Caitlin Press
8100 Alderwood Road
Halfmoon Bay, BC,
V0N 1Y1
604 885 9194
1 877 964 4953
Caitlin Press is looking for new stories.
We continue to search for great stories from BC's Central Interior, but we are also on the lookout for stories about and by BC women.
See our Writer's info page for more information.
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A Northern Woman "A storyteller of highest order, Jacqueline's gift
for using everyday language enables readers to share in the clarity
of her vision as she sifts through the weave of human experience.
Like the shifting visions of the kaleidoscoe, each poem is a tiny,
beautifully crafted window." - Deborah Thien, Massey University,
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All Things Said & Done Marita Dachsel’s debut collection is a visceral exploration of the moments of life that stand out in the pages of a family album and the intervals of memory. She playfully and poignantly documents first crushes, first times, weddings and trips across town, across water, and across continents. Dachsel perceptively sprinkles these moments with the details photographs don’t reveal, as in “Dispatches from an Impending Marriage”: Don’t talk to me about photographers./ Nothing will capture this. A printed paper/ will only mock—/ a gaudy misrepresentation/ a plastic jesus on the mantle—/ two dimensions of fabric, teeth and skin. 978-1-894759-22-9 $15.95 |
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A Touch of Murder Now & Then A lawyer relives his favorite cases prosecuting and defending some of northwestern BC's most colourful characters involving murder, manslaughter and a touch of humor. 0-920576-75-3 $18.95 |
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A Traveller's Guide to Northern British Columbia Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd This guidebook offers places to eat and stay, things to see and do, while opening a visitor's eyes to the scenery, lifestyles and culture of Northern British Columbia. 0-920576-56-7 paper, photos, maps, index $18.95 |
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The Adventures of Mystical legends come alive in this magical tale of courage
and perseverance. Grey-Dawn—an outcast from his people because
of his yellow eyes—along with his friends Eagle, Moose and Owl
make the journey to the centre of the island in search of the Spirit
of the Flame. Along the way, Raven, Coyote and Fox try to trick Grey-Dawn
into giving up his quest to become the Flamekeeper. 0-920576-93-1 |
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Atlin's Gold Atlin's Gold is a celebration of love, family and exploration. Aided by Steele's uncanny descriptive abilities, we are led into both the wild gold-rush days and the present of one of British Columbia's most fascinating and mysterious towns—Atlin. 0-920576-47-8 $16.95 |
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Better the Devil You Know
Better the devil you know, set in Vancouver in 1907, centers on the picaresque adventures of a small-time con man who passes himself off as an evangelical preacher, the scrawny hooker whom he reluctantly befriends, and the five-year-old hellion left in his care by a former lady friend. In the course of their adventures, these three misfits
become involved with a larcenous lingerie salesman, a Klondike miner
bent on recovering his stolen poke, a madam intent on revenge for past
wrongs, a pugilistic lady barkeep, two doctors determined to acquire
a cadaver of their own, a handful of incompetent/ corrupt cops, and
a piano teacher with reforming zeal. The pace is riotous, the action
continuous, and nobody—good or bad—ever gets a break. 0-920576-88-5 $18.95 |
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Bloody Practice Beginning his medical practice in the wild frontier town of Williams Lake BC, the author has travelled the world as a doctor, an observer, and a humnanist. "Almost forty years as a rural and urban general practitioner was interesting and demanding. Interacting with people of varied backgrounds and cultures and delivering thousands of babies gave me great satisfaction. I wouldn't have missed it for the world."- Dr. Sterling Haynes. 0-92057697-4 paper $18.95 |
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Breaking Trail Growing up on the far corners of the furthest reaches of the Vernon reserve, little did Len realize—or anyone around him—that he would end up spending most of his life in Ottawa. The first elected aboriginal member of parliament in all of Canada, Len Marchand was involved in some of the most exciting, heady days of Canadian politics. His collaborator, Matt Hughes is no stranger to politics, having worked as a speech writer on both the provincial and federal level. He has also written several books and currently is under contract with Warner Aspect of New York for two thrillers, one of which is completed. biography, politics 0-920576-80-X 0-920576-82-6 |
