Big Lonely Doug The Story of One of Canada’s Last Great Trees Harley RustadPublisher: House of Anansi Press Book Description Big Lonely Doug weaves the ecology of old-growth forests, the legend of the West Coast’s big trees, the turbulence of the logging industry,...
Quarrels Eve JosephPublisher: Anvil Press Book Description The poems in this collection reach for something other than truth, the marvelous. Leaves fall out of coat sleeves, Gandhi swims in Burrard Inlet. The poems are like empty coats from which the inhabitants have...
Beau Dick Darrin MartensPublisher: Figure 1 Publishing Book Description Although foremost known as an artist, Beau Dick was actively engaged in all aspects of Kwakwaka’wakw culture: studying and revivifying the traditions of carving, dancing, and storytelling. Beau...
Athlii Gwaii Upholding Haida Law at Lyell Island Council of the Haida NationPublisher: Locarno Press Book Description In 1985, the Haida Nation refused to accept the relentless industrial logging practices that were ravaging Gwaii Haanas. Designating the area...
Breaching the Peace The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand Against Big Hydro Sarah CoxPublisher: On Point Press, UBC Press Book Description Breaching the Peace tells the story of the ordinary citizens who are standing up to the most expensive megaproject in BC history...
