

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...


To See Out the Night by David Clerson
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw For more than a century, writers everywhere have been influenced by Franz Kafka’s remarkable short story, The...


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...


Our Darkest Night by Jennifer Robson
Reviewed by Gail M. Murray Once again Robson has fashioned a masterful novel overflowing in smooth liquid prose and memorable characters...


Murder Times Six by Alan R. Warren
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin One thing stands between fiction and non-fiction. Reality. As a novelist, I’ve written stories about killers and...


A Stranger in Town by Kelley Armstrong
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin In the sixth installment of the Rockton series, Kelley Armstrong takes us back to the town’s beginnings, so much...


ORB Pre-Summer Reading Issue May 2021
Our May edition of the Ottawa Review of Books is an all-fiction issue. The reviews take us from present-day North Korea to ancient...


The Last Exiles by Ann Shin
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Ann Shin’s affecting debut novel, The Last Exiles, is an attempt to pull back the curtain on the lives of...

