Roberta Bagshaw was born in Pennsylvania and lived in Ontario before moving to British Columbia. She is a teacher, public lecturer and writer. She holds an MA in historical geography from Simon Fraser University. Her graduate work and published articles relate to Bishop Hills and the influence of the Church of England on white settlement in British Columbia. No Better Land is her first book.

No Better Land
The 1860 Diaries of the Anglican Colonial Bishop George Hills

George Hills was installed as the Bishop of British Columbia in 1859 and resigned in 1892. He was a consistent diarist and the lengthiest of his BC entries were made in 1860, reflecting his first impressions of a wide variety of events, experiences and landscapes. A unique document of the colonial period and Anglican church.

photos, map, 308 pp
ISBN 1-55039-067-8, paper, $21.95