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What better time can there be to pull out a lawn chair in your garden or on your balcony and read a good book? Well, the Ottawa Review of...

Carousel by April Ford

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Le Galopant is the oldest existing wooden carousel in the world. First carved in Belgium in 1885, it was...

Postmark Berlin by Anne Emery

Reviewed by Jim Napier Halifax, 1996: After a night on the town Father Brennan Burke is sleeping off a hangover of mammoth proportions...

U is for Upside-Down House by Jordan Moffatt

Reviewed by Jerry Levy In the cubed-shaped Bizarro world of the chalk-faced Superman, up is down, ugly is beautiful, and it is a crime to...

On the Count of None by Allison Chisholm

Reviewed by Margo LaPierre Allison Chisholm delights with whimsical lyric poetry in On the Count of None, slinging an oddball medley of...

Foresight by Ian Hamilton

Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Who is Ian Hamilton? Well, he is currently one of the most prolific writers in Canada, and BBC Culture...

Reading through a Crisis

We face strange times as a deadly virus crawls through our communities, challenging the resilience of health systems and the continuity...

Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters by Anita Kushwaha

Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Some novels have strong openings followed by a memorable crescendo, only to peter out in the last third of...

The Quantum Theory of Love and Madness by Jerry Levy

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Jerry Levy’s second volume of short stories confirms his status as a challenging and engaging Canadian...

Spiked by Randall Denley

Reviewed by Jim Napier In Spiked, author Randall Denley offers readers a political thriller wrapped up in a murder mystery and grounded...

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May 2026 Issue

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Wayne Ng

Robert Runté

Ian Thomas Shaw

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