Book Reviews

Unsure if a book is worth your hard-earned dollars? We review the latest books about or concerning Vancouver Island history for you.

With endless forests and a rugged coastline this memoir’s humorous and candid collection of stories delights readers, even if far away from…
Braggadocio is part of his charm and provides a lively source for these tales from the wilds of British Columbia
To appreciate Wilson Duff’s biography, you need not know who he was—Wilson Duff Coming Back, a Life is about more than just one man.
Grant Buday’s Orphans of Empire weaves three desolate tales of British Columbia’s lesser-known history
Take a summer drive up Highway 28 between Campbell River and Gold River and along the brim of Buttle Lake you’ll glimpse a broad shore of sun-bleached…
In a meditative, essay-style narrative, Barry Gough’s Possessing Meares Island guides the reader from the island’s murky origins to a court case of…