Canadian fiction, Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Smith, Barbara
Summary:A compelling collection of iconic ghost stories from all across Canada. Time and place are infused with ghosts and hauntings.
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Author:Converse, Cathy
Summary:The first book on Agnes Deans Cameron, BC's first female principal, itinerant traveller, and journalist. Agnes Deans Cameron was an extraordinary woman who was ahead by a century.
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Author:Wong, May Q.
Summary:A timely, intriguing collection of the overlooked stories of Victoria's pioneers, trailblazers, and community builders who were also diverse people of colour.
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Author:Whishaw, Iona
Summary:In the fifth book of the series that the Globe and Mail calls "terrific," Lane Winslow investigates the murder of an unidentified man she found adrift in a boat near King's Cove.
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Author:Anderson, Karen
,Sanchez-Turri, Matilde
Summary:The food lover's guide to finding the best local food artisans from all over Alberta.
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Food and drinkAvailable Formats:
Author:Whishaw, Iona
Summary:The fourth book in what the Globe and Mail has proclaimed "a terrific series" by "a writer to watch." Summer descends over the picturesque King's Cove as Darling and Lane's mutual affection blossom
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Author:Rustad, Harley
Summary:Finalist, Banff Mountain Book Competition.
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Author:Thornley, Scott
Summary:As a local biker war rages - seven shrink-wrapped corpses have been found buried on a farm just outside of Dundurn - an ambitious waterfront project meant to revive the dying industrial city is und
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Author:Moore, Lisa
Summary:Nominated, Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short storiesAvailable Formats:
Author:Fisher, Erin Frances
Summary:In settings that range from the old American West to pre-revolutionary France, from a present-day dig site in the high tablelands of South America to deep space, That Tiny Life is a wide-ranging an
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short storiesAvailable Formats:
Author:Crosbie, Lynn
Summary:Set in disparate parts of Los Angeles, Chicken uproariously, grievously, relates the collision and inevitably ruinous paths of two incendiary figures.
Genre: Canadian fiction, General fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Thornley, Scott
Summary:Two bodies have been found in the master bedroom of a mansion in Dundurn's old-money neighbourhood under the mountain. Howard Terry and his son Matthew have both been shot twice in the chest.
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Author:Thornley, Scott
Summary:On a cold morning in early spring, the body of a young woman is found trapped in the ice of Dundurn Bay.
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Author:deWitt, Patrick
Summary:Finalist, Scotiabank Giller Prize. Frances Price - tart widow, possessive mother, and Upper East Side force of nature - is in dire straits, beset by scandal and impending bankruptcy.
Genre: Canadian fiction, Humorous fictionAvailable Formats: