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- John Clarke: Explorer of the Coast Mountains by Lisa Baile
—Reviewed by David A. Rossiter
- Life in the Tee-Pee by June Koropecki
—Reviewed by Ian Mosby
- Back to the Land: Ceramics from Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, 1970-1985 by Diane Carr, Nancy Janovicek
—Reviewed by Maria Tippett
- Sidetracked: The Struggle for BC's Fossils by Vivien Lougheed
—Reviewed by Godfrey S. Nowlan
- Journeywoman: Swinging a Hammer in a Man's World by Kate Braid
- Gumboot Girls: Adventure, Love & Survival on British Columbia's North Coast by Lou Allison, editor
—Reviewed by Nancy Janovicek
- Mnemonic: A Book of Trees by Theresa Kishkan
—Reviewed by Lauren Harding
—Reviewed by Megan Prins
- Carrying on Irregardless: Humour In Contemporary Northwest Coast Art by Peter Morin, Martine Reid, Mike Robinson, editors
—Reviewed by Judy Jansen
- Subverting Exclusion: Transpacific Encounters with Race, Caste, and Borders, 1885-1928 by Andrea A.E. Geiger
—Reviewed by Joel Legassie
- Father August Brabant: Saviour or Scourge? by Jim McDowell
—Reviewed by Nicholas May
- Saanich Ethnobotany: Culturally Important Plants of the WSANEC People by Nancy Turner, Richard Hebda
—Reviewed by Andrew Cienski
- Ian Wallace: At the Intersection of Painting and Photography by Daina Augaitis, editor
—Reviewed by John O'Brian
- Asserting Native Resilience: Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations Face the Climate Crisis by Zoltan Grossman, Alan Parker, editors
—Reviewed by Chris Arnett
- Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America's Great Forests by Andrew Nikiforuk
- The Insatiable Bark Beetle by Reese Halter
—Reviewed by David Brownstein
- Cartographies of Violence: Japanese Canadian Women, Memory, and the Subjects of the Internment by Mona Oikawa
—Reviewed by Jordan Stanger-Ross
- Seeing Red: A History of Natives in Canadian Newspapers by Mark Cronlund Anderson, Carmen L. Robertson
—Reviewed by Hadley Friedland
- Alliances: Re/Envisioning Indigenous-non-Indigenous Relationships by Lynne Davis, editor
—Reviewed by Karena Shaw
- Alpine Anatomy: The Mountain Art of Arnold Shives by John Grande, Edward Lucie-Smith, Darrin J. Martens, et al.
—Reviewed by Devon Smither
- Canadian Liberalism and the Politics of Border Control, 1867-1967 by Christopher G. Anderson
—Reviewed by Reg Whitaker
- The Natural History of Canadian Mammals by Donna Naughton
—Reviewed by Rosemary-Claire Collard
- The Environmental Rights Revolution: A Global Study of Constitutions, Human Rights, and the Environment by David R. Boyd
- The Right to a Healthy Environment: Revitalizing Canada's Constitution by David R. Boyd
—Reviewed by Benjamin J. Richardson
- Above the Bush: A Century of Climbing on Vancouver Island, 1912-2012 by Lindsay J. Elms
—Reviewed by Jenny Clayton
- Investing in Place: Economic Renewal in Northern British Columbia by Sean Markey, Greg Halseth, Don Mason
—Reviewed by Laura Lamb
- InJustice Served: The Story of British Columbia's Italian Enemy Italians during World War II by Ray Culos
—Reviewed by Stephen A. Fielding
- Perfect Youth: The Birth of Canadian Punk by Sam Sutherland
—Reviewed by Eryk Martin
- The Amazing Foot Race of 1921: Halifax to Vancouver in 134 Days by Shirley Jean Roll Tucker
—Reviewed by PearlAnn Reichwein
- The Canadian Pacific's Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway: The CPR steam years, 1905-1949 by Donald F. MacLachlan, Robert D. Turner
—Reviewed by David Hill-Turner
- K'esu': The Art and Life of Doug Cranmer by Jennifer Kramer, Gloria Cranmer Webster, Stolen Roth
