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Victoria's Most Haunted
Ghost stories from Canada’s most haunted city, including tales from iconic sites such as the Empress hotel, Hatley Castle, and Ross Bay Cemetery.
Beautiful, charming Victoria is world renowned for its seaside attractions, flourishing gardens, and breathtaking ocean views. But looming behind its picture-perfect façade is a city shrouded in mystery …
Measured for Murder
The third instalment in the Arthur Ellis award-nominated Forsyth and Hay mystery series.
Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Hay of Scotland Yard believes he is dealing with a serial killer. Two young female victims bearing a superficial resemblance to each other are found asphyxiated and posed, with indecipherable writing on their right hips. A hoste …
All the Sweet Things
Gold Winner, 2018 Taste Canada Food Writing Award for Single-Subject Cookbook
Winner, 2018 Gourmand World Cookbook Award in English Canada
Among the Globe and Mail's Best Cookbooks of 2017
More than 100 recipes for desserts and baked goods from the kitchen of Renée Kohlman, named one of the Canada's top food bloggers by the National Post.
All the Sw …
Death in a Darkening Mist
The second instalment in the Lane Winslow mystery series; for fans of the Maisie Dobbs and Bess Crawford series.
On a snowy day in December 1946, Lane Winslow—a former British intelligence agent who’s escaped to the rural Canadian community of King’s Cove in pursuit of a tranquil life—is introduced to the local hot springs. While there she o …
On Island
#1 BC bestselling book of 2017
Winner of the 2018 BC Book Prizes' Bill Duthie Booksellers Choice Award
A collection of stories chronicling the characters and dramas that capture life in small coastal communities.
In this story collection, Pat Carney follows the rhythms of day-to-day life in coastal BC. Featuring a revolving cast of characters—the n …
Aqua Vitae
A rowdy, rollicking popular history that celebrates the tales of Victoria’s drinking establishments in their heyday.
From the raunchy saloons that lined Victoria’s notorious Johnson street to the lavish high-class hotel-bars like the Driard and the Empress, Aqua Vitae is a collection of fascinating true stories from the days of swinging doors, s …
Glorious Victorian Homes
Winner of the 2016 Hallmark Heritage Society Award
Discover the rich and diverse architectural history of Victoria through the city’s most historically significant homes.
Unlike many cities that have demolished its old houses to make way for new condos and cookie-cutter cul-de-sacs, an astonishing array of historically significant homes still grace …
150 Years of Canadian Beer Labels
Shortlisted for the 2017 Taste Canada Food Writing Awards
In celebration of Canada’s 150 birthday, one of the country’s most avid collectors of breweriana showcases a stunning selection of beer labels dating from the late 1870s to the present day.
What’s more Canadian than beer? Craft brewing has exploded across Canada, reinvigorating the count …
The Corpse with the Ruby Lips
A new book from Bony Blithe award–winning mystery author Cathy Ace where her sleuth Cait Morgan investigates a chilling cold case from a university in Budapest.
A gig as guest lecturer at the university in Budapest should have been a dream job for a travelling criminologist and food lover. But wherever Cait Morgan goes, murder seems to follow. On …
A Perfect Eden
Shortlisted for two 2016 BC Book Prizes
Finalist for the 2016 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing
A compelling history of the earliest explorers to Vancouver Island, brought to life with illustrations and maps.
In 1842, when explorer James Douglas encountered the rugged natural paradise that would become Vancouver Island, he describ …
Waiting for the Cyclone
A Trillium Book Award Finalist
Women are too often cast in literature as inherently good and dependable—but this is not the case in the audacious stories of Waiting for the Cyclone.
Mary, a closet drinker, leaver her children with Debbie, a seemingly perfect housewife who shoots pharmaceuticals at night. Alison vacations with her husband, but wakes …
A Killer in King's Cove
A smart and enchanting postwar mystery that will appeal to fans of the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear.
