Gift Guide 2018

Support Your Local Independent Bookseller Enjoy perusing this selection of books written by B.C. authors and titles published by B.C.’s many fine publishers. Stop by to explore the titles featured here—and discover a vast assortment of B.C. books that will meet your interests and needs.

All prices listed are the publishers’ most up-to-date suggested retail prices available at the time of the printing of this gift guide. Publishers make every effort to hold these prices, but some changes may be necessary. The Death and Life of Strother Purcell Ian Weir The return of the Western—with a definite Cover image (Crow Jazz) Canadian twist. A deadpan revisionist from Crow Jazz Western for fans of Ron Rash and Cormac by Linda Rogers. McCarthy, The Death and Life of Strother Published by Mother Purcell is about two brothers, a pair of Tongue Publishing Limited. eldritch orphans, the vexed nature of truth Illustration copyright and the yearnings of that treacherous @ 2018 by Rick Van Krugel sonofabitch, the human heart. $22.95 pb Used by permission. 380 pp. 978-1-773100-29-6 (Goose Lane Editions) bc

The Home for Wayward Parrots Washington Black Straight Circles Darusha Wehm Esi Edugyan Jackie Bateman Accustomed to being an only child, adoptee A dazzling, original novel of slavery and freedom Domestic satire meets gripping suspense in Brian “Gumbo” Guillemot’s hobby was searching by the author of the international bestseller the final, explosive chapter of Jackie Bateman’s for his birth parents. But when he finally finds Half-Blood Blues. From the blistering cane fields Lizzy Trilogy. Lizzy returns to the heart of the his birth mother, Kim, he’s not prepared for the of Barbados to the icy plains of the Canadian story, where the stakes are higher than ever. boisterous instant family that comes with her. Arctic, from the muddy streets of London to The original and eccentric cast of characters This is a late-bloomer’s coming-of-age story for the eerie deserts of Morocco, Washington Black return in this genre-bending thriller, but not the modern family. $19.95 pb teems with all the strangeness of life. $33.99 hc everyone’s getting out alive. $20.00 pb 232 pp. 978-1-988732-27-5 432 pp. 978-1-44-342338-0 (Patrick Crean 304 pp. 978-1-77214-114-6 (NeWest Press) bc Editions/HarperCollins Publishers) bc (Anvil Press) bc 2BC BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION SHOPPING ORGANIZER Mountain Blues In Valhalla’s Shadows Dear Evelyn Sean Arthur Joyce W.D. Valgardson Kathy Page When Roy Breen moves to Eldorado after This timely and compelling Canadian Gothic The story of a 70-year wartime marriage years of big-city journalism, he’s impressed crime novel brings a mythic scale to the tragic between the poetry-loving Harry Miles and by the tough but tender nature of the townsfolk. murder mystery at the heart of the story. the magnetic and demanding Evelyn Hill. As government cutbacks loom for the region, Esteemed author W.D. Valgardson shapes Harrowing and tender, this groundbreaking Roy must balance his journalistic integrity with a portrait of small-town living with frank novel from the Giller-nominated author of the need to help his new neighbours fight to depictions of post-traumatic stress, systemic Alphabet and The Two of Us is an unconventional keep the local hospital. $19.95 pb racism and real-life tragedies that are too often love story that will leave its mark on all who 242 pp. 978-1-988732-30-5 left unsolved. $32.95 hc have ever loved. $19.95 pb (NeWest Press) bc 480 pp. 978-1-77162-196-0 328 pp. 978-1-771962-09-4 (Douglas & McIntyre) bc (Biblioasis) bc

Ordinary Strangers Bill Stenson This astonishing novel begins at a fair on a hot August day in 1971 in Hope, B.C. Sage and Della Howard are driving to Fernie to start a job and begin a new life. They stop for a break, lose their dog and find a crying toddler in the nearby woods instead, and are unexpectedly back on the road continuing their journey with her. As the story unfolds and years pass, the Howards keep their dark Tilly and the Crazy Eights secret and raise Stacey as their own. A tragic-comic story, well- Monique Gray Smith paced, with fascinating characters, Tilly impulsively agrees to drive eight elders that takes you to the other side of to the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in New happenstance and fear. Mexico on a road trip that proves to be powerful $23.95 pb Oct. medicine for the heart. The adventure will 282 pp. 978-1-896949-70-3 transform Tilly in ways she could not predict, (Mother Tongue Publishing) bc just as it will for the elders who dub themselves “the Crazy Eights.” $19.95 pb Oct. 230 pp. 978-1-77260-075-9 (Second Story Press) bc

| CANADIAN AUTHOR bc BC AUTHOR BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION 3BC Crow Jazz: Short Stories Beyond Forgetting: God of Shadows Linda Rogers Celebrating 100 Years of Al Purdy Lorna Crozier Dazzling short fiction from one of Canada’s most Howard White & Emma Skagen, eds.; Crozier brilliantly fuses the ordinary with accomplished poets. Shape-changing characters Steven Heighton, foreword the otherworldly in strange and surprising with clever crow energy, child survivors of adult Featuring poems by Ken Babstock, Patrick Lane, ways. The Governor General’s Literary Award- narcissism and social alienation, eat crow and Bruce Cockburn, Lorna Crozier, Susan Musgrave winning poet’s wryly wise collection offers a reinvent themselves to fit aspirational narratives and many others, this anthology, created in honour polytheistic gallery of the gods we never knew through mirth, rebirth and compassion. They of Al Purdy’s 100th birthday, gathers voices old existed and didn’t know we needed—the god lift off in pairs: sisters, brothers, twins, partners and new in celebration of the life and work of of quirks, the god of vacant houses and the in love. $23.95 pb one of Canada’s greatest poets. $22.95 pb Oct. gods of doubt, guilt and forgetting. $25.00 hc 24 b&w illus. 264 pp. 978-1-896949-65-9 192 pp. 978-1-55017-846-3 96 pp. 978-0-7710-7313-7 (Mother Tongue Publishing) bc (Harbour Publishing) bc (McClelland & Stewart) bc

Solace Island Around Her Twin Studies Meg Tilly Sophie Bienvenu; Rhonda Mullins, trans. Keith Maillard Dumped on the eve of her wedding, Maggie Around Her traces 20 years of the lives of A set of preteen fraternal twins emphatically Harris joins her sister on Solace Island in the Florence Gaudreault and her estranged son and inexplicably insist that they are identical. Pacific Northwest to lick her emotional wounds. Adrien through the prism of 20 characters A masterful novel that explores the complicated Resistant to her sister’s matchmaking, Maggie who have crossed their paths and who, each bonds between twins and siblings, friends nevertheless finds herself relying on their in turn and with their own unique voice, and lovers; the terrifyingly important role of mysterious and solicitous neighbour, after an tell their story. $19.95 pb class and money; and the nature of gender apparent attempt on her life. $20.00 pb Nov. 160 pp. 978-1-77201-209-5 and identity. $24.95 pb 304 pp. 978-0-44-000052-5 (Talonbooks) 576 pp. 978-1-988298-31-3 (Berkley) bc (Freehand Books) bc 4BC BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION SHOPPING ORGANIZER Trickster Drift Atomic Road The Children’s War Eden Robinson Grant Buday C. P. Boyko The sequel to the Scotiabank Giller Prize- 1962, the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Lauded as “unmistakably genius” by Kirkus, shortlisted Son of a Trickster. Jared has moved Clement Greenberg, the influential art critic of C.P. Boyko’s fourth collection of stories to for school and finds himself the 20th century, is more interested in silencing turns to the question of power—the hunger stalked by David, his mom’s psycho ex. his rival, Harold Rosenberg, than with the threat to hold it and how we are consumed by it. As the son of a Trickster, Jared is a magnet of nuclear destruction. Atomic Road charts its Clear-eyed but not cynical, satirical without for spirits and magic, and once the David own comic course between historical accuracy being sarcastic, The Children’s War is as situation becomes a crisis, he can no longer and fictional invention. $20.00 pb entertaining as it is insightful. $22.95 pb ignore his true nature. $32.00 hc Oct. 176 pp. 978-1-77214-113-9 424 pp. 978-1-771962-13-1 384 pp. 978-0-735-27343-6 (Anvil Press) bc (Biblioasis) bc (Random House Canada) bc

New Generator & Split: Wound That Separates (Lined Journals) dea Kearns & Sean Nattrass Gifts you’ll feel good about giving, Crwth journals are not only beautiful, they are environmentally and socially sustainable. These lined journals feature the work of Canadian visual artists on the covers and are produced in Canada using Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper and sustainable printing practices. Crwth Press supports artists The Fairy Tale Museum with a business model that Susannah M. Smith includes profit sharing. Each journal features a marker The Fairy Tale Museum is an alchemical curiosity- ribbon and a brief biography cabinet-as-a-novel that showcases the original, of the artist. $26.00 hc each spectacular, grotesque, endearing and other- 192 pp. each (Crwth Press) bc worldly. A celebration of hybrids, creativity New Generator and transformation, it is a manifesto against 978-1-7753515-0-4 putting ourselves into boxes that limit who Split we can be and what is possible. $19.95 pb 978-1-7753319-9-5 14 b&w illus. 208 pp. 978-1-988784-06-9 (Invisible Publishing) bc

| CANADIAN AUTHOR bc BC AUTHOR BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION 5BC A West Coast Summer One Eagle Soaring Island in the Salish Sea Carol Evans; Caroline Woodward, text Roy Henry Vickers & Robert Budd Sheryl McFarlane; Leslie Redhead, illus. A West Coast Summer tells of a timeless, idyllic Babies and toddlers will love this sturdy board A beautiful picture book about the joys of season where children race bikes along the book, which explores counting and numbers spending a summer vacation on an island with beach, search under logs for tiny creatures, with the help of West Coast animals. From one Gran. Spy harbour seals sunning themselves, pick berries and make memories. Featuring eagle soaring to six bears hunting for honey to watch Gran’s neighbour carve an eagle out of gorgeous watercolour illustrations and a 10 owls hooting to sleep, Roy Henry Vickers’s cedar and spot a pod of orcas breaching as sweet story, this book will appeal to readers vivid and colourful animal illustrations leap off the young narrator says goodbye to the island of all ages. Ages 3–5. $19.95 hc the page. Ages 0–3. $9.95 bb for another summer. Ages 3–5. $19.95 hc West Coast, family • 24 colour illus. 32 pp. numbers, animals • 18 colour illus. 20 pp. nature, island life • colour illus. throuhout, 32 pp. 978-1-55017-843-2 (arbour Publishin) bc 978-1-55017-828-9 (arbour Publishin) bc 978-1-45981-345-8 (Orca Book Publishers) bc

Mixed Critters: An ABC Book Jeff Chiba Stearns Inspired by his own multiracial heritage, the A Good Day for Ducks award-winning author and illustrator introduces readers to mixed identity by blending together Jane Whittingham; Noel Tuazon, illus. various critters. The imaginative depictions of A brother and sister celebrate the joys of a rainy day, putting on their raincoats and rubber boots hybrid animals from A to Z, introduces children to jump in puddles, watch ducks swim and look for squirmy worms. When lightning strikes it is to notions of racial mixing and blending in an time to head back home, but over a cup of cocoa they watch out the window and wonder: Will it accessible and creative way. Ages 2–5. $14.95 hc rain again tomorrow? Ages 1–4. $17.95 hc animals, diversity • colour illus. throuhout, nature, weather • colour illus. throuhout, 28 pp. 978-1-77523-430-2 24 pp. 978-1-77278-061-1 (Paaa Press) bc (editatin Bunn tudio nc.andhill) bc

