Books

Happy City

Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
Farrar, Straus & Giroux (USA), Alan Lane/Penguin (UK), and Doubleday (Canada)

Full of cutting-edge insights from behavioral economists and leading urban thinkers, Happy City offers a completely new way to examine city life, showing us how small innovations can radically improve our experiences.

The Last Heathen/The Shark God

Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in Melanesia
HarperCollins, Douglas & McIntyre

Charles Montgomery follows in his great grandfather’s footsteps through the South Pacific, seeking out the spirits and myths his missionary forebear sought to destroy.

Way Out There

(contributing writer)
The Best of Explore
Greystone

An collection of pieces from explore, Canada’s outdoor magazine. Recent and award-winning journalism from the far edges of the great outdoors. 25th anniversary edition.

Slice Me Some Truth

(contributing writer)
An Anthology of Canadian Creative Non-fiction
Wolsak & Wynn

A thorough survey of the growing body of Canadian creative non-fiction, covering the areas of memoir, personal essay, cultural journalism, lyric essay and nature or place essays.

The Greater Vancouver Book

(contributing writer)
An urban encyclopedia
Linkman Press

Every question you want answered about one of Canada’s greatest cities is in this encyclopedic book — from Vancouver’s diverse ethnic groups to the origin of its street names.

Charles Montgomery