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10/08/2025

‘What’s it all for?’

Kingdom of the Clock: A Novel in Verse (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2025) by Daniel Cowper.

“The entire book is written in couplets with stuttered line breaks between scenes, which condenses the language to a concise phrase level that allows Cowper to play with sound, rhythm, and line break insights that might appear too extravagant in regular prose.”

Reviewed by Joe Enns.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/07/05/2596-enns-cowper/

10/08/2025

When alcohol takes all

Blind Drunk: A Sober Look at our Boozy Culture (Tidewater Press, 2025) by Veronica Woodruff.

“Blind Drunk borrows from the techniques of fiction’s narrative arc to provide readers with a powerful subjective account, bolstered by relevant data, of the effects of cultural mores regarding alcohol consumption on the individual.”

Reviewed by Ginny Ratsoy.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/07/05/2595-ratsoy-woodruff/
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10/07/2025

Dedicated to a community’s history

Tales, Trails and Triumphs: Echoes of Atlin (Atlin Historical Society, 2025) by Kate Fisher and Christine Dickinson.

“The result is a concise but richly illustrated social history of a place that is more important to the history of modern BC than its tiny size and obscure location might suggest.”

Reviewed by Howard MacDonald Stewart.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/07/04/2594-stewart-fisher-dickinson/

10/07/2025

Navigating the river of life

Love in a Different Way: A Journey Through Dementia (self-published via Amazon, 2025) by Liz and David Amaral.

“This book is about love. And loss. And life lived before dementia, throughout dementia, and after dementia.”

Reviewed by Lee Reid.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/07/03/2593-reid-amaral/

10/07/2025

Travels to Ogopogo land

A Season in the Okanagan (RMB | Rocky Mountain Books, 2025) by Bill Arnott.

“As you begin your travels, Arnott relishes driving the lakeshore in a rented SUV, an upgrade, as he maps out your itinerary from Vernon, his birthplace, down through the lakes to Osoyoos. He knows the territory but along the route he renews memories and rediscovers childhood pleasures.”

Reviewed by Ron Verzuh.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/07/03/2592-verzuh-arnott/

10/07/2025

Hard luck cases

Security and Other Sh*tty Jobs: Parables of the Morally Suspect (Jason A.N. Taylor, 2025) by Jason A.N. Taylor.

“A security officer, Damian has good reason to dislike his graveyard shift job. As the Victoria-based author makes all too clear, so do the protagonists of nearly all the other jobs he writes about. Poor pay, ungodly hours, and rough conditions: the jobs Taylor documents, readers will need little convincing, are grindingly “sh*tty.””

Reviewed by Theo Dombrowski.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/07/02/2591-taylor-dombrowski/

10/06/2025

From ordinary to extraordinary

Hope by Terry Fox (ECW Press, 2024) edited by Barbara Adhiya.

“All these stories should be consumed with awe by anyone who reads this book. For one ordinary young man to have affected the lives of so many people is nothing short of amazing.”

Reviewed by Valerie Green.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/07/01/2590-green-fox-adhiya/

10/06/2025

Strong, intrepid, adventurous: Blanchet

The Curve of Time (Harbour Publishing, 2024) by M. Wylie Blanchet.

“Her lyrical descriptions of the natural wonders of our province combined with narratives of the practical demands of spending the summer months aboard with her brood of five kids—and a dog—have stood the test of time.”

Reviewed by Marianne Scott.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/06/26/2589-scott-blanchet/

10/06/2025

Soaring beyond birdwatching

Dare to Bird: Exploring the Joy and Healing Power of Birds (RMB | Rocky Mountain Books, 2024) by Melissa Hafting.

“Hafting does not simply write about birdwatching; she invites us into her world, sharing how birds have shaped her life, helped her through grief, and given her a purpose beyond herself.”

Reviewed by Amy Tucker.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/06/26/2588-tucker-hafting/

09/27/2025

Beware ‘volchemistry’ and witchcraft

Death on the Caldera (Titan Books, 2025) by Emily Paxman.

“Paxman’s writing is often quite beautiful, though never overly flowery. While the core premise of a murder mystery—especially one wherein slashed throats are the modus operandi—the novel remains fun, and at times, even lighthearted.”

Reviewed by Zoe McKenna.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/06/262587-paxman-mckenna/

09/27/2025

‘The world’s greatest most magnificent spectacle’

Frank and the Elephants: A Romance of the Rockies (Nelson History Theatre Society, 2024) by R.D. Rowberry.

“Six circus elephants loose in the Rockies. Who could not be intrigued? What writer could resist embracing the challenge?”

Reviewed by Ron Verzuh.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/06/25/2586-verzuh-rowberry/

09/26/2025

Lice Savers, lifesavers, & more

Not the Same Road Out: Trans Canada Stories (Tidewater Press, 2025) by K.J. Denny (editor).

“As a collection of Canada-set stories by Canadian authors, then, Not the Same Road Out succeeds as a reading experience.”

Reviewed by Brett Josef Grubisic.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/06/23/2585-denny-grubisic/
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