6BC BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION SHOPPING ORGANIZER Isobel’s Stanley Cup Growing Up in Wild Horse Canyon The House of One Thousand Eyes Kristin Butcher Karen Autio; Loraine Kemp, illus. Michelle Barker Isobel Harkness wants to play hockey with In a hidden canyon in the Okanagan Valley, 1980s East Berlin. Seventeen-year-old Lena her brothers. But it’s 1893, and her father a ponderosa pine tree sprouts. The tree grows, is determined to uncover the truth and track thinks hockey is only for boys. She plays witness to generations of human history, from down her uncle in this searing YA novel about anyway and begins to shine on the ice, First Nations quests to fur brigades, horse defiance, courage and the devastating effects proving that hockey is a sport for girls. wrangling and secret wartime commando of a totalitarian regime. “Stunning.” – Kirkus This novel was inspired by Isobel Stanley’s training, to the firestorm of 2003. A unique Reviews (starred review). “Throbbing role in the history of hockey. Ages 7–10. way to present history to young readers. with tension.” – School Library Connection $8.95 pb Oct. Ages 7–10. $25.95 hc Oct. (starred review). Ages 14 and up. $19.95 hc hockey, historical, girls & women • history, science & nature • 29 colour illus., 2 colour Cold War • 2 b&w illus. 354 pp. 8 b&w illus. 978-1-7753319-6-4 and 4 b&w photos, 48 pp. 978-1-7753319-0-2 978-1-7732-1071-1 (Annick Press) bc (Crwth Press) bc (Crwth Press) bc

My Great Bear Rainforest: Murder at the St. Alice A Whale’s World & The Seal Garden Becky Citra Ian McAllister & Nicholas Read It’s 1908 and the summer is off to a good The Great Bear Sea is home to many creatures. Follow a pod of spy-hopping orcas in A Whale’s World start for 16-year-old Charlotte O’Dell. She and then learn all about sea lions, otters and lots of different kinds of seals and where they find shelter has a job at the elegant St. Alice Hotel. She in The Seal Garden. Part of the My Great Bear Rainforest series, these books give readers a fun has friends and the guests all seem to like her. introduction to the many ways that marine and terrestrial animals interact with their environments However, as the summer unfolds so does a and with each other. Ages 6–8. $19.95 hc each mystery, and Charlotte finds that she’s right animals, marine life • (Orca Book Publishers) bc in the middle of it. Ages 13–15. $14.95 pb A Whale’s World The Seal Garden mystery & detective story • 160 pp. 30 colour photos, 32 pp. 978-1-45981-273-4 30 colour photos, 32 pp. 978-1-45981-267-3 978-1-55050-962-5 (Coteau Books) bc

| CANADIAN AUTHOR bc BC AUTHOR BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION 7BC Vancouver Eats: Signature Recipes David Wood: Cooking for Friends Awesome Ancient Grains and Seeds from the City’s Best Restaurants David Wood; Gillean Proctor, photos Dan Jason & Michele Genest Joanne Sasvari Cooking food for friends is much more than This gorgeous book pairs advice from expert “Vancouver was a foodie city before being a nourishment, because nothing improves food gardener Dan Jason on how to grow ancient foodie was even a thing. This beautiful book like sharing it with others. Well-known epicurean grains and seeds such as spelt, farro, quinoa offers tantalizing recipes and an insider’s look David Wood celebrates his love of cooking and and amaranth, with 50 delicious vegetarian at many of the key people who put our dining his many, many friendships with more than 150 recipes featuring these awesome superfoods— scene on the map and keep it so robust,” says recipes featuring everything from lemon squares from Farro with Puttanesca Sauce to Quinoa Alexandra Gill, Globe and Mail restaurant critic. to tonno e fagioli—more than a mere mouthful Brownies—all created by award-winning $38.95 hc for food aficionados everywhere. $34.95 pb cookbook author Michele Genest. $24.95 pb colour photos throughout, 240 pp. colour photos throughout, 200 pp. 105 colour photos, 208 pp. 978-1-77327-036-4 (Figure 1 Publishing) bc 978-1-77050-300-7 (Whitecap Books) bc 978-1-77162-177-9 (Douglas & McIntyre) bc

