

The Women of Saturn by Connie Guzzo-McParland
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann To fully understand and appreciate Connie Guzzo-McParland’s new, almost epic novel, it is wise to go back...


Blood and Belonging by Vicki Delany
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin When the 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, it made the headlines. Media coverage reverberated the...


Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin Most people have heard of the Trickster. Some people have even met him. Jared’s mom did. In Indigenous West...


The Last Neanderthal by Claire Cameron
Reviewed by Alex Binkley The Last Neanderthal is an intriguing tale of two women living parallel lives separated by thousands of years...


Welcome to ORB's May Issue
It is a rainy spring in Canada, but a great time to curl up with a good book. This month, our core ORB reviewers are offering you our...


The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O’Neill
Reviewed by Dessa Bayrock The Lonely Hearts Hotel is quintessential Heather O’Neill. It’s wonderful and crazy and saucy and wholesome....


Tour de Mort by Kay Stewart and Chris Bullock
Reviewed by Jim Napier On Vancouver Island preparations are underway for a charity bike ride known as the Tour de Rock. Taking place over...


A Free Man by Michel Basilières
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Satire, science fiction, dystopia—there are healthy doses of all of this in Michel Basilières' A Free Man....


Welcome to ORB's Easter's Issue
Things are warming up in Canada, and about time too. This month our core reviewers take a look at an eclectic selection of books for your...


Nostalgia by M.