

Welcome to ORB's March 2018 Issue
Spring is in the area? Maybe. Don't fret! Just curl up with a good book and wait out the dying days of our Canadian winter. And here's...


Behold Things Beautiful by Cora Siré
Reviewed by Sam Benedict “There,” Alma Alvarez says to herself, as soon as she disembarks the plane that has landed in Luscano. Eyeing a...


Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto
Reviewed by Menaka Raman-Wilms Mark Sakamoto’s Forgiveness: A Gift from My Grandparents is a book that is both devastating and uplifting...


The Philistine by Leila Marshy
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Leila Marshy's The Philistine is a rich portrayal of two young women's passionate love affair in one of the...


A Tangled Web by Mike Martin
Reviewed by Jim Napier Sergeant Winston Windflower is not your typical RCMP officer. First, he’s posted to a remote area of Newfoundland,...


This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin The meaning behind the title of Kelley Armstrong’s latest Rockton crime novel, This Fallen Prey, still eludes...


Welcome to ORB's February 2018 Issue
Ready to conquer winter with a good book? The Ottawa Review of Books invites you to check out our February collection of reviews and...


The Poor Children by April L. Ford
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Montreal writer April Ford has a disturbing mind, no question about that. And The Poor Children is only...


Stripped to the Bone by Ghada Alatrash
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw I often shy away from books on Syria written in the West. Regrettably, political bias taints most works of...


Jihad & Co. by Aisha Ahmad
Reviewed by Menaka Raman-Wilms Ideology is generally seen as the driving force behind militant jihadist groups. It’s the identity that...