—Reviewed by Carolyn Butler Palmer
- Debating Dissent: Canada and the Sixties by Lara Campbell, Dominique Clément, Gregory Kealey (eds)
—Reviewed by Nancy Janovicek
- Pinboy by George Bowering
—Reviewed by David Tracey
- The Inverted Pyramid by Bertrand Sinclair
—Reviewed by Sinead Kathleen Earley
- Finding a Way to the Heart: Feminist Writings on Aboriginal and Women's History in Canada by Robin Jarvis Brownlie, Valerie Korinek (eds)
—Reviewed by Frieda Esau Klippenstein
- Company, Crown and Colony: The Hudson's Bay Company and Territorial Endeavour in Western Canada by Stephen Royle
—Reviewed by Barry Gough
- In the Mind of a Mountie by T.M "Scotty" Gardiner
—Reviewed by Bonnie Reilly Schmidt
- Behind the Steam: The Inside Story of the Gastown Steam Clock by Daryl R. Stennett
—Reviewed by Lani Russwurm
- Bluebacks and Silver Brights: A Lifetime in the BC Fisheries From Bounty to Plunder by Norman Safarik, Allan Safarik
—Reviewed by Kenneth Campbell
- Gardens Aflame: Garry Oak Meadows of BC's South Coast by Maleea Acker
—Reviewed by Jenny L. McCune
- Craigflower Country: A History of View Royal, 1850-1950 by Maureen Duffus
—Reviewed by Deidre Simmons
- Journey with No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page by Sandra Djwa
—Reviewed by Barbara Colebrook Peace
- Standing Up with Ga'axsta'las: Jane Constance Cook and the Politics of Memory, Church, and Custom by Leslie A. Robertson, and Kwagu'ɬ Gixsam Clan
—Reviewed by Andrew Cienski
- An Environmental History of Canada by Laurel Sefton MacDowell
—Reviewed by Sterling Evans
- The Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway: The Dunsmuir Years: 1884-1905 by Donald F. MacLachlan
—Reviewed by Bruce Hodding
- Who Killed Janet Smith? by Ed Starkins
—Reviewed by John McLaren
- Jewels of the Qila: The Remarkable Story of an Indo-Canadian Family by Hugh J.M. Johnston
—Reviewed by Ali Kazimi
- Epidemic Encounters: Influenza, Society, and Culture in Canada, 1918-20 by Magda Fahrni, Esyllt W. Jones (eds)
—Reviewed by Megan J. Davies
- Gathering Places: Aboriginal and Fur Trade Histories by Carolyn Podruchny, Laura Peers (eds)
—Reviewed by Scott P. Stephen
- Trucking in British Columbia: An Illustrated History by Daniel Francis
—Reviewed by Ben Bradley
- In Twilight and in Dawn: A Biography of Diamond Jenness by Barnett Richling
—Reviewed by Robin Ridington
- Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America by David H.T. Wong
—Reviewed by LiLynn Wan
- "We are Still Didene": Stories of Hunting and History from Northern British Columbia by Thomas McIlwraith
—Reviewed by Jillian Ridington, Robin Ridington
- A Wilder West: Rodeo in Western Canada by Mary-Ellen Kelm
—Reviewed by J. Edward Chamberlin
- The Many Voyages of Arthur Wellington Clah: A Tsimshian Man on the Pacific North West Coast by Peggy Brock
—Reviewed by Penelope Edmonds
- Civilizing the Wilderness: Culture and Nature in Pre-Confederation Canada and Rupert's Land by A.A. den Otter
—Reviewed by Jonathan Clapperton
- First Person Plural: Aboriginal Storytelling and the Ethics of Collaborative Authorship by Sophie McCall
—Reviewed by Neil Vallance
- A Season To Remember: The Vancouver Canucks' Incredible 40th Year by Grant Kerr
- Bob Lenarduzzi: A Canadian Soccer Story by Bob Lenarduzzi, Jim Taylor
- Patriot Hearts: Inside the Olympics That Changed a Country by John Furlong, Gary Mason
—Reviewed by Eric W. Sager
- Gateway to Promise: Canada's First Japanese Community by Ann-Lee Switzer, Gordon Switzer
—Reviewed by Masako Fukawa, Stanley Fukawa
- Flyover: British Columbia's Cariboo Chilcotin Coast. An Aviation Legacy by Chris Harris, Sage Birchwater
