Featured UK poet profile and in-depth review, J. Nutter, Dead Reckoning (Ennistymon: Salmon Poetry, 2021) in The High Window, February 13, 2023

Review of C. Hassard, Age of the Microwave Dinner (Derry: Doire Press, 2021) in Friday Critique (an online publication of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, Queen’s University Belfast, April 1, 2022

Review of R. Taylor (ed.), Best Canadian Poetry, 2019 (Windsor: Biblioasis, 2019) in The Ormsby Review, March 27, 2021

Review of M. Prior, Burning Province (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2020) in The Ormsby Review, February 13, 2021

Review of B. Ray, The Kindness of the Eel (Sheffield: Smith|Doorstop Books, 2020) in London Grip, January 10, 2021

Review of T. Laichas, Empire of Eden (Stroud: The High Window Press, 2020) in London Grip, June 10, 2020

Review of M. Malone, The Unreturning (Nottingham: Shoestring Press, 2019) in London Grip, March 31, 2020

Review of L. Timmins, Every Shameless Ray (Toronto: Inanna Publications, 2018) in The Ormsby Review, January 18, 2020

Review of M. Bowering, What is Long Past Occurs in Full Light (Salt Spring Island: Mother Tongue Press, 2019) in The Ormsby Review, December 12, 2019

Review of C. Graham, The Celery Forest (Hamilton: Wolsak & Wynn, 2017) in the Glasgow Review of Books, October 5, 2019

Review of G. Allen, Sour Hill (London: Greenwich Exchange, 2019) in London Grip, August 12, 2019

Review of J. Swanson, an almost hand, beckoning (San Francisco: Blurb Books, 2019) in The Ormsby Review, July 30, 2019

Review of S. Evans and T. Sastry (eds.), Everything That Can Happen: Poems About the Future (Birmingham: The Emma Press, 2019) in London Grip, May 22, 2019

Review of M. Bartholomew-Biggs, Poems in the Case (Nottingham: Shoestring Press, 2019) in London Grip, March 3, 2019

Reviews of J. Tulloch, Larkinland (Bridgend: Seren, 2017) and M.W. Winston and R.S. Saklikar, Listening to the Bees (Gibsons: Nightwood Editions, 2018), Glasgow Review of Books, January 6, 2019

Reviews of C. Flood, What Can You Do (Windsor: Biblioasis, 2017), B. MacLaverty, Midwinter Break (London: Jonathan Cape, 2017) and U. Saba, Songbook—The Selected Poems of Umberto Saba (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008), Glasgow Review of Books, January 2, 2017

Reviews of K. Solie, The Road in is Not the Same Road Out (Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2015), C. Barrett, Young Skins (Dublin: Stinging Fly Press, 2015) and G. MacBeth, The Colour of Blood (London: Macmillan, 1967), Glasgow Review of Books, December 31, 2016

“Neither here nor there”, (review of Dead Man’s Float by Nicholas Maes), Globe and Mail, January 27, 2007.

“Justice to Ethel Wilson—finally”, (review of Ethel Wilson: A Critical Biography by David Stouck), Globe and Mail, August 23, 2003.

“Old ghosts, new love”, (review of The Milky Way by Louise Dupre), Globe and Mail, August 16, 2002.

“Irish day a little too long”, (review of Sometime Soon by J. Levesque), Globe and Mail, March 31, 2001.

“Literary journey takes obscure pathways”, (review of The Golden Thread: A Reader’s Journey Through the Great Books by B. Meyer), Globe and Mail, January 6, 2001.

“Lyrical gift not enough”, (review of Gibson’s Landing by M. Thoma), Globe and Mail, September 12, 1998.

“Go west, young anthologists”, (review of West by Northwest: British Columbia Short Stories, ed. by D. Stouck and M. Wilkinson and Fresh Tracks: Writing the Western Landscape, ed. by P. Banting), Globe and Mail, August 8, 1998.

“Unconquerable spirit shines through tale of abuse”, (review of The Only-Good Heart by B. Goobie), Globe and Mail, May 30, 1998.

“Beat novel lacks pulse”, (review of Some of Skippy’s Blues by M. Taylor), Globe and Mail, January 3, 1998.

“Gypsy moth of a novel carries too much freight”, (review of Leaving Earth by H. Humphreys), Globe and Mail, August 30, 1997.

“Harmful separation”, (review of Changelings by T. Marshall), Globe and Mail, April 6, 1991.

“The people next door, or in the next room”, (review of The Counsel of the Moon by D. Speak), Globe and Mail, August 25, 1990.

“Some pitfalls and traps”, (review of Duets by P. Brask and G. Szanto), Globe and Mail, June 2, 1990.

“Lyric Atlantic fiction with wisdom, humour”, (review of The Second Season of Jonas MacPherson by L. Choyce), Vancouver Sun, December 30, 1989.

“On the silent majesty”, (review of Playing Dead: A Contemplation Concerning the Arctic by R. Wiebe), Globe and Mail, August 5, 1989.

“A scent of patchouli”, (review of Torpor: Collected Fiction: 1960-1987 by J.M. Yates), B.C. Books, July, 1989.

“Hard sermons in the vernacular”, (review of Mizzly Fitch: The Light, The Sea, The Storm by M. Pura), Globe and Mail, May 13, 1989.

“Compost without the flowers”, (review of The Violent Lavender Beast by E. Hekkanen), B.C. Books, April, 1989.

“How Maritimers see themselves in fiction”, (review of Best Maritime Short Stories, ed. by G. Peabody), Globe and Mail, March 11, 1989.

“Krause: A writer to watch”, (review of Best Kept Secrets by P. Krause), Vancouver Sun, March 4, 1989.

