#BookReview: Resisting Ordersby various “[A] carefully constructed analysis of feminine resistance, in which identities are hidden and cases are made cautiously, without the thrilling rhetoric of passion, the underlying mystery of a church made by and for patriarchal power” buff.ly/Z4fVReb

#BookReview: Feebee’s Magical Figure Skaters’ Tea by Cathalynn Cindy Labonté-Smith “Labonté-Smith has no time for intense rivalries, unhinged momagers, or underhanded schemes for getting ahead. Gold isn’t the goal, enjoyment is” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/19/2...

#Essay: The rise & fall of an old musical aristocracy: an essay by Grahame Ware “I’m not sure exactly when it happened. I do know that I was listening to Michael Bublé on CBC FM radio and I thought, “Oooh…that note didn’t sound too good.”” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/18/2...

#BookReview: The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street by Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho “Wiley was one of many waifs left behind by well-intentioned parents in the care of nannies, older siblings, homestay parents, or relatives, either temporarily, or sometimes, permanently” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/14/2...

#BookReview: All Rise for Murder by Roz Nay “Nay’s Kirby Crime Crackers are a promising addition to the roster of comedic detective female gumshoes” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/14/2... vikingbooks.bsky.social

#Interview: The Teachings of Mutton with Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa “Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa is a co-author, along with many Coast Salish people who added illustrations, writing, and oral history to do with the Coast Salish woolly dog Mutton” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/15/2...

#BookReview: Barefoot Gringo by George Bowering “It tracks George Bowering’s education in Mexico, from famous poet itching in the constraints of academic life to an old guy in a wheelchair in a Mexico in which everyone knows his name” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/13/2... ubcpress.bsky.social

#BookReview: The Alchemy of Paradise by Susannah M. Smith “When The Alchemy of Paradise grabbed me by the heart and mind, it was when the narrator turned personal and ‘real’ about her struggles with family and a stable selfhood” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/13/2... invisibooks.bsky.social

#BookReview: The Coffin of Honey by Geoffrey D. Morrison “Glitteringly fractal, the narrative plays like a rigorous study on its own narrative, imperial history and artistic praxis...” buff.ly/GTtFmsH coachhousebooks.bsky.social

#BookReview: The False Creek Murder by Roy Innes “There is a murderer on the run and it’s not clear that the forces of law and order are on the right trail. Vancouver’s homicide squad and the RCMP’s narcotics division team up..but they face formidable killers” buff.ly/ldYH8Ej newestpress.bsky.social

#BookReview: Homebound by Portia Elan “Homebound by Portia Elan manages to be many things: nostalgic, futuristic, tragic, tender, and above all, a startlingly moving debut” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/08/2... scribnerbooks.bsky.social

#BookReview: Lament for a Literature by Richard Stursberg “Richard Stursberg’s Lament for a Literature suggests there is a causal link between the parlous financial state of Canadian publishing, a less robust Canadian literature, and a consequent decline in Canadian national culture” buff.ly/U0CSlPi

#BookReview: Welcome to Sunny Town by Théodora Armstrong “Maggie is something of a mess, but one who can turn a phrase and puncture everything from her city’s cosmopolitan aspirations to her prof’s staggering ick-factor” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/07/2...

#BookReview: Monarch by S.E. Hume “The stunning geography and capricious weather are a lovely backdrop for the inspiring story of the plucky butterfly’s migration from California” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/05/2...

#BookReview: Gander by Nikki Bergstresser “The text proper emphasizes the widespread generosity of the residents—down to the bus drivers who interrupted their strike to provide transportation—and the cultural activities...” buff.ly/aOUL1br

#BookReview: Just A Minute: Why Humans Tell Time by Kirstie Hudson and Monique Polak “Victoria-based Kirstie Hudson and Monique Polak examine these and many other questions in their far-reaching examination of time” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/05/2... orcabook.bsky.social

#BookReview: John Robson: British Columbian by Ivan E. Antak “Indeed, as a social and political reformer, Robson played a driving role in the establishment of a distinctly Canadian brand of liberalism on the Pacific coast” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/04/2...

#BookReview: Riverwork by Lisa Robertson “This river flowed alongside the Seine when laundresses worked to clean garments in it until its disappearance after centuries of industrial pollution” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/04/2... coachhousebooks.bsky.social

#BookReview: Small Latin and Less Greek: Essay by Christopher Levenson “Those words were used by Ben Jonson of Shakespeare, but if that was true of Shakespeare, how much more so of most of us today!” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/03/2...

#BookReview: Nature-First Cities by Cam Brewer, Herb Hammond, and Sean Markey “Nature-First Cities offers a reconsideration of the relationship between our communities, cities, and neighborhoods, co-existing with our natural environment” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/01/2... ubcpress.bsky.social

#Book Review: “With a new book scheduled to be released in the fall, author and curator emeritus at the Royal British Columbia Museum Robert D. Turner is continuing his chronicling of British Columbia’s history of rail and steam” thebcreview.ca/2026/05/01/2...

#Book Review: Exploring Montréal:151 Best Buildings by Robin Ward “The photography is excellent and selection of buildings and civic statuary or artwork both astute and appropriate to exploring the built environment of Canada’s one-time leading metropolis” buff.ly/MNbHXKG douglasmcintyre.bsky.social

#Book Review: Reconciling by Larry Grant, in conversation with Scott Steedman “Reconciling is the story of Larry Grant, of Musqueam and Chinese parentage, who takes us on a very personal excursion around Vancouver and the Fraser Valley and beyond with Steedman” buff.ly/R7JMXUA ecwpress.bsky.social

#Book Review: Spruce to Cedar by Lasänmą “Spruce to Cedar is a debut collection of poems that anchors readers in the poet’s childhood home of Dakwakada, or Haines Junction, Yukon” thebcreview.ca/2026/04/29/2...

#Book Review: Coming Home from the Candy Factory by Jane Byers “The book is a collection of vignettes, essays, and poetry…These are stories of inspection, vigilance, witnessing, and recording” thebcreview.ca/2026/04/28/2... caitlinpress.bsky.social

#Book Review: Staff Picks for Invertebrates by Zoe Dickinson "...is a bookseller’s musings on life laced with nature imagery. With her debut full-length collection, Zoe Dickinson paints an impressionistic day-in-the-life with her poems” thebcreview.ca/2026/04/28/2... guernicaeditions.bsky.social

#Book Review: From Ragged Ass Road to Rideau Hall by Whit Fraser “As he recounts in this memoir, he travelled with Justice Thomas Berger as he visited many remote communities to try to understand what concerned them about the massive pipeline project” buff.ly/pdS27Xi douglasmcintyre.bsky.social

#Book Review: Gold Star by Emma McKenna “There’s just not enough sex in Canadian poetry. Never fear, though. Emma McKenna is here to fill the breach with her newest book, Gold Star” thebcreview.ca/2026/04/27/2... bookhugpress.bsky.social

#Book Review: Boom Times in Chilliwack by Merlin Bunt “As a chronicler of that hometown, Chilliwack could not ask for a more devoted one...The book is the result of Mr. Bunt’s years of compiling stories about his home town” buff.ly/Zm0tYNu harbourpublishing.bsky.social

#Book Review: A False and Fatal Claim by Iona Whishaw “Given Winslow’s inquisitive nature, what starts as a mere inquiry about the whereabouts of the hat owner turns into a thrilling adventure that spans years and generations” thebcreview.ca/2026/04/25/2... touchwooded.bsky.social