Books

Books

Author Q&A: “The Trials of Albert Stroebel”

Our new blog series “Author Q&A” pulls back the curtain on the historical writing process, introducing local authors and hearing how their...

Wagon Road North by Art Downs back in print

Victoria-based book publishing company, Heritage House Publishing, is releasing a newly revised and updated edition of Wagon Road North: The Saga of the...

Trail through the lens of its weekly newspaper

BCHF board member Ron Verzuh’s new book is coming out soon. It looks at the rise of...

Author Q&A: The Burden of Gravity 

Our blog series “Author Q&A” pulls back the curtain on the historical writing process, introducing local authors and hearing how their stories...

New book offers memories of a Doukhobor life

In Our Backs Warmed by the Sun, a book out this month from Caitlin Press, author Vera...

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...

Author Anne Wyness on Vancouver’s James Inglis Reid Ltd.

The story of James Inglis Reid Ltd. – which operated from 1908 to 1986 – is about community, family, perseverance, and evolution....
Michael Layland is interviewed by Mark Forsythe

Interview with Michael Layland

BC Historical Federation Vice-President Mark Forsythe caught up with the 2019 Lieutenant-Governor's Medal for Historical Writing prize winning author Michael Layland to...

New Japanese Canadian books honoured

Four Japanese-Canadian books published in 2017 will be celebrated at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre on November 25, 2017, during the Centre's...

New book looks at early Chinese Canadians in Kootenays

Lily Chow's latest book, Hard is the Journey: Stories of Chinese Settlement in...