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A poet’s life – Tom McGauleyBy Ron Verzuh“Tom McGauley quietly passed away on his 77th birthday this past summer, leavin...
01/03/2026

A poet’s life – Tom McGauley
By Ron Verzuh

“Tom McGauley quietly passed away on his 77th birthday this past summer, leaving the West Coast with another gap in its once-vibrant poetry community.”

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/03/2682-verzuh-mcgauley/

The ‘gut and the heart rule’Hunger: The Poetry of Susan Musgrave (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2025) Selected with ...
01/02/2026

The ‘gut and the heart rule’

Hunger: The Poetry of Susan Musgrave (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2025) Selected with an introduction by Micheline Maylor.

“Musgrave’s life circumstances are deeply intertwined with her poetry—a life of notoriety, well reported on, its biographical details drawing, perhaps, more fascination than her poems have.”

Reviewed by Steven Ross Smith.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/03/2681-musgrave-smith-maylor/

Cross-border mountaineering connectionJim Wickwire: Mountaineering Iconby Ron Dart“Jim Wickwire was the first American t...
01/02/2026

Cross-border mountaineering connection

Jim Wickwire: Mountaineering Icon
by Ron Dart

“Jim Wickwire was the first American to summit K2 (elevation 28,251 ft.) in September 1978.”

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/02/2680-dart-wickwire/

Backstabbing, bloodlettingColin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World (Viking Books, 2025) by Mark Waddell.“The difference i...
01/02/2026

Backstabbing, bloodletting

Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World (Viking Books, 2025) by Mark Waddell.

“The difference in Colin’s case is that he seems more interested in saving his job and winning Eric, his sweetheart, than in saving the world. But you be the judge in this Star–Wars-meets-The–Office deep dive into Colin’s chaotic life.”

Reviewed by Ron Verzuh.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/02/2678-waddell-verzuh/

‘The first breath of British Columbia’Revitalizing Chinook WawaBy Trevor Marc Hughes“It was, in short, a trade language,...
01/01/2026

‘The first breath of British Columbia’

Revitalizing Chinook Wawa
By Trevor Marc Hughes

“It was, in short, a trade language, one that incorporated la langue of settlers and Indigenous peoples. Glavin considers it a distinct linguistic tradition.”

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/01/2679-hughes-chinook-wawa/

Stock-takingThe Time of Falling Apart (Harbour Publishing, 2025) by Wendy Donawa.“Looking ahead…and also behind, the poe...
12/31/2025

Stock-taking

The Time of Falling Apart (Harbour Publishing, 2025) by Wendy Donawa.

“Looking ahead…and also behind, the poet’s subjects in The Time of Falling Apart range from her own childhood all the way through to the demise of herself and her beloved.”

Reviewed by Carellin Brooks.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/01/2677-brooks-donawa/

Moving from restoration to healingMedicine Wheel for the Planet: A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing (Pengu...
12/31/2025

Moving from restoration to healing

Medicine Wheel for the Planet: A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing (Penguin Random House Canada, Vintage Canada, 2024) by Dr. Jennifer Grenz.

“Indeed, it is a book for everyone to discover who is concerned with the future of our planet — the water, air, plants, and animals, including ourselves.”

Reviewed by Kenneth Favrholdt.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/09/30/2676-favrholdt-grenz/

Wordsmith’s and sailor’s delightSound Like a Sailor: The Book of Nautical Expressions (Harbour Publishing, 2025) by R. B...
12/31/2025

Wordsmith’s and sailor’s delight

Sound Like a Sailor: The Book of Nautical Expressions (Harbour Publishing, 2025) by R. Bruce Macdonald.

“I dove straight into this delightful collection of words and phrases that originate on the high seas during the era of sea transport and warfare.”

Reviewed by Ron Verzuh.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/09/29/2675-verzuh-macdonald/

‘And such anger is here’Holocaust Hero: The Life and Times of Rudolf Vrba (Firefly Books, 2025) by Alan Twigg.“Thus, the...
12/31/2025

‘And such anger is here’

Holocaust Hero: The Life and Times of Rudolf Vrba (Firefly Books, 2025) by Alan Twigg.

“Thus, the book will be largely a revelation for some and, for those who have encountered contradictory claims about Vrbo’s heroism, may well be a turning point.”

Reviewed by Theo Dombrowski.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/09/28/2674-dombrowski-twigg/
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Sandy Frances Duncan, an appreciationBy Phyllis Parham Reeve“In front of an audience, Sandy was a consummate reader of h...
12/27/2025

Sandy Frances Duncan, an appreciation
By Phyllis Parham Reeve

“In front of an audience, Sandy was a consummate reader of her work, delivering outlandish narratives in a matter-of-fact voice that made us believe anything.”

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/09/28/2673-reeve-duncan/

Dreams of offshoreCape Horn Birthday: Record-Breaking Solo Non-Stop Circumnavigation (Seaworthy Publications, 2018) by P...
12/26/2025

Dreams of offshore

Cape Horn Birthday: Record-Breaking Solo Non-Stop Circumnavigation (Seaworthy Publications, 2018) by Peter Freeman.

“How he survived these nine months alone at sea is the content of Cape Horn Birthday, so named because Peter celebrated his 33rd birthday on the day he rounded Cape Horn, passing the famous/infamous island in fabulous weather conditions.”

Reviewed by Marianne Scott.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/09/26/2672-scott-freeman/

‘Wonderful fabulations’One Thousand and A Night as Told by Larissa, Construction Shock Worker (Guernica Editions, 2025) ...
12/26/2025

‘Wonderful fabulations’

One Thousand and A Night as Told by Larissa, Construction Shock Worker (Guernica Editions, 2025) by Marina Sonika.

“Larissa Semyonovna Samsonova is her official name, a name adopted to disguise her Jewish ancestry, to drop the Sternberg last name and even the Solomonovna patronymic she was born with. But the past never leaves us alone. Not in Russia or Ukraine, not in this book, and not anywhere else, either.”

Reviewed by Ryan Frawley.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/09/25/2671-frawley-sonkina/

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