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The Lunatic by Michelle Slater

Reviewed by Jerry Levy Long before the advent of the modern version of computers and the internet, media guru Marshall McLuhan appeared...

Heavens to Murgatroyd edited by Shawn Bird

Reviewed by Robert Runté Lintusen Press is a small collaborative, Canadian publisher, best known for “Murdering Mr. Edwards,” wherein...

Best Canadian Essays 2025 edited by Emily Urquhart

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann The word essay conjures up thoughts of a schoolwork assignment—a well-researched, objective analysis of...

Welcome to the February 2025 ORB Issue

The core reviewers of the Ottawa Review of Books are all hunkered down under piles of snow as they plough through their literary reviews....

Black Ice by Thomas King

Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin Most Canadians will pick up Thomas King’s latest novel, check out the cover, and think the story involves a...

Question Authority by Mark Kingwell

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Much of the world today is in a crisis of trust. Our societies are polarized; our faith in our...

The Fun Times Brigade by Lindsay Zier-Vogel

Reviewed by Jerry Levy On the face of it, they seemed to have little in common, Max, a math professor (whose specialities include...

Near Distance by Hanna Stoltenberg

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann This first novel by Norwegian author Hanna Stoltenberg, explores the relationship between a mother and her...

Lost Lives by Noah Chinn

Reviewed by Robert Runté Lost Lives is the third book in the Get Lost Saga, currently a trilogy. Chinn has hinted he might write more...

Merry Christmas 2024!

ORB’s Yuletide issue features five review from our core reviewers, four fiction and one non-fiction. Leading off is Arrested Song, Irena...

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Timothy Niederman

Robert Runté

Ian Thomas Shaw

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