

Almost Visible by Michelle Sinclair
Reviewed by Wayne Ng Almost Visible is Ottawa writer Michelle Sinclair's debut novel. Where many literary fiction novels are grounded in...


Cambium Blue by Maureen Brownlee
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin Write what you know. That's what writing coaches tell us. In the case of former journalist and small-town...


Welcome to ORB’s April Issue
It is heating up in the Nation’s capital, and so are Canadian authors and translators! In this issue of the Ottawa Review of Books, our...


A Whale Watcher’s Guide to the Apocalypse by Lewis Evans
Reviewed by Geza Tatrallyay A Whale Watcher’s Guide to the Apocalypse traces the riotous adventures of a low-life Ottawa bureaucrat,...


Murdering Mr. Edwards by Shawn L. Bird
Reviewed by Robert Runté Murdering Mr. Edwards has been sitting on my To Be Read pile for a while as an e-book, but I recently found...


The Shapes of Wrath by Melissa Yi
Reviewed by Jim Napier Derringer Award finalist Melissa Yi is back with yet another thriller in her engaging Dr. Hope Sze series. In this...


VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin Cherie Dimaline never fails to enchant and VenCo is the start of something spicy, warm, and wicked. At least, I...


The World at My Back by Thomas Melle
Reviewed by Tim Niedermann This is a difficult and devastating book. The author, Thomas Melle, is a prize-winning German novelist and...


Welcome to the March 2023 issue of ORB
Spring is upon us, and many publishers will be releasing new titles in the coming days. It's a great time to support Canada's publishing...


Rosa's Very Own Personal Revolution by Éric Dupont
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Once again, Québec author Éric Dupont has crafted a delightful novel bringing together the rustic world of...