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Cassiar, A Jewel in the Wilderness For four decades—1952 to 1992—the town of
Cassiar thrived in the northern wilderness. Spawned by the post-World
War II demand for asbestos and killed, in part, by the growing concerns
over asbestosis, the story of Cassiar is the story of the the quintessential
company town. People of diverse backgrounds find themselves thrown
together in the wilderness and either get together or get out. paper $19.95 |
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The Centre "This tender self-exploration can move us all to a wiser and more receptive recognition of the world we live in daily, inside and out." - Robert Creeley "The poems are snappy, moment by moment. I don't know how he does it, but I'm glad it's there." - George Bowering 0-920576-51-6 $12.95 |
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Chasing Their Dreams
Panning for gold, making ties for the railroad, canning fish, running laundries and restaurants, the Chinese settlers survived despite persecution by the local populace and the provincial and federal governments. Relations with the northern tribes, including reports of trips made by Chinese as early as 458 BC, make this book one of the most thoroughly-researched histories of Chinese settlement in British Columbia. 0-920576-83-4 $18.95 |
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Clearcut Cause Steve Anderson Steve Anderson Set in the wild and wonderful Kootenay region of British Columbia, this novel probes the on-going battle between environmentalists and loggers over the forests both groups love but for very different reasons. Author Steve Anderson has evenly divided the debate, allowing his characters to fully present their perspectives and the reader to decide who is right and who is wrong. But this time, the dispute has catastrophic results. The message is clear: confrontation is not the answer. ( (Sharply drawn characters and a fast-paced plot make Clearcut Cause a must for fiction readers interested in the fate of the ancient forests. 1-894759-07-9 $18.95 |
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The Colour of Gold "Author McKirdy recreates the story of Adele Macauley,
a Métis who witnesses her husband's murder and then endures over
two years of "white man's justice," only to see the murderer
go free. - Night & Day 0-920576-66-4 $15.95 |
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The Colour of Water Luanne Armstrong - Mainstreet 0-920576-70-2 $16.95 |
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Country Doctor - A Memoir Set in the post-war period of the 1940's and early fifties, Dlin retells the joys and fears of being the person who is called upon in emergencies, the person who has to make the decisions that can impact on the patient and the patient's family for life. Ben says, "I believed then and still believe now that every student of medicine should spend time in rural practice. Within the novice it creates a lifelong humanistic approach to medicine that remains no matter what specialty is pursued." 0-920576-85-0 paper, $18.95 clothe, $18.95 |
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Cowboys & Dog Tales "O' Byrne is a natural storyteller. His ability to take you along for the ride gives you a unique perspective of cowboy life almost as if you were on the back of the horse...Tim has a talent that is the gift to bring the personality of an animal to light...[Cowboys & Dog Tales will] teach you something about the bonds created between man and animals." - Canadian Cowboy 0-920576-65-6 $15.95 |
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Crazy Man's Creek
Winner of the Jeanne Clark Award for Local History Best-selling author, Jack Boudreau tells of the men who chose to lose themselves in the rugged McGregor mountain range - long recognized as some of the toughest bush in British Columbia. Life in the mountains included sneak attacks by some of the most ferocious animals, where long winters brought unbearable weather conditions, food shortages and the intolerable deafening silence. 0-920576-71-0 $15.95 |
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The Creative Voice - Life and Art in the Okanagan Gary Pearson The Okanagan Valley is noted for its fabulous climate, orchards and vineyards. It is no surprise that a landscape would attract such an array of outstanding, world-renowned artists. In The Creative Voice, Gary Pearson records the voices, lives and beliefs of 34 of the Okanagan's most prominent artists. The result is a portrait of how art influences place and how place influences art. 0-920576-74-5 $18.95 |
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Curtained Windows Lighted Rooms Poignant poetry about the natural world as well as matters
of the heart. Bal Sethi pens his reflections on all that is happening
around him with wisdom and a (sometimes) heavy heart. This is a truly beautiful compilation of poetry concerning
all that matters most to mankind. poetry 0-920576-86-9 |
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