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The Pink House and Other Stories by Licia Canton

Reviewed by Anna Foschi Ciampolini A traumatic real-life experience provides the main inspiration for The Pink House and Other Stories,...

Ragged Lake by Ron Corbett

Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin Vicious bikers. The Irish mob. A family of squatters. A clever police detective. Death Count 26. Some landscapes...

A Season Among Psychics by Elizabeth Greene

Reviewed by Ursula Pflug A Season Among Psychics is a novel but would also do well in the Spirituality section of the bookstore. It's a...

The Quantum Magician by Derek Künsken

Reviewed by Benoit Chartier Belisarius Arjona is a quantum man, or homo quantus. He's the product of eleven generations of genetic...

It's Not The End, And Other Lies by Matt Moore

Reviewed by Benoit Chartier In his collection of short stories, It's Not The End, And Other Lies, author Matt Moore takes us on a...

Welcome to ORB's Frosty November Issue

Even when November's sun is low and Winter flaps his fleecy wings, Thy gold among his silvery snow a solace in the sadness brings. --...

This Side of Sad by Karen Smythe

Reviewed by Menaka Raman-Wilms This Side of Sad is a story that examines love and loss. Maslen’s husband James has just died, and as the...

Tower by Frances Boyle

Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw At first, I wasn't sure of the audience that Ottawa poet Frances Boyle had in mind when she wrote her...

With Malice by Eileen Cook

Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin Two best friends with differing social backgrounds. A senior year trip to Italy. A charming Italian tour guide....

Jacob the Trumpeter by Robert Barclay

Reviewed by Alex Binkley Historical fiction is a literary genre that provides the writer with tremendous scope and Ottawa-author Robert...

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