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A Good Name by Yejide Kilanko

Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw In her latest novel, A Good Name, Yejide Kilanko has delivered a fantastic view into the lives of Nigerian...

Blood Mark by J.P. McLean

Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin J.P. McLean speeds us down a deftly drawn and dangerous new road in Blood Mark, the first book in her new...

Stella’s Carpet by Lucy E.M. Black

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Persian carpets are rich in many ways: their history, their materials, their colours, their designs, their...

The Devil to Pay by Barbara Fradkin

Reviewed by Jim Napier Great news for fans of Canadian crime writer Barbara Fradkin: after a hiatus of several years while she published...

ORB's Thanksgiving Edition

Welcome to the October 2021 issue of the Ottawa Review of Books. In this issue, our core and guest reviewers offer their insights into...

Letters from Johnny by Wayne Ng

Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw By far one of the best short novels from a Canadian small press in the last year, Letters from Johnny by...

The Ocean in the Well by Nino Fama

Reviewed by Jerry Levy In a world of noise, of temptations, uncertainties, alienation, and questions about our journey and who we are,...

Manikanetish by Naomi Fontaine

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann The original French version of this short novel was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award...

Way of the Argosi by Sebastien de Castell

Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin Fantasy sometimes gets a bad rap, but good fantasy ushers us through the hearts and minds of beings we can...

Safe Harbour by Mike Martin

Reviewed by Jim Napier The most recent in the Sergeant Windflower mystery series, Safe Harbour finds the Métis native and family man no...

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