—Reviewed by Jay Sherwood
- Ghost Dancing with Colonialism: Decolonization and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court of Canada by Grace Li Xiu Woo
—Reviewed by Hadley Friedland
- Mystery Islands: Discovering the Ancient Pacific by Tom Koppel
—Reviewed by Chris Arnett
—Reviewed by Vanessa Colantonio
- The Art of the Impossible: Dave Barrett and the NDP in Power, 1972-1975 by Geoff Meggs, Rod Mickleburgh
—Reviewed by Allen Seager
- Vladimir Krajina: World War II Hero and Ecology Pioneer by Jan Drabek
—Reviewed by Iain E.P. Taylor
- Home Truths: Highlights from BC History by Richard Mackie, Graeme Wynn (eds)
—Reviewed by J.I. Little
- Orienting Canada: Race, Empire and the Transpacific by John Price
- Chasing the Dragon in Shanghai: Canada's Early Relations with China, 1858-1952 by John Meehan
- Pacific Connections: The Making of the US-Canada Borderlands by Kornel Chang
—Reviewed by Laura Madokoro
- Train Master: The Railway Art of Max Jacquiard by Barry Sanford
—Reviewed by Ian Pooley
- More English than the English: A Very Social History of Victoria by Terry Reksten
- Above Stairs: Social Life in Upper Class Victoria 1843-1918 by Valerie Green
—Reviewed by Katie Louise McCullough
—Reviewed by Martha Black
- Backspin: 120 Years of Golf in British Columbia by Arv Olson
—Reviewed by Elizabeth Jewett
- Russian America: An Overseas Colony of a Continental Empire, 1804-1867 by Ilya Vinkovetsky
—Reviewed by Stephen Haycox
- The Spencer Mansion: A House, a Home, and an Art Gallery by Robert Ratcliffe Taylor
—Reviewed by Maria Tippett
- The Life and Art of Ina D.D. Uhthoff by Christina Johnson-Dean
—Reviewed by Maria Tippett
- Tse-loh-ne (The People at the End of the Rocks): Journey Down the Davie Trail by Keith Billington
—Reviewed by Robin Ridington
- Unbuilt Victoria by Dorothy Mindenhall
—Reviewed by Larry McCann
- Why Canadian Forestry and Mining Towns are Organized Differently: The Role of Staples in Shaping Community, Class, and Consciousness by Louise Dignard
—Reviewed by Roger Hayter
- Ceramic Makers' Marks by Erica Gibson
—Reviewed by Lorne Hammond
- Making Headlines: 100 Years of the Vancouver Sun by Shelley Fralic
—Reviewed by John Belshaw
- Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century by Neil S. Forkey
—Reviewed by Jonathan Clapperton
- Selwyn Pullan: Photographing Mid-Century West Coast Modernism by Barry Downs, Donald Luxton, Kiriko Watanabe, Adele Weder
—Reviewed by Bill Jeffries
- Raising the Workers' Flag: The Workers' Unity League in Canada, 1930-1936 by Stephen L. Endicott
—Reviewed by Ron Verzuh
—Reviewed by Patrick A. Dunae
—Reviewed by Jonathan Peyton
- British Columbia's Inland Rainforest: Ecology, Conservation, and Management by Susan Stevenson, Harold Armleder, Andre Arsenault, Darwyn Coxson, Craig DeLong, Michael Jull
—Reviewed by Andy MacKinnon
- Discovering Totem Poles: A Traveller's Guide by Aldona Jonatis
—Reviewed by Alan Hoover
- Discovering Indigenous Lands: The Doctrine of Discovery in the English Colonies by Robert J. Miller, Jacinta Ruru, Larissa Behrendt, Tracey Lindberg
—Reviewed by Daniel Clayton
—Reviewed by Charlene Porsild
—Reviewed by Megan Robertson
- People of the Middle Fraser Canyon: An Archaeological History by Ian Kuijt, Anne Marie Prentiss
—Reviewed by Douglas Hudson
- Wrong Highway: The Misadventures of a Misplaced Society Girl by Stella T. Jenkins, Mark Smith
—Reviewed by Cameron Duder
—Reviewed by Janey Lew
- People's Citizenship Guide: A Response to Conservative Canada by Esyllt Jones, Adele Perry
—Reviewed by Elise Chenier
