Welcome to the November 2024 ORB Review
November is Novel Writing Month, so first of all, good luck to all established, emerging and aspiring novelists putting pen to paper. In...
Green to Grey: An Environmental Anthology
Reviewed by Wayne Ng Alarmists foretell today’s young inheriting a bleak world. Yet, it is a motley crew of seasoned and decorated...
Zebra Meridian by Geoffrey W. Cole
Reviewed by Robert Runté I try to cover as much of the range of Canadian speculative fiction as I can, reading across its many subgenres....
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin How and why does a Cree become a “bad” Cree. Johns explains in this, her debut novel, but be forewarned. You’ll...
Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw In 1986, Muna Heddad and her young son Omar arrive in Montreal, fleeing the horrors of the Lebanese civil...
Happy Thanksgiving 2024!
Enjoying a lovely Canadian Thanksgiving? How about some excellent Canadian writing to go with the cranberry sauce and turkey stuffing? In...
Voice Lessons by Eve Krakow
Reviewed by Jerry Levy Eve Krakow’s Voice Lessons might very well have been called Life Lessons. For as much as the short, individual...
Crossing Qalandiya by Daniela Norris and Shireen Anabtawi
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Despite not typically gravitating toward epistolary works, Crossing Qalandiya: Exchanges Across the...
The Pages of the Sea by Anne Hawk
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann The Pages of the Sea , the engaging debut novel by Anne Hawk, takes place on an unnamed Caribbean island,...
Satellite Image by Michelle Berry
Reviewed by Jerry Levy It’s generally acknowledged that moving living quarters is among life’s most stressful events. So imagine moving...