Fred Wah: 'All Creativity Is Political'
Canada's new poet laureate on writing for the Queen's Jubilee, racial hybridity, making Juk soup, and more.
The Forgotten Prophets of the Occupiers
A fascinating Canadian book urges 'political action for the 99%.' It was written in 1943.
Peter C. Newman's Politics as Soap Opera
'The Death of Liberal Canada' is more about a dying way of (over) writing.
The Must Read on BC Schools You Won't Like
UVic historian of education paints a bleak political picture, and blames all sides.
Battle for the Banana
Behind the peel, a torrid history of trade wars and bullish fruit magnates. Last of two.
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Secrets of the Banana
Not the forbidden fruit, but equally sinister. Part one of my journey into the republic.
Chuck Davis's Farewell Gift to Vancouver
His final magnum opus dives into the historical wrinkles and folds that make the city unique.
Season's Readings!
Just in time to save your holiday hide, The Tyee finds a book to fit every person on your list.
Scott McIntyre, Worker of 'Miracle' Books
D&M Publishing's co-founder talks about literary idealism, digital realism and why 'it's the wild west' now.
'The Urban Food Revolution' Goes High Rise
Solviva Salad? Five-storey vertical farms? A taste of Peter Ladner's new book on growing food in cities.
'Scroogenomics': Finally the Perfect Xmas Gift
Business prof Joel Waldfogel taught me why exchanging presents just doesn't make sense.
Fred Herzog's Gracious, Ghastly City
The émigré photographer captured a forever-lost Vancouver in Kodachrome.
The Science of Taste
Why can't a blindfolded person tell white wine from red? A top neuroscientist explains how the brain creates flavour.
Beware the Internet Underworld
Cyberthieves and deviant hackers abound in Misha Glenny's grim portrait of organized crime online.
What Is Participatory Journalism, Anyway?
A good one to ask is UBC's Alfred Hermida, co-writer of a new book seeking answers.
The Enduring Politics of Smallpox
The 1898 outbreak gave us Big Pharma and vaccine deniers, pitting public health against personal choice.
'That Which Makes Us Haida'
Less than 40 fluent speakers of the Haida language remain, but they won't let it go without a fight.
A Bohemian Vancouver, Lost and Found
Claudia Cornwall’s bio of Curt Lang retrieves a past much friendlier to creative vagabonds.
'Eating Dirt'
After 20 years of tree-planting, Charlotte Gill was ready to sprout a book as complex and crystalline as the forest itself.
'The Fog of War'
Media censorship was rampant during wartime Canada, reveals new book. Has conflict reporting changed?
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Could SOPA Pervade Canadian Copyright Law?
Media industry lobbyists push for Bill C-11 to increasingly resemble besieged US net piracy bill.
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