Cooking without Mom 30th Anniversary Edition The Hen Party Here’s the survival cookbook for today’s young adults and singles, now with more than 150 easy-to- make recipes. It’s a time-honoured grad gift for students, a kitchen lifesaver for individuals who have lost their partners, a starting point for retirees taking up domestic adventures and the perfect companion for stay-at-home dads. It’s also a helpful household guide, with Extraordinary Ornamental Edibles practical information on groceries, Mike Lascelle kitchen terms, food storage, how-to One hundred notable perennials, trees, shrubs and laundry tips, first aid, fire prevention vines are highlighted in this beautiful guide, with and more. $18.95 pb information on each ornamental’s aesthetic and 20 b&w illus. 144 pp. edible appeal. Each entry includes a photograph 978-0-920923-12-2 (Sandhill Publishing/Sandhill) bc and details on ideal exposure, watering, pollination, harvesting and food preparation suggestions, as well as gardening and design tips. $24.95 pb 225 colour photos, 288 pp. 978-1-77162-179-3 (Douglas & McIntyre) bc

8BC BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION SHOPPING ORGANIZER Freshly Picked: A Locavore’s All Together Healthy: Tiger, Tiger: Love Affair with BC’s Bounty A Canadian Wellness Revolution A Life Restored by Nature Jane Reid Andrew MacLeod Patrick Walter Herzog; Robert Bateman, illus. Using historical tidbits and stunning Award-winning author Andrew MacLeod digs For decades, the author tracked wild animals photography, Reid shares the surprising deep to discover how to build a healthy society, until being bushwhacked by cancer. After facts about the sex life of corn, the checkered examines inequities within Canada and draws experimental treatment, he was lost in the reputation of garlic, how beans saved mankind on international comparisons to assess why wilderness of fatigue and brain fog. Wildlife and more about B.C. food. “Jane Reid brings Canada’s high spending on health care has failed art, and a chance encounter with a tiger, local eating closer to home than ever before,” to achieve better results. “Thoughtful and well- awoke his passion for wildlife, and soon the says J.B. MacKinnon, author of The 100-Mile Diet. researched, All Together Healthy makes a undeniable healing power of nature took $26.00 pb Oct. compelling case.” – Linda McQuaig $22.95 pb hold and saved his life. $19.95 pb colour photos, 224 pp. 240 pp. 978-1-77162-188-5 14 colour illus. 184 pp. 978-1-7753982-0-2 978-1-98791-579-2 (Caitlin Press) bc (Douglas & McIntyre) bc (Patrick W. Herzog/Sandhill) bc

Northern Light: The Arctic and E.J. Hughes Paints Out of the Woods: Subarctic Photography of Dave Brosha Robert Amos Woodworkers along the Salish Sea Dave Brosha A handsome new retrospective that unveils, Pirjo Raits; Dale Roth & Michele Ramberg, photos Remarkable landscapes and powerful portraits will for the first time, photographs, sketches and This breathtaking book profiles 26 wood carvers, transport viewers to stunning Arctic and Subarctic ephemera from the estate of renowned B.C. artist sculptors and artisans whose creations—from locations. With photographs from Greenland, E.J. Hughes. Features a short biography and more finely crafted furniture and guitars to Indigenous Iceland, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon than 60 paintings of Vancouver Island. “Essential masterworks—draw inspiration from the natural and the Torngats of Newfoundland and , reading . . . provides deep insight into the life and beauty of the Salish Sea. Stunning photography this remarkably original portfolio will amaze and work of one of our most important painters.” of the artists in their studios and an eloquent inspire everyone. $50.00 hc Oct. — Ian Thom, Vancouver Art Gallery $35.00 hc narrative by journalist Pirjo Raits. $34.95 pb Nov. 246 colour photos, 256 pp. 978-1-77160-298-3 colour photos throughout, 204 pp. colour and b&w photos throughout, 224 pp. 978-1-77151-255-8 (TouchWood Editions) 978-1-77203-260-4 (Heritage House) (RMB|Rocky Mountain Books) bc bc | CANADIAN AUTHOR bc BC AUTHOR BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION 9BC Iron Road West: An Illustrated History Don’t Never Tell Nobody Nothin’ Strange New Country: The Fraser River of British Columbia’s Railways No How: The Real Story of West Coast Salmon Strikes of 1900–1901 and the Derek Hayes Rum Running Birth of Modern British Columbia Hayes charts the development of the province Rick James Geoff Meggs through its railway lines, using a wealth of Using first-hand accounts of old-time rum- This compelling account of the Fraser River photographs and other visuals to show how runners, often-sensational newspaper coverage salmon strikes of 1900–1901—told with flair rails were laid through the wild terrain that and archival photographs, this lively and by the award-winning author—illuminates a characterized much of B.C. A fascinating book thoroughly researched history explains what pivotal event in B.C. history and such issues as for railway enthusiasts and anyone interested in really went down along the West Coast during inequality, racism, immigration and economic the history of western Canada. $44.95 hc Oct. the American “Noble Experiment.” $32.95 hc Oct. power that remain relevant today. $22.95 pb 500 colour and b&w photos and illus. 240 pp. 75 b&w photos and charts, 320 pp. 30 b&w photos, 236 pp. 978-1-55017-838-8 (Harbour Publishing) bc 978-1-55017-841-8 (Harbour Publishing) bc 978-1-55017-829-6 (Harbour Publishing) bc

