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‘Art in the ruins of the world’Long Exposure (Palimpsest Press, 2025) by Stephanie Bolster.“In both series, the link bet...
01/11/2026

‘Art in the ruins of the world’

Long Exposure (Palimpsest Press, 2025) by Stephanie Bolster.

“In both series, the link between photographic exposure and lengths of exposure to water (New Orleans) and radiation (Chernobyl) is deliberate.”

Reviewed by Harold Rhenisch.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/20/2699-bolster-rhenisch/

‘Because I am the girl’Starry Starry Night (Bookhug Press, 2025) by Shani Mootoo.“While her previous works sprawled acro...
01/11/2026

‘Because I am the girl’

Starry Starry Night (Bookhug Press, 2025) by Shani Mootoo.

“While her previous works sprawled across decades and continents, this book contracts to the dimensions of 1960s Trinidad, tracing the education of a girl named Anjula as she learns to decode the performances that constitute family life.”

Reviewed by Selena Mercuri.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/19/2698-mercuri-mootoo/

Lessons learned, relearnedGive Us This Day (Signature Editions, 2025) by Terence Young.“I was utterly captivated by thes...
01/10/2026

Lessons learned, relearned

Give Us This Day (Signature Editions, 2025) by Terence Young.

“I was utterly captivated by these stories that gently probe ordinary life with grace and insight.”

Reviewed by Candace Fertile.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/17/2696-fertile-young/

Through ‘the lens of late adulthood’Compulsory Figures (Caitlin Press, 2025) by John Barton.“…a collection that is not o...
01/10/2026

Through ‘the lens of late adulthood’

Compulsory Figures (Caitlin Press, 2025) by John Barton.

“…a collection that is not only evocative and visceral but masterfully precise, honouring its namesake (a reference to the formerly common training routine of figure skaters to practice control, precision, and balance).”

Reviewed by Brooke Lee.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/16/2695-barton-lee/
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The leavings of human activityOnce upon This Land: Archaeology in British Columbia and the Stories It Tells (Purich Book...
01/10/2026

The leavings of human activity

Once upon This Land: Archaeology in British Columbia and the Stories It Tells (Purich Books/UBC Press, 2025) by Robert J. Muckle (foreword by Karen Rose Thomas).

“There is evidence of people living in BC going back fifteen thousand years. Today more than two hundred distinct First Nations call BC home and twenty different languages are spoken.”

Reviewed by Steven Brown.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/16/2694-brown-muckle/

The Cowboy Cameraman“The Famous Cowboy Artist”: A. D. Kean in Vancouver, 1913–1916Essay by Dennis J. Duffy“On opening da...
01/09/2026

The Cowboy Cameraman

“The Famous Cowboy Artist”: A. D. Kean in Vancouver, 1913–1916
Essay by Dennis J. Duffy

“On opening day, August 23, one of the stars was a rider from BC’s Boundary Country, 31-year-old A. D. “Cowboy” Kean.”

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/15/2693-duffy-kean-essay/

Strange LandscapesThe Other Shore (Stelliform Press, 2025) by Rebecca Campbell.“Diverse in subject, time, and character,...
01/09/2026

Strange Landscapes

The Other Shore (Stelliform Press, 2025) by Rebecca Campbell.

“Diverse in subject, time, and character, the stories feature places of the Pacific Northwest…and reflect the limits of personal agency to reconcile with landscapes that are altered or altering beyond the capacity of any individual to influence.”

Reviewed by Dana McFarland.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/15/2692-campbell-mcfarland/

‘On the edge of the world’Ladder to Heaven (Wolsak & Wynn Publishing Ltd, 2025) by Katie Welch.“Welch has given us a sto...
01/09/2026

‘On the edge of the world’

Ladder to Heaven (Wolsak & Wynn Publishing Ltd, 2025) by Katie Welch.

“Welch has given us a story worthy of our attention—one that’s well-told, and in an unconventional manner as it whips us from one timeframe to another without ever leaving us behind.”

Reviewed by Heidi Greco.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/14/2691-greco-welch/

Legacies, patterns, and cyclesSongs from This and That Country (Great Plains Publishing, 2025) by Gail Sidone Šobat.“The...
01/09/2026

Legacies, patterns, and cycles

Songs from This and That Country (Great Plains Publishing, 2025) by Gail Sidone Šobat.

“The troubled characters in this troubled novel, no doubt like many Canadians, may not always find such “songs” to be melodious.”

Reviewed by Theo Dombrowski.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/13/2690-dombrowski-sobat/

A ‘family of struggling souls’A Snake and a Feathered Bird (Thistledown Press, 2025) by Angie Ellis.“Cowichan Valley wri...
01/08/2026

A ‘family of struggling souls’

A Snake and a Feathered Bird (Thistledown Press, 2025) by Angie Ellis.

“Cowichan Valley writer Ellis moves the reader from one decade to another and back again as Ben grows up, confused and uncertain of his family loyalties.”

Reviewed by Ron Verzuh.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/11/2689-ellis-verzuh/

‘Poison on top of poison’A Drop in the Ocean (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025) by Léa Taranto.“A Drop in the Ocean is brutally ...
01/08/2026

‘Poison on top of poison’

A Drop in the Ocean (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025) by Léa Taranto.

“A Drop in the Ocean is brutally frank, but also hopeful. It’s a sensitive portrait of a girl gradually learning there is much more to her than mental illness and who, through immense challenges, comes to terms that she does, in fact, deserve love.”

Reviewed by Jessica P**n.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/10/10/2688-poon-taranto/

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