Touchwood Editions: 158 books

Cover of A Deceptive Devotion
by Iona Whishaw
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019

A wedding is on the horizon for Lane Winslow and Inspector Darling. As one of the few Russian speakers in her community, Lane is obliged to act as translator and hostess for Countess Orlova, an elderly Russian woman who has tracked her missing brother to the Nelson area. Nelson PD investigates, but...
Cover of Measured for Murder
by Janet Brons
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017

The third instalment in the Arthur Ellis award-nominated Forsyth and Hay mystery series. Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Hay of Scotland Yard believes he is dealing with a serial killer. Two young female victims bearing a superficial resemblance to each other are found asphyxiated and posed,...
Cover of A Quiet Kill
by Janet Brons
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014

Finalist for a 2015 Arthur Ellis Award Finalist for the 2015 Kobo Emerging Writers Award The head of the Canadian High Commission’s trade section is found brutally clubbed and stabbed to death in the Official Residence in London, England. Scotland Yard’s Detective Chief Inspector Stephen...
Cover of Dark Moon Walking
by R.J. McMillen
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014

It’s been more than eight years since ex-cop Dan Connor put a troubled criminal named Walker behind bars, and a year since he handed in his badge after losing the woman he loved. The remote islands off the Pacific Northwest coast seem like the perfect destination for his retirement. That is until...
Cover of Not A Clue
by Janet Brons
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector Liz Forsyth digs into the murder of a Chechen immigrant, while in London her colleague, Scotland Yard Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Hay, searches for the killer of a young Canadian traveller. In London, Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Hay of Scotland...
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Harold Mortimer Lamb

The Art Lover

by Robert Amos
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013

Harold Mortimer-Lamb’s name is in the index of almost every book written on the history of Canadian art, yet his place in that world has never been clear. Photographer, writer, painter, promoter—he was a man of many parts and the ideal patron and friend to some of Canada's most famous artists,...
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This and That

The Lost Stories of Emily Carr

by Emily Carr
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011

Once available and appreciated only by researchers, these stories remained buried in the British Columbia Archives until 2007. Finally, readers are given a new glimpse into Emily Carr's life with this collection. Carr began to write these stories in the last two years of her life. She wrote of the...
Cover of Three Against the Wilderness
by Eric Collier
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011

Timeless tales about wilderness living. Eric Collier's riveting recollections about the 26 years that he, his wife Lillian and son Veasy spent homesteading in the isolated Chilcotin wilderness made for an international bestseller and one of the most famous books ever written about British Columbia. In...
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Foodshed

An Edible Alberta Alphabet

by dee Hobshawn-Smith
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012

In this intimate guide to Alberta's sustainable food scene, writer, poet, professional chef, and food advocate Dee Hobsbawn-Smith profiles more than seventy-five of the province's growers and producers. Learn the A to Z's of each producer, from Asparagus growers to Zizania cultivators, and enjoy the...
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Beer Quest West

The Craft Brewers of Alberta and British Columbia

by Jon C. Stott
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011

It’s no secret that Canadians love beer, and in the western provinces, the large number of successful microbreweries continues to prove that distinct beer—high-quality beer—is important to our national pint-lovers. Beer Quest West is for homebrewers and beer aficionados alike: this is your guide...
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The Spencer Mansion

A House, a Home, and an Art Gallery

by Robert Ratcliffe Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012

Built in 1889 and now home to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the Spencer Mansion is a magnificent building with a rich and layered history. With detailed research, historian and author Robert Ratcliffe Taylor describes the original appearance of the house, designed by William Ridgway Wilson...
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R.M. Patterson

A Life of Great Adventure

by David Finch
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011

David Finch’s highly regarded biography of R.M. Patterson is now available in paperback. The escapades of this great Canadian are brought to life in a story that combines the lure of gold, the thrill of wilderness exploration and comic tales about life on a southern Alberta ranch. With access to...
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Following the Curve of Time

The Legendary M. Wylie Blanchet

by Cathy Converse
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011

Who was this skipper, this mother, this writer? These questions motivated Cathy Converse to re-trace the route of famous pacific seafarer M. Wylie Capi Blanchet, and write a biography in the process. Widowed in 1926, Blanchet cruised the coast with her five children and their dog in a 25-foot boat...
Cover of The Arctic Journals of John Rae
by John Rae
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012

Scottish doctor and explorer John Rae is a controversial figure in the history of the Arctic. He began his career with the Hudson's Bay Company as a surgeon in Moose Factory, Ontario, where he learned to survey, live off the land, and travel great distances on snowshoes. These skills served him well...
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