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- Vancouver Noir: 1930-1960 by John Belshaw, Diane Purvey
—Reviewed by Vanessa Colantonio
- The British Columbia Court of Appeal: The First Hundred Years, 1910-2010 by Christopher Moore
—Reviewed by DeLloyd J. Guth
- Angus McDonald of the Great Divide: The Uncommon Life of a Fur Trader 1816-1889 by Steve A. Anderson
—Reviewed by Deidre Simmons
- Dim Sum Stories: A Chinatown Childhood by Larry Wong
—Reviewed by Lilynn Wan
- Bill Reid and the Haida Canoe by Martine J. Reid (ed)
—Reviewed by Maria Tippett
- Brian Jungen by Daina Augaitis
—Reviewed by Geoffrey Carr
—Reviewed by Ben Bradley
- At the World's Edge: Curt Lang's Vancouver, 1937-1998 by Claudia Cornwall
—Reviewed by Bill Jeffries
- Indigenous Peoples in Liberal Democratic States: A Comparative Study of Conflict and Accommodation in Canada and India by Haresamudram Srikanth
—Reviewed by Hugh Johnston
- The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver by Chuck Davis
—Reviewed by John Douglas Belshaw
- Mountain Timber: The Comox Logging Company in the Vancouver Island Mountains by Richard Somerset Mackie
—Reviewed by Christopher J.P. Hanna
- Sister and I from Victoria to London by Emily Carr
—Reviewed by Laura Ishiguro
- The Legendary Betty Frank: The Cariboo's Alpine Queen by Betty Frank, Sage Birchwater
—Reviewed by Judy Campbell
- The Private Journal of Captain G. H. Richards: The Vancouver Island Survey (1860-1862) by Linda Doricott, Deidre Cullon (eds)
—Reviewed by Barry Gough
- Chilliwack's Chinatowns: A History by Chad Reimer
—Reviewed by Lilynn Wan
- The Kelowna Story: An Okanagan History by Sharron J. Simpson
—Reviewed by David Dendy
- Campbell River: Gateway to the Inside Passage, Including Strathcona, the Discovery Islands and the Mainland Inlets by Ian Douglas
—Reviewed by Catherine Marie Gilbert
—Reviewed by Howard Stewart
—Reviewed by Rose Fine-Meyer
—Reviewed by Jenny Clayton
- Swift and Strong: The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own). A Pictorial History by Kelly Deschenes, Dwayne Snow, Keith Maxwell, Ron Leblanc
—Reviewed by James Wood
- Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and other stories from Desolation Sound by Grant Lawrence
—Reviewed by Howard Stewart
- The Whaling People of the West Coast of Vancouver Island and Cape Flattery by Eugene Arima, Alan Hoover
- Spirits of our Whaling Ancestors: Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions by Charlotte Cote
—Reviewed by Alan D. McMillan
- Quiet Reformers: The Legacy of Early Victoria's Bishop Edward and Mary Cridge by Ian MacDonald, Betty O'Keefe
—Reviewed by Diana Chown
- The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763 by Paul W. Mapp
—Reviewed by Barry Gough
- Carvings and Commerce: Model Totem Poles, 1880-2010 by Michael D. Hall, Pat Glascock
—Reviewed by Alan Hoover
- Bruce McDonald's "Hard Core Logo" by Paul McEwan
—Reviewed by Mark Harris
- Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art From the Audain Collection by Ian Thom, Grant Arnold (eds)
—Reviewed by Maria Tippett
—Reviewed by Cole Harris
- British Columbia's Magnificent Parks: The First 100 Years by James D. Anderson
—Reviewed by J. Keri Cronin
- Searching for a Seaport: with the 1870s CPR Explorer Surveyors on the Coast of British Columbia by James Sirois, Barry Gough (foreword)
—Reviewed by Jay Sherwood
—Reviewed by Stephen A. Fielding
- Geography of British Columbia: People and Landscapes in Transition 3rd Edition by Brett McGillivray
—Reviewed by Daniel Clayton
—Reviewed by Chad Reimer
- These Mysterious People: Shaping History and Archaeology in a Northwest Coast Community by Susan Roy
—Reviewed by Madeline Knickerbocker
- Feeding the Family: 100 Years of Food and Drink in Victoria by Nancy Oke, Robert Griffin, Greg Evans
—Reviewed by Christopher J.P. Hanna
- British Columbia Politics and Government by Michael Howlett, Dennis Pilon, Tracy Summerville
—Reviewed by Allan Craigie
- Contesting White Supremacy: School Segregation, Anti-Racism, and the Making of Chinese Canadians by Timothy J. Stanley
—Reviewed by Patricia Roy
- After Canaan: Essays on Race, Writing, and Region by Wayde Compton
—Reviewed by Karina Vernon
- A Thoroughly Wicked Woman: Murder, Perjury & Trial by Newspaper by Betty Keller
—Reviewed by Daniel Francis
- Victoria: Crown Jewel of British Columbia, Including Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Saanich and the Peninsula by Susan Mayse
—Reviewed by Will Garnett
- The Drive: A Retail, Social and Political History of Commercial Drive, Vancouver, to 1956 by Jak King
—Reviewed by Daniel Francis
- Brokering Belonging: Chinese in Canada's Exclusion Era, 1885-1945 by Lisa Rose Mar
—Reviewed by Zhongping Chen
- Measure of the Year: Reflections on Home, Family, and a Life Fully Lived by Roderick L. Haig-Brown
—Reviewed by Des Kennedy
- Talk-Action= Zero: An Illustrated History of D.O.A. by Joe Keithley
—Reviewed by Adele Perry
- The Essentials: 150 Great B.C. Books & Authors by Alan Twigg
- Making Waves: Reading BC and Pacific Northwest Literature by Trevor Carolan
—Reviewed by Carole Gerson
- Rumble Seat, A Victorian Childhood Remembered by Helen Piddington
—Reviewed by Christopher J.P. Hanna
- Commerce by a Frozen Sea: Native Americans and the European Fur Trade by Ann Carlos, Frank Lewis
—Reviewed by Ted Binnema
- Opening Doors in Vancouver's East End: Strathcona by Carole Itter, Daphne Marlatt
—Reviewed by John Douglas Belshaw, Diane Purvey
- Health and Aging in British Columbia: Vulnerability and Resilience by David Hultsch, Leslie Foster, Denise Cloutier-Fisher
—Reviewed by James E. Thornton
- Colonial Proximities: Crossracial Encounters and Juridical Truths in British Columbia, 1871-1921 by Renisa Mawani
—Reviewed by Hamar Foster
- City of Love and Revolution: Vancouver in the Sixties by Lawrence Aronsen
—Reviewed by Matt Cavers
- Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture. by Shari Huhndorf, Jeanne Perreault, Jean Barman, Cheryl Suzack,eds.
—Reviewed by Tina Block
- Vancouver's Bessborough Armoury: a History. Vancouver: The Fifteenth Field Artillery by R. Victor Stevenson
—Reviewed by James Wood
—Reviewed by Ron Verzuh
- Whitewater Devils: Adventure on Wild Waters by Jack Boudreau
—Reviewed by Anthony Dalton
