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Welcome to ORB's 2020 Holiday Spirits Issue

With the promise of vaccines in 2021, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Still, the holidays during the second wave of the deadly...

Heart of Goodness by Carolyne Van Der Meer

Reviewed by Joshua Levy In Heart of Goodness, Carolyne Van Der Meer takes poetic license in writing Marguerite Bourgeoys’s memoir. This...

Ivy's Tree by Wendy Burton

Reviewed by Amanda Hale Ivy’s Tree, in the tradition of tragicomedy, is both laugh-out-loud humorous and extremely poignant. Wendy...

Scorpion Scheme by Melissa Yi

Reviewed by Jim Napier In a world of overachievers Canadian thriller writer Melissa Yi remains something of a phenom: a full-time...

Ridley’s War by Jim Napier

Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw From the battlefields of Italy to a regimental reunion in Yorkshire, Jim Napier weaves an intricate tale of...

Welcome to ORB’s Movember 2020 Issue

For Canada’s beard-and-book month, the Ottawa Review of Books is pleased to bring you our insights into recent works of fiction by 2019...

This Cleaving and This Burning by J.A. Wainwright

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann The year is 1917. Miller Park and Hal Pierce are best friends. They were born on the same day, and both...

Shattered Fossils by Sharon Lax

Reviewed by Karen Ocaña A dozen stories make up Sharon Lax’s powerful debut fiction collection, Shattered Fossils; thirteen if you count...

The Forgotten Home Child by Genevieve Graham

Reviewed by Gail M. Murray Drawing on a dark, little known chapter in Canadian history, Genevieve Graham paints a searing portrait of...

The Corpse with the Crystal Skull by Cathy Ace

Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin Book Nine in the Cait Morgan Mysteries sees the Welsh Professor of Criminal Psychology celebrating her fiftieth...

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Contributors to the June 2021 Issue

Wendy Hawkin

Gail L. Murray

Jim Napier

Ian Thomas Shaw

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