Title:
Points of interest : in search of the places, people, and stories of B.C.
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
Vancouver ; Berkeley ; London : Greystone Books, [2023]
Physical Description:
287 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781778401381
Abstract:
"What makes wandering the vibrant land called British Columbia really special? Encounters with locals who are ready to share, over a coffee or a beer, quirky tales and powerful truths rooted in place and time. Consider this book a meet-up with 30 such storytellers, the perfect road companion for your journey real or imagined. The Tyee is the province’s oldest and most-read independent source of online news and ideas, renowned for its range of voices on politics, culture and nature. This anthology marking The Tyee’s 20th anniversary includes pieces published over the last two decades and includes the distinct perspectives of some of the region’s most celebrated writers, including J.B. MacKinnon, Alisa Smith, Cúagilákv (Jess H̓áust̓i), Arno Kopecky, Harrison Mooney, Michelle Cyca, Christopher Cheung, Andrew Nikiforuk, and many more, as well as illustrations by Nora Kelly. Pull up a chair and get their inside scoops on the places they call home."-- Provided by publisher.
General Note:
A Tyee anthology.
Edited by David Beers and Andrea Bennett.
Contents:
Creston: "the great Arrow Creek disaster" / Dorothy Woodend -- Krestova: "newcomers to Doukhobor Territory" / Leesa Dean -- Okanagan Indian Band Reserve: "everything is burning and your house is gone" / Michelle Gamage -- Osoyoos Desert: "to honour the lost, a cattle drive" / Kate Helmore -- Agassiz: "the art of growing wheat in the rain" / Christopher Cheung -- Abbotsford: "the blacker the berry" / Harrison Mooney -- Surrey: "tending the fields of resistance" / David P. Ball -- Granville Island: "amidst the tourists, creating a 'landscape of fear'" / Michelle Cyca -- Vancouver: "dumplings for a new year" / Fiona Tinwei Lam -- Vancouver: "elegy for a building manager" / Steve Burgess -- Richmond: "the golden village at the end of the edge of the ocean" / Christopher Cheung -- Pender Harbour: "a beachcomber's love story" / Abi Hayward -- Lasqueti Island: "the worst windstorm in BC Hydro's history" / Sofia Osborne -- Thetis Lake Part: "how I salvaged my sense of wonder" / Tim B. Rogers -- Victoria: "more Deadwood than Downton Abbey" / Tom Hawthorn -- Fairy Creek: "three days in the theatre of an old-growth blockade: / Arno Kopecky -- Port Alberni: "residential school perverted everything that was beautiful" / Meghan Mast -- Cumberland: "this is homecoming" / Michael John Lo -- Campbell River: "fishing in the Haig-Brown Library" / Andrew Nikiforuk -- Tofino: "when a trip to the post office takes half a day" / Karen Charleson -- Tahsis: "at Canada's end of the road" / Ben Mussett -- San Josef Bay: "the riddle of the monkey puzzle tree" / Neil Griffin -- Bella Bella: "winter is for regeneration" / 'Cúagilákv (Jess H̓áust̓i) -- Atlin: "serving the cranberry crowd" / Fiona McGlynn -- Smithers: "all a'bored the Skeena train" / Amanda Follett Hosgood -- Devil's Elbow: "the 100-mile diet goes north" / J.B. MacKinnon and Alisa Smith -- Ootsa Lake: "the world's most remote brewery?" / Amanda Follett Hosgood -- Chilcotin: "to the Tsilhqot'in, with gloves" / Ian Gill -- Xwísten: "a Fraser full of no more fish?" / Colleen Kimmett.
Geographic Term:
Language:
English
