Love of the Salish Sea Islands New Essays, Memoir and Poetry by 36 Island Writers

An Anthology of New Essays, Memoir and Poetry by 36 BC Writers. A treasury of writing celebrating the importance and beauty of our island archipelagos.

Thirty-six accomplished writers share their love of the islands in the Salish Sea. Through new essays, memoir and poetry, they reveal how islands are special places of unique and lively communities within a rare and beautiful ecosystem; with diverse indigenous, settler, creator and outsider history; surrounded by an endangered sea that protects and separates islanders from a more crowded, invasive civilization. Affirming the joy and natural beauty of island archipelagos we must continue to be passionate about land and water protection and preserving the islands' genius loci. Galiano, Mayne, Pender, Saturna, Salt Spring, Gabriola, Thetis, Denman, Hornby, Savary, Quadra, Cortez, Texada, Protection, Lasqueti, Bowen and Gambier Island are featured.

Chris Arnett, Brenda Brooks, Maria Coffey, Daniel Cowper, William Deverell, Ann Eriksson, Mona Fertig, Cathy Ford, Gary Geddes, Katherine Gordon, Christa Grace-Warrick, Diana Hayes, Jack Hodgins, Cornelia Hoogland, Stephen Hume, Christina Johnson-Dean, Des Kennedy, Micheal Kenyon, Zoë Landale, Peter Levitt, Derek Lundy, Karen McLaughlin, Arlene Paré, Briony Penn, Murray Reiss, Linda Rogers, Stephen Ross-Smith, George Szanto, Audrey Thomas, Nancy Turner, Mark Warrior, Alison Watt, Rex Weyler, Sue Wheeler, Ronald Wright, Jan Zwicky.