Water Sight by Marie Powell
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin An evocative epic laced with myth and fact, Water Sight completes the Last of the Gifted Series. In the first...
Clockwork, Curses, and Coal edited by Rhonda Parrish
Reviewed by Robert Runté Rhonda Parrish is perhaps Canada’s best-known and most prolific speculative fiction anthologist. By my count,...
Spring is in the Air - ORB's March Issue
The smell of Spring is in our northern air although a carpet of thick pristine snow still covers the land. There's still time to enjoy a...
Letters from Johnny by Wayne Ng
Reviewed by Marc Brown Despite our best intentions, judging a book by its cover is often inevitable. In the case of Wayne Ng’s Letters...
Choosing Eleonore by Andrée A. Gratton
Reviewed by Anna Dowdall Choosing Eleonore, by Montreal philosophy professor and novelist Andrée A. Gratton, is a little gem of a...
The Speed of Mercy by Christy Ann Conlin
Reviewed by Christopher Margeson There’s a bit of local lore in Nova Scotia which claims that, try as you might, you will never get more...
Ridgerunner by Gil Adamson
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin In 2007, poet-author Gil Adamson (Gillian) published her award-winning debut novel, The Outlander. Thirteen...
The Ancient Dead by Barbara Fradkin
Reviewed by Jim Napier Ottawa’s own Barbara Fradkin has been entertaining readers with her crime writing since 2000. Her various series...
What the Wind Brings by Matthew Hughes
Reviewed by Robert Runte As an SF critic, I am well acquainted with Matt Hughes' canon of SF&F. He has published over eighty short...
Welcome to ORB's February Issue
In this issue, we offer you our insights into four recent works of Canadian fiction, including one translation from French and one poetry...
