Books

Fred Wah

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.

By Fiona Tinwei Lam, 23 Jan 2012

Occupy Toronto protestor

The Forgotten Prophets of the Occupiers

A fascinating Canadian book urges 'political action for the 99%.' It was written in 1943.

By Crawford Kilian, 6 Jan 2012

Author Peter C. Newman

Peter C. Newman's Politics as Soap Opera

'The Death of Liberal Canada' is more about a dying way of (over) writing.

By Crawford Kilian, 5 Jan 2012

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The Must Read on BC Schools You Won't Like

UVic historian of education paints a bleak political picture, and blames all sides.

By Crawford Kilian, 3 Jan 2012

Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa

Battle for the Banana

Behind the peel, a torrid history of trade wars and bullish fruit magnates. Last of two.

By Spring Gillard, 29 Dec 2011

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Banana man, Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa

Secrets of the Banana

Not the forbidden fruit, but equally sinister. Part one of my journey into the republic.

By Spring Gillard, 28 Dec 2011

Vancouver historian Chuck Davis

Chuck Davis's Farewell Gift to Vancouver

His final magnum opus dives into the historical wrinkles and folds that make the city unique.

By Crawford Kilian, 21 Dec 2011

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Season's Readings!

Just in time to save your holiday hide, The Tyee finds a book to fit every person on your list.

By Various Contributors, 19 Dec 2011

Scott McIntyre of Douglas & McIntyre

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.

By Robyn Smith, 15 Dec 2011

Design for a vertical farm

'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.

By Peter Ladner, 8 Dec 2011

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'Scroogenomics': Finally the Perfect Xmas Gift

Business prof Joel Waldfogel taught me why exchanging presents just doesn't make sense.

By Shannon Rupp, 6 Dec 2011

Fred Herzog photo 'Foot of Main'

Fred Herzog's Gracious, Ghastly City

The émigré photographer captured a forever-lost Vancouver in Kodachrome.

By Robin Laurence, 2 Dec 2011

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The Science of Taste

Why can't a blindfolded person tell white wine from red? A top neuroscientist explains how the brain creates flavour.

By Hannah Tepper, 30 Nov 2011

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Beware the Internet Underworld

Cyberthieves and deviant hackers abound in Misha Glenny's grim portrait of organized crime online.

By Tom Sandborn, 24 Nov 2011

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What Is Participatory Journalism, Anyway?

A good one to ask is UBC's Alfred Hermida, co-writer of a new book seeking answers.

By Lisa Lynch, 23 Nov 2011

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The Enduring Politics of Smallpox

The 1898 outbreak gave us Big Pharma and vaccine deniers, pitting public health against personal choice.

By Crawford Kilian, 9 Nov 2011

Haida speaker Stephen Brown

'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.

By Heather Ramsay, 3 Nov 2011

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A Bohemian Vancouver, Lost and Found

Claudia Cornwall’s bio of Curt Lang retrieves a past much friendlier to creative vagabonds.

By David Beers, 2 Nov 2011

Charlotte Gill

'Eating Dirt'

After 20 years of tree-planting, Charlotte Gill was ready to sprout a book as complex and crystalline as the forest itself.

By Robyn Smith and Fiona Tinwei Lam, 21 Oct 2011

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'The Fog of War'

Media censorship was rampant during wartime Canada, reveals new book. Has conflict reporting changed?

By Crawford Kilian, 19 Oct 2011

Could SOPA Pervade Canadian Copyright Law?

Media industry lobbyists push for Bill C-11 to increasingly resemble besieged US net piracy bill.

By Michael Geist