It is 1946, and war-weary young ex-intelligence officer Lane Winslow leaves London to look for a fresh start. When she finds herself happily settled into a sleepy hamlet in the interior of British Columbia surrounded by a suitably eclec …
Gold Rush Queen
A biography of the extraordinary Nellie Cashman, a well-loved miner, entrepreneur and philanthropist who lived and worked in the roughest boomtowns of the West in the late-nineteenth century.
At a time when well-bred women wore tight corsets and entertained each other at tea, Nellie Cashman (1845–1925) was trekking for hundreds of miles through bl …
Gold Rush Queen
A biography of the extraordinary Nellie Cashman, a well-loved miner, entrepreneur and philanthropist who lived and worked in the roughest boomtowns of the West in the late-nineteenth century.
At a time when well-bred women wore tight corsets and entertained each other at tea, Nellie Cashman (1845–1925) was trekking for hundreds of miles through bl …
The Butcher, the Baker, the Wine & Cheese Maker by the Sea
A celebration of British Columbia’s coastal cuisine with recipes and fork-lore from the region’s farmers, artisans, fishers, foragers, and chefs.
The Butcher, the Baker, the Wine and Cheese Maker By the Sea is a tribute to the remarkable innovators and culinary leaders who make up Canada’s west coast food culture.
Discover some of the most dive …
The Olive Oil and Vinegar Lover's Cookbook
Inspiring recipes for the olive oil and vinegar aficionado in a gorgeously photographed book—these are the absolute best ways to elevate the flavour of your fare using fresh flavoured olive oils and white and dark balsamic vinegars.
Have you recently become enamoured with fresh and flavoured extra-virgin olive oil, infused olive oil, and flavoured …
Emily Carr As I Knew Her
Out of print for more than 40 years, this is an intimate and heartwarming biography that throws a whole new light on one of Canada's most beloved and iconic artists.
In 1916, Emily Carr wasn’t famous. She was poor, and she taught art classes to children to make a living. One of her students was seven-year-old Carol Pearson. Pearson spent hours eve …
Green River Falling
When a series of murders targeting oil pipeline workers strikes in a remote coastal community in northern BC, Dan Connor and Walker pair up once again to solve the mystery.
Five pipeline employees have been murdered and a journalist is missing, and all the clues seems to lead to a Haida man who is also Walker's friend.
Walker is convinced that his fr …
Heart of the Raincoast
Originally published in 1998, this updated edition has a brand-new cover and interior design, with a new foreword by Alexandra Morton.
Billy Proctor was born in 1934 and has spent his entire life in a remote coastal community called Echo Bay, BC on an island off northern Vancouver Island. Proctor has always done the time-honoured work of generations …
Out of the Orchard
A brand-new collection of eighty-five contemporary recipes that celebrate tree fruit from the orchards of the Okanagan.
BC's Okanagan Valley boasts rich, fertile soil, endless days of summer sun, and a pristine lake fed by pure mountain streams. This magical combination makes it home to some of the most delicious fruit in the world. The BC Tree Frui …
The Butcher, the Baker, the Wine and Cheese Maker in the Okanagan
Shortlisted for a 2017 Taste Canada Food Writing Award
Chefs, farmers, and winemakers unite in this exquisite Okanagan cookbook.
Whether it’s a simple soup, a hearty main dish, or a special-occasion dessert, each recipe in this book is written by an Okanagan chef, and inspired by an ingredient that is locally and sustainably produced in the Okanaga …
A Taste of the Canadian Rockies Cookbook
The Canadian Rockies are renowned for the incredible variety of dining opportunities they offer. Chefs come from around the world to create dishes to tempt food lovers and travellers alike. A Taste of the Canadian Rockies includes many of the mouth-watering recipes from the best restaurants in the towns of Banff, Jasper, Lake Louise, Waterton and C …
Time to Take Flight
Pack your bags! A reassuring handbook geared toward women between the ages of 40 and 65 who are eager but apprehensive to take a solo adventure.
Chicago, St. Louis, London, Vienna ... bestselling author Jayne Seagrave has traveled there, and she's done it solo. Now she wants her readers to know that not only can they do it too, they should.
