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Rock art—etched in blood-red lines into granite cliffs, boulders, and caves—appears as beguiling, graffiti-like abstraction. What are these signs?

The captivating story of Mary John (who passed away in 2004), a pioneering Carrier Native whose life on the Stoney Creek reserve in central BC is a capsule history of First Nations life from a uniq

Explore the natural glory of hot springs with the updated 4th edition of Hot Springs of Western Canada. Hot springs are among western Canada's most enjoyable attractions.

Through humorous anecdotes and compelling stories, trail-blazing George Zukerman recounts his life in music as concert bassoonist and impresario.

A fascinating, photo-rich exploration of early aviation in Canada, told through the backstories of pilots who flew, fought, and risked their lives in the First World War, through the interwar perio

Winner of the 2020 Basil Stuart Stubbs Prize—winner of the 2019 Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Historical Writing.

Emily Carr’s journals from 1927 to 1941 portray the happy, productive period when she was able to resume painting after dismal years of raising dogs and renting out rooms to pay the bills.

City of Vancouver Book Award winner—Lambda Award winner. Amber Dawn's sophomore book reveals a poignant and personal landscape—the terrain of sex work, queer identity, and survivor pride.

Curious about the previous inhabitants of the lake community where her family has vacationed for over one hundred years, author Shelley O'Callaghan starts researching and writing about the are

A mother's beautiful elegy to her son lost to overdose.

In 1983, at nineteen, Greg Nolan was hired (reluctantly) by his older sister's boyfriend—a treeplanting contractor based in Northern British Columbia.

The powerful story of a mother's struggle to save her son from addiction—and the strength and hope for change that she found in her grief.

No matter where people live on the BC coast, says Howard White, they have certain shared experiences: frustration with rain and ferries, familiarity with gumboots, bumbershoots, seagull droppings a

Finalist, 2023 Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize—BC and Yukon Book Prizes.

Respected Cowichan Tribe Elder and botanical expert Luschiim, Arvid Charlie, began his education in early childhood, learning from his great grandparents and others of their generation.