Book Reviews

A Journey Back to Nature: A History of Strathcona Provincial Park

Historian Catherine Marie Gilbert unearths the complex origins of BC’s first provincial park, now 110 years old. Established in 1911, Strathcona Provincial Park is situated in the middle of Vancouver Island, bordering Clayoquot Sound on the west, Port Alberni on the south, and a large property once known as the Esquimalt and Nanaimo (E&N) land grant on the east.

Measuring nearly 250,000 hectares, behind this breathtaking park—with its gorgeous mountains, lakes, and waterfalls—is a volatile history. Over the course of a century, Strathcona Provincial Park was frequently at the centre of some of the most heated public debates in BC history.

"The idea of a book had been percolating in my mind for some time," says Gilbert, who wrote her master's thesis on events in the park related to environmental degradation and protection.

ISBN 9781772033588 Softcover | Publication Date: May 18, 2021 www.heritagehouse.ca

Write! Publish! Sell!

Award-winning author, Lucia Monica Gorea, is a Canadian poet and writer who has published over a dozen books spanning multiple genres including poetry, short stories, a historical fiction novel, ESL texts, children’s stories, and translations.

Lucia’s latest book, Write! Publish! Sell! is a how to guide to self publishing your book. Everyone has a story to tell! This book is a comprehensive step-by-step guide providing tools you need to know as a writer. Think like a writer, create a book outline, format your book, obtain an ISBN number and more.

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ISBN: 978-1-989540-11-4 (eBook) 978-1-989540-12-1 (Paperback)