Seagrave …
In This Together
What is real reconciliation? This collection of essays from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors from across Canada welcomes readers into a timely, healing conversation—one we've longed for but, before now, have had a hard time approaching.
These reflective and personal pieces come from journalists, writers, academics, visual artists, f …
Food Artisans of the Okanagan
Winner of the 2017 Taste Canada Food Writing Award in Culinary Narratives.
The food lover's guide to finding the best of the best in the vibrant Okanagan.
Discover the edible delights of the Okanagan with profiles on more than 125 farm-to-table chefs, bakers, beekeepers, orchardists, farmers, market gardeners, butchers and charcutiers, fisherpeople, …
The Corpse with the Garnet Face
The seventh book in the Cait Morgan series finds the eccentric Welsh criminologist–sleuth accompanying her husband Bud to Amsterdam to try to unravel a puzzling situation.
To Bud’s surprise, he discovers he has a long-lost uncle, Jonas, who’s met an untimely death. Bud's mother assures him Jonas was a bad child, but, from beyond the grave, Un …
It's Only the Himalayas
A laugh-out-loud travel memoir that reveals backpacking’s awkward side.
Sue, a disenchanted waitress, embarks upon a year-long quest around the world with her friend, Sara—who’s exasperatingly perfect. Expecting a whimsical jaunt of self-discovery, Sue instead encounters an absurd series of misadventures that render her embarrassed, terrified, …
Last Dance in Shediac
A vividly wrought memoir, Last Dance in Shediac is a collection of the author’s personal memories of her mother—celebrated Canadian artist Molly Lamb Bobak—and a tender meditation on life and death.
“I had always assumed that neither of my parents would end up in an old folks’ home. And yet here was Mum, ensconced in a world of pad-covered …
The One World Kitchen Cookbook
Shortlisted for a Taste Canada Award
Winner of two Gourmand World CookBook Awards
As seen on Gusto TV!
Canada is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Fantastic foods and culinary traditions that originated on the other side of the globe are available right here at home, and they are arguably just as Canadian as tourtière and po …
One World Kitchen
Shortlisted for a Taste Canada Award
Winner of two Gourmand World CookBook Awards
As seen on Gusto TV!
Canada is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Fantastic foods and culinary traditions that originated on the other side of the globe are available right here at home, and they are arguably just as Canadian as tourtière and po …
The Same River Twice
What if everything you believed to be true about your wife’s disappearance turned out to be a lie? In the third and final Red Rock Canyon Mystery, Silas Pearson finally unearths the truth.
It’s been five years since Silas Pearson’s wife, Penelope, disappeared, and two since she started appearing in his dreams. He had believed that she was tryi …
The Corpse with the Diamond Hand
The sixth instalment in the Cait Morgan mystery series, a classic whodunit featuring an eccentric and funny female sleuth set on a Hawaiian cruise ship.
Cait and Bud have set sail on a romantic and worry-free Hawaiian honeymoon cruise, but when a man drops dead at their card table, Cait can’t help but lend her expertise. The sudden death appears t …
Not a Clue
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector Liz Forsyth digs into the murder of a Chechen immigrant, while in London her colleague, Scotland Yard Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Hay, searches for the killer of a young Canadian traveller.
In London, Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Hay of Scotland Yard heads up the investigation into the puzzling murd …
Not A Clue
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector Liz Forsyth digs into the murder of a Chechen immigrant, while in London her colleague, Scotland Yard Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Hay, searches for the killer of a young Canadian traveller.
In London, Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Hay of Scotland Yard heads up the investigation into the puzzling murd …
The Deerholme Vegetable Cookbook
Shortlisted for a 2016 Taste Canada Award
Winner of a 2016 Gourmand World Cookbook Award
Vibrant, diverse, and unexpected vegetable recipes from award-winning chef Bill Jones that will revitalize your approach to plant-based eating.
Roots, stalks, shoots, bulbs, brassicas, and leafy greens—vegetables come in all shapes and sizes, flavours and colou …
