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Confronting a sense of futilityEndling (Knopf Canada, 2025) by Maria Reva.“Maria Reva’s debut novel Endling is about how...
22/06/2025

Confronting a sense of futility

Endling (Knopf Canada, 2025) by Maria Reva.

“Maria Reva’s debut novel Endling is about how we find one another, and how we lose another—her characters, yes, but also writers and readers.”

Reviewed by Marcie McCauley.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/06/01/2567-reva-mccauley/

Humour-forward, mindful, and smartContemplation of a Crime (HarperCollins Canada, 2025) by Susan Juby.“In Contemplation ...
22/06/2025

Humour-forward, mindful, and smart

Contemplation of a Crime (HarperCollins Canada, 2025) by Susan Juby.

“In Contemplation of a Crime what begins as a healing retreat on a cozy West Coast island becomes a life-or-death struggle, and Helen is firmly in the middle of the action.”

Reviewed by Trish Bowering.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/05/30/2566-bowering-juby/

The powerful aura of Indigenous LawCreating Indigenous Property: Power, Rights and Relationships (University of Toronto ...
22/06/2025

The powerful aura of Indigenous Law

Creating Indigenous Property: Power, Rights and Relationships (University of Toronto Press, 2020) by Angela Cameron, Sari Graben and Val Napoleon (eds.)

“These two books focus variously on a combination of critical legal theory, social advocacy, and the law itself—Aboriginal law and Indigenous law.”

Reviewed by Richard Butler.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/05/29/2565-butler-napoleon-et-al/

The powerful aura of Indigenous LawIndigenous Intellectual Property: An Interrupted Intergenerational Conversation (Univ...
21/06/2025

The powerful aura of Indigenous Law

Indigenous Intellectual Property: An Interrupted Intergenerational Conversation (University of Toronto Press, 2024) by Val Napoleon, Rebecca Johnson, Richard Overstall and Debra McKenzie (eds.)

“These two books focus variously on a combination of critical legal theory, social advocacy, and the law itself—Aboriginal law and Indigenous law.”

Reviewed by Richard Butler.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/05/29/2565-butler-napoleon-et-al/

Arboreal citizens & a sad cogFuture Works (Talonbooks, 2025) by Jeff Derksen.“It’s an interweaving. There are hydroelect...
21/06/2025

Arboreal citizens & a sad cog

Future Works (Talonbooks, 2025) by Jeff Derksen.

“It’s an interweaving. There are hydroelectric turbines, bauxite, Leonard Cohen, collected books and album jackets, aluminum, and Zooms. Even Derksen’s father cameos.”

Reviewed by Steven Ross Smith.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/05/27/2564-smith-derksen/

Boundary pushing, genre reshapingallostatic load (Talonbooks, 2025) by Junie Désil.“The writer of these poems has done a...
21/06/2025

Boundary pushing, genre reshaping

allostatic load (Talonbooks, 2025) by Junie Désil.

“The writer of these poems has done all the work, and done it well, with sharp perception, detailed re-telling, and “picture-making” in the familiar sense of skilled, actualized metaphor, image snapshots, and use of simile.”

Reviewed by Cathy Ford.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/05/26/2563-desil-ford/

Food appreciation in divisive timesPacific Palate: Food Artisans of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands (2nd Edition) ...
20/06/2025

Food appreciation in divisive times

Pacific Palate: Food Artisans of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands (2nd Edition) (TouchWood Editions, 2025) by Don Genova.

“It’s a foodie guidebook for one of the most beautiful places in Canada. It’s an invitation to slow down, sip, savour, appreciate, ask questions, and indulge your curiosity.”

Reviewed by Rebecca Coleman.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/05/26/2562-coleman-genova/

A prayer of thanksWôpanâak / Seasons (Tradewind Books, 2025) by Carrie Anne Vanderhoop, illustrated by Mangeshig Pawis-S...
20/06/2025

A prayer of thanks

Wôpanâak / Seasons (Tradewind Books, 2025) by Carrie Anne Vanderhoop, illustrated by Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley.

“It’s not foreboding, or a dangerous wilderness, though. Majestic and vast, nature is part of everyday life.”

Reviewed by Brett Josef Grubisic.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/05/25/2561-grubisic-vanderhoop-pawis-steckley/

A universe between the coversThe Book of Records (Knopf Canada, 2025) by Madeleine Thein.“The very form of Thien’s novel...
20/06/2025

A universe between the covers

The Book of Records (Knopf Canada, 2025) by Madeleine Thein.

“The very form of Thien’s novel, in its complex, shifting, mirroring interconnection with “reality,” plays off against many, many books themselves, both physical volumes and the words they contain.”

Reviewed by Theo Dombrowski.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/05/24/2560-dombrowski-thien/

Unveiling the depthsSnorkelling Adventures Around Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands: The Ultimate Guide (Harbour Pub...
19/06/2025

Unveiling the depths

Snorkelling Adventures Around Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands: The Ultimate Guide (Harbour Publishing, 2023) by Sara Ellison.

“More than just a travel guide, Ellison’s book is an invitation to embrace an underrated adventure that reveals a world teeming with vibrant marine life, from giant Pacific octopuses to fields of colorful anemones and elusive nudibranchs.”

Reviewed by Amy Tucker.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/04/14/2512-tucker-ellison/

Catherine Clement – Curating Chinatown’s HistoryAuthor Catherine Clement describes how her own search in to her family's...
19/06/2025

Catherine Clement – Curating Chinatown’s History

Author Catherine Clement describes how her own search in to her family's history led her to become an award winning curator and historian, launching exhibitions exploring the contribution of Chinese Canadian photographer Yucho Chow to the diverse communities of Vancouver and the impact of, and healing from, the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act.

Find us on YouTube at The British Columbia Interview Series. Link in our bio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXDcLQR1uQ0





The ‘dying time’Becoming the Harvest (Caitlin Press, 2025) by Pauline Le Bel.“Dying is presented as a physical connectin...
19/06/2025

The ‘dying time’

Becoming the Harvest (Caitlin Press, 2025) by Pauline Le Bel.

“Dying is presented as a physical connecting back to earth, much like the Mountain Avens seeds gently leaving the plant, and floating down to the ground to germinate.”

Reviewed by Jane Frankish.

Clickable Link in Bio: https://thebcreview.ca/2025/05/23/2558-frankish-le-bel/
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