B.C. BOOKS OF THE WEEK

1 The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate — Discoveries from a Secret World

Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)

2 Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations

Richard Wagamese (Douglas & McIntyre)

3 On Island: Life Among the Coast Dwellers

Pat Carney (Touch-Wood Editions)

4 Hello Humpback!

Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd, illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers (Harbour Publishing)

5 Chilcotin Chronicles: Stories of Adventure and Intrigue from British Columbia’s Central Interior

Sage Birchwater (Caitlin Press)

6 The Queen of the North Disaster: The Captain’s Story

Colin Henthorne (Harbour Publishing)

7 Some Useful Wild Plants: A Foraging Guide to Food and Medicine from Nature (Revised Edition)

Dan Jason (Harbour Publishing)

8 British Columbia from Scratch: Recipes for Every Season

Denise Marchessault and Caroline West (Whitecap Books)

9 The Promise of Paradise: Utopian Communities in British Columbia

Andrew Scott (Harbour Publishing)

10 North of Familiar: A Woman’s Story of Homesteading and Adventure in the Canadian Wilderness

Terry Milos (Caitlin Press)

11 The Pacific Marine Circle Route of Vancouver Island

Janis Morrison and David Mann (Explore Vanisle)

12 Beckoned by the Sea: Women at Work on the Cascadia Coast

Sylvia Taylor (Heritage House Publishing)

13 Tails Don’t Lie 2: A Pack of Dog Cartoons

Adrian Raeside, illustrated by Adrian Raeside

(Harbour Publishing)

14 Dirty Windshields: The Best and the Worst of the Smugglers Tour Diaries

Grant Lawrence (Douglas & McIntyre)

15 Pandas on the Eastside

Gabrielle Prendergast (Orca Book Publishers)