“Ethel Wilson: Fresh focus on a startling literary talent”, (review of The Other Side of Silence: A Life of Ethel Wilson by M. McAlpine), Vancouver Sun, December 17, 1988.

“Atwood turns introspective and delivers a fresh message”, (review of Cat’s Eye by M. Atwood), Vancouver Sun, October 15, 1988.

“Striking debut from a Canadian writer to keep an eye on”, (review of Eyestone by D.R. MacDonald), Vancouver Sun, September 10, 1988.

“Taming an unruly gift”, (review of The Collected Works: Volume One/Prelude of D.M. Fraser), Globe and Mail, July 23, 1988.

“Through a keyhole”, (review of The Wanton Troopers by A. Nowlan), Globe and Mail, July 2, 1988.

“Time to look beyond baseball”, (review of The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt by W.P. Kinsella), Vancouver Sun, May 28, 1988.

“Letters from Lowry underline a rare gift”, (review of The Letters of Malcolm Lowry and Gerald Noxon, ed. by P. Tiessen and N. Stroebel), Vancouver Sun, April 23, 1988.

“The mocking, accusing hunger for enlightenment”, (review of Some Kind of Hero by M. Layton), Globe and Mail, March 26, 1988.

“Timely reminder of the talent of a sadly neglected writer”, (review of Ethel Wilson: Stories, Essays, Letters, ed. by D. Stouck), Vancouver Sun, February 6, 1988.

“Hazards in fertile territory”, (review of Some of Eve’s Daughters by C. Gault), Globe and Mail, January 15, 1988.

“Collins, as usual, the curmudgeon”, (review of The Best and Worst of Doug Collins), Vancouver Sun, December 12, 1987.

“Silly at times, but Kinsella can’t miss with these tales”, (review of Redwolf, Redwolf by W.P. Kinsella), Vancouver Sun, September 26, 1987.

“Squandered craft”, (review of Steven Le Herault by V.L. Beaulieu), Globe and Mail, September 19, 1987.

“Fine writing about a tale worth telling”, (review of Tuppence Ha’penny is a Nickel by F.X. Atherton), Globe and Mail, September 12, 1987.

“Sharing touching reveries”, (review of Visitations by E. Brewster), Globe and Mail, July 11, 1987.

“A novel a poet can write”, (review of Adele at the End of the Day by T. Marshall), Globe and Mail, May 30, 1987.

“Alligator pulls Kinsella off track”, (review of The Alligator Report by W.P. Kinsella), Vancouver Sun, February 28, 1987.

“A treat for fans of Sherlock Holmes”, (review of Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy by L.B. Greenwood), Vancouver Sun, February 7, 1987.

“Focus on case that divided Quebec”, (review of The Case of Valentine Shortis: A True Story of Crime and Politics in Canada by M. Friedland), Vancouver Sun, January 24, 1987.

“Guide to Vancouver’s literary lights”, (review of Vancouver and its Writers: A Guide to Vancouver’s Literary Landmarks by A. Twigg), Vancouver Sun, January 10, 1987.

“A walk down the courthouse corridors of time”, (review of The Way We Were: The Story of the Old Vancouver Courthouse by J. Fairley), Vancouver Sun, December 27, 1986.

“Sad attempt to tap Canada’s funny bone”, (review of The Beginner’s Guide to Canadian Humour, ed. by L. Stokes and P. Chichinskas), Vancouver Sun, November 8, 1986.

“A light look at the legal eagles”, (review of The Oxford Book of Legal Anecdotes, ed. by M. Gilbert), Vancouver Sun, September 8, 1986.

“Some hard facts on a sorry chapter in British history”, (author interview and review of The Minister and the Massacres by Nikolai Tolstoy), Vancouver Sun, July 19, 1986.

“Solemn writers who miss the mark”, (review of Moving Off the Map, ed. by G. Hancock), Vancouver Sun, July 5, 1986.

“The message of hate that the public never heeded”, (review of Hate on Trial by G. Weimann), Vancouver Sun, June 7, 1986.

“The story of a convoluted murder trial, carefully told”, (review of Conspiracy to Murder: The Helmuth Buxbaum Trial by H. Bird), Vancouver Sun, April 12, 1986.

“Familiar talk of the immigrant’s dilemma”, (review of Other Selves by C.D. Minni and Time in the Air by R. Wyatt), Vancouver Sun, March 15, 1986.

“Down Mexico way”, (review of In the Shadow of the Vulture by G. Ryga), Vancouver Sun, January 11, 1986.

“Morningside’s characters on canvas”, (review of The Morningside Papers by P. Gzowski), Vancouver Sun, November 16, 1985.

“Spirits of this place”, (review of Vancouver Short Stories, ed. by C. Gerson), Vancouver Sun, November 2, 1985.

“Exposing the soft legal underbelly”, (review of Court Jesters by P.V. MacDonald), Vancouver Sun, October 12, 1985.

“Lure of cults still a mystery”, (review of Radical Departures: Desperate Detours to Growing Up by S.V. Levine), Vancouver Sun, November 17, 1984.

“Harlequin: The empire strikes back”, (review of Love’s Sweet Return: The Harlequin Story by M.A. Jensen and The Takers by J. Ahern), Vancouver Sun, September 22, 1984.

“Purging poisons from the sky”, (review of Troubled Skies, Troubled Waters by J. Luoma), Vancouver Sun, May 26, 1984.

“At home with Mr. Thatcher”, (review of The Other Half: Further Letters of Denis Thatcher by R. Ingrams and J. Wells), Monday Magazine, October 14, 1983.