Books

Books

Interview: Lost Kootenays, Part 1

BCHF vice-president Mark Forsythe interviews BCHF director Greg Nesteroff, co-author with Eric Brighton of the new book Lost Kootenays: A History In...

100th Anniversary of Armistice: Langley Heritage Society donates important resource to local schools

The Langley Heritage Society has recently donated copies of the book, Canucks in Khaki: Langley, the Lower Mainland and the Great War of 1914...

History, heritage buildings, and murder

In a presentation to the Vancouver Historical Society, author Eve Lazarus tells a number of her favourite stories, from bellyflop contests to...

Okanagan Historical Society’s 84th Report now available

The latest Okanagan Historical Society report is now available. On the cover (pictured above) is an 1882...

Join the online launch for Failed to Return

Keith C. Ogilvie is the editor of (and a contributor to) Failed to Return: Canada's Bomber Command Sacrifice in the Second World War, published...

Valley Voices podcast reviews BC historical books of 2018

Valley Voices is a production of the Langley Heritage Society on CIVL Radio, 101.7 FM heard Wednesdays at...

Book looks at Nanaimo’s soda history

Dalys Barney of the Nanaimo Historical Society has self-published a booklet, Message on a Bottle: Nanaimo's Soda...

Royal BC Museum to publish new history book about Tod Inlet

On Nov. 6, Royal BC Museum Publishing will release the new book Deep and Sheltered Waters: The...

Book chronicles history of Kootenay Lake ferry service

Michael Cone has just published the definitive history of the ferry service on Kootenay lake, from the...

Submissions sought for Boswell Beginnings and Beyond

The book Boswell Beginnings, a history of the Kootenay Lake community published in 1986, is now out...