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Lane is not only an accomplished writer, he is also an avid gardener; and he is an alcoholic. In 1999, he went into rehab, then returned to his beloved garden, shaky but alive.

The fourteen stories in this collection present the essence of Vancouver as captured by some of Canada's most famous writers, including Pauline Johnson, Douglas Coupland, Alice Munro, Timother

Sixty years ago, Britannia was the home of the largest copper mine in the British Empire, where several thousand people lived in its two main communities; the Beach and the Townsite.

From a secluded cottage on Vancouver Island, Woodcock wrote for newspapers and magazines all across the country, winning various awards.

From record-breaking tea clippers to rum runners and sea monsters, life on the west coast has never been dull.

Through the eyes of a child, the novel tells the moving story of Japanese Canadians during W.W.II.

The author's memoirs of growing up in Nova Scotia, the hardship of life on the prairies, her marriage, her children, and her working life as a teacher.

The old buildings and historic places of B.C. form a "roadside memory", a tangible link with stories of settlement, change, and abandonment that reflect the great themes of our history.

Follows Kiam-Kim as he learns the responsibilities and rewards of family and community, as he approaches adulthood in 1930s and 1940s Vancouver, a city much divided, as he faces decisions about wha

Now, after six years of retirement, Arthur Beauchamp, the scholarly, self-doubting legend of the B.C.

In 1997, when a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an Alaskan island north of the Canadian border, they reignite a mystery surrounding a shocking act of protest.

The murder of Reena Virk is one of the most notorious - and heartbreaking - cases in Canadian history.

When Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri walked out of a Vancouver courtroom as free men in March 2005, the nation gasped in disbelief.

Called to the deathbed of Claude, her long-ago first love, Evelyn succumbs to a cascade of grief for Claude, and their estranged son Tom.

Fergus, owner of Goodlake's Deli, is having an affair with a much younger woman - a relationship that starts out carefree but eventually collapses the foundations of everything in his life.