Murder by Milkshake On the Line: A History of the British Ice Ghosts Eve Lazarus Columbia Labour Movement Paul Watson From the author of Cold Case Vancouver comes Rod Mickleburgh A story of 19th-century Arctic exploration, the captivating story of a sensational murder In prose that is both accessible and engaging, marine science and Indigenous knowledge, case in 1960s-era Vancouver featuring a well- and featuring more than 200 archival photos, Ice Ghosts weaves together an epic account of known radio personality, his mistress and his On the Line tells the important story of how B.C.’s the ill-fated Franklin Expedition of 1845 with wife, who died after ingesting poisoned labour organizations have shaped the economic, the modern tale of the scientists, researchers, milkshakes. $21.95 pb Oct. political and social fabric of the province—at a divers and local Inuit behind the discoveries b&w photos throughout, 248 pp. cost of much blood, sweat, toil and tears. $44.95 hc of Franklin’s sunken ships. $22.00 pb 978-1-55152-746-8 (Arsenal Pulp Press) bc 220 b&w photos and illus. 312 pp. 352 pp. 978-0-7710-9654-9 978-1-55017-826-5 (Harbour Publishing) bc (McClelland & Stewart) bc 10BC BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION SHOPPING ORGANIZER On the Rocks with Jack Knox: Shoelaces are Hard: The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Islanders I Will Never Forget And Other Thoughtful Scribbles Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, Jack Knox Mike McCardell and My Crazy Chinese Family From bestselling author Jack Knox comes a The bestselling author and TV news icon has Lindsay Wong collection of unforgettable stories gathered spent decades searching for stories that capture In this jaw-dropping, darkly comedic memoir, overs years spent roving the cities and backroads the magic in both ordinary and outlandish a young woman comes of age in a dysfunctional of Vancouver Island as a reporter for the Times situations. Mike McCardell’s collection of brand- Asian family who blame their woes on ghosts Colonist. Elders, heroes, criminals and oddballs new tales will not disappoint the many readers and demons when they should really be on are all worthy subjects in this captivating who appreciate his open-hearted, inspiring anti-psychotic meds. The Woo-Woo is a gut- dispatch celebrating the extraordinary lives approach and his particular brand of quirky wrenching and beguiling manual for surviving of ordinary people. $19.95 pb Nov. and humorous storytelling. $29.95 hc Oct. family and oneself. $19.95 pb Oct. 12–15 b&w photos, 224 pp. 240 pp. 978-1-55017-848-7 316 pp. 978-1-55152-736-9 978-1-77203-266-6 (Heritage House) bc (Harbour Publishing) bc (Arsenal Pulp Press) bc

Grizzlies, Gales and Giant Salmon: The Unceasing Storm: Memories Take the Torch: A Political Memoir Life at a Rivers Inlet Fishing Lodge of the Chinese Cultural Revolution Ian Waddell Pat Ardley Katherine Luo; Madeleine Thien, foreword This memoir from one of B.C.’s most widely At 19, Pat Ardley moved to B.C. looking for Caught in China’s Cultural Revolution 50 years accomplished politicians takes us on a journey adventure. Little did she know that she’d find it ago, Luo was expelled from university, forbidden through Waddell’s life and career as a storefront living in the wilderness, running a world-famous to marry her first love and accused of being a spy. lawyer, an NDP Member of Parliament, a writer, fishing lodge. Reminiscent of classics like Fishing Other citizens were detained, imprisoned and a teacher, a film producer and more—delivering with John and The Curve of Time, Ardley’s memoir even executed. Luo’s memoir is a rare and moving a smart, humorous and impossible-to-forget is a touching tribute to coastal life. $24.95 pb account of life during that turbulent era. $22.95 pb exploration of public life. $22.95 pb Oct. 60 b&w photos and illus. 352 pp. 19 b&w photos, 264 pp. 34 b&w photos and illus. 256 pp. 978-1-55017-831-9 (Harbour Publishing) bc 978-1-77162-186-1 (Douglas & McIntyre) bc 978-0-88971-347-5 (Nightwood Editions) bc

| CANADIAN AUTHOR bc BC AUTHOR BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION 11BC B.C. BESTSELLERS OF 2018

presented by the Association of Book Publishers of BC

1. Whitewater Cooks by Shelley Adams 9780981142432 (Alicon Holdings Ltd.) 2. A Matter of Confidence by Rob Shaw & Richard Zussman 9781772032543 (Heritage House) 3. One Eagle Soaring by Roy Henry Vickers & Robert Budd Wild Fierce Life: Dangerous Moments Lines on a Map: Unparalleled 9781550178289 (Harbour Publishing) on the Outer Coast Adventures in Modern Exploration Joanna Streetly Frank Wolf; John Vaillant, foreword 4. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph A heart-stopping collection of true stories from Two decades of adventure writing are captured 9780995266520 (Page Two Strategies) the Pacific Coast. From a near-death experience in this entertaining and inspiring collection of while swimming at night to an enigmatic travel journalism by adventurer, writer, film- 5. The Inner Life of Animals encounter with a cougar, Streetly’s writing shows maker and environmentalist, Frank Wolf. He by Peter Wohlleben 9781771643016 a sincere respect for nature. The Vancouver Sun transports us to the outermost corners of the (Greystone Books) calls it “a must-read for all the adventurers globe in an epic quest to celebrate the freedom among us, armchair and otherwise.” $22.95 pb to move, explore and be wild. $25.00 pb Oct. 6. Hello Humpback! 37 b&w illus. 176 pp. 76 colour photos, 360 pp. 978-1-77160-289-1 by Roy Henry Vickers & Robert Budd 978-1-98791-565-5 (Caitlin Press) bc (RMB|Rocky Mountain Books) bc 9781550177992 (Harbour Publishing) 7. Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese 9781771621908 (Douglas & McIntyre) 8. 105 Hikes in and Around Southwestern British Columbia by Stephen Hui 9781771642866 (Greystone Books) 9. On Island by Pat Carney 9781771512107 (TouchWood Editions) 10. E.J. Hughes Paints Vancouver Island by Robert Amos 9781771512558 (TouchWood Editions)

The B.C. Bestseller List is compiled using sales data from more than 80 independent bookstores in B.C., which is provided to the ABPBC by TBM BookManager. This list Listening to the Bees Total Transition represents 2018 sales, up to August 1, of Mark L. Winston & Renée Sarojini Saklikar Sandeep Pai & Savannah Carr-Wilson B.C.-published books released within the previous calendar year. Through the distinct but complementary lenses A whirlwind look at the global growth of renewable of science and poetry, Winston and Saklikar energy—highlighting exciting developments in Sign up to receive the weekly B.C. share a common passion for bees. Winston solar and wind energy in Canada, India, Africa Bestseller list at www.readlocalbc.ca/ takes readers out in the field, introducing them and Europe. Experts and leaders share their newsletters. to scientists and beekeepers, while Saklikar’s optimism about the future of fossil-fuel workers innovative poems explore the nature of bees and their communities in an increasingly and what they have to teach us. $24.95 hc renewable world. $22.00 pb Oct. 20 b&w photos and illus. 240 pp. 38 colour photos, 248 pp. 978-1-7716-024-88 978-0-88971-346-8 (Nightwood Editions) bc (RMB|Rocky Mountain Books) bc

12BC BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION SHOPPING ORGANIZER