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Age of Innocence by David C. Bellusci

Reviewed by Anna Foschi Ciampolini David C. Bellusci’s latest collection of poetry takes the reader on a profound, metaphysical journey...

Welcome to ORB's September 2021 Issue

With this issue, the Ottawa Review of Books enters its seventh year of publication. Not bad for a small team of core and guest reviewers!...

The Swells by Will Aitken

Reviewed by Timothy Niederman Billed as a satire, The Swells certainly begins that way. The main character, Briony, works for Euphoria!,...

The Singing Forest by Judith McCormack

Reviewed by John Delacourt Memory and identity. For any author who takes up such weighty working materials, they present thematic...

Find You First by Linwood Barclay

Reviewed by Jim Napier Todd Coe is a personable young con man. His modus operandi is to call elderly pensioners, glean enough information...

Zee by Su J. Sokol

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Zee poses an intriguing question: what if we could hear what other people were thinking about us? The...

The Corpse with the Iron Will by Cathy Ace

Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin This is the tenth cozy mystery featuring Cait Morgan, a fifty-ish, marmite-munching, tea-drinking,...

Letters Across the Sea by Genevieve Graham

Reviewed by Gail M. Murray Masterful storyteller Graham is constantly on the hunt for little-known stories in Canadian history bringing...

Barbarians of the Beyond by Matt Hughes

Reviewed by Robert Runté Although the name might not be instantly recognizable outside of SF&F circles, Jack Vance (1916-2013) was one of...

ORB June 2021 Issue

Welcome to our last issue before our summer break. In it, we offer our insights into the works of fiction and true crime by David Clerson...

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