

Super-Earth Mother by Guy Immega
Reviewed by Robert Runté Super-Earth Mother is the story of colonization of an exoplanet around Lalande 21185. Instead of sending a crew...


Dreams of a Dragon Girl by Bonnie Jacoby
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin An ambitious debut novel and first in the Dragon Descendants series, Dreams of a Dragon Girl, will have Young...


Breaking and Entering by Don Gillmor
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Oppressive heat is pervasive in this latest novel from Governor General’s Award-winner Don Gillmor....


Welcome to the May 2024 issue of ORB
Whether outdoors under the sun or indoors in a light-filled room, May invites us to explore new worlds and ideas through the pages of a...


Sufferance by Charles Palliser
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Occasionally, very occasionally, a novel comes along these days that is imbued with a sense of classic...


Here is Still Here by Sivan Slapak
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann This first book by author Sivan Slapak is presented as a collection of short stories, but it can almost be...


Shadow Matter by S.W. Mayse
Reviewed by Robert Runté Shadow Matter is a space opera, a spy novel, a romance, and a CanLit offering all rolled into one. It mostly...


The Vile Narrows by Jackie Elliott
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin If you’ve never read Jackie Elliott’s Coffin Cove cozy mysteries, you’re in for a salty treat. Each story in...


Crosses in the Sky by Mark Bourrie
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann As author Mark Bourrie states in the first line of his Introduction to Crosses in the Sky, “This is the...


Welcome to ORB’s April 2024 Issue
Gardening, sailing, spring-cleaning, whatever you may have on the horizon, make time to read some great books coming out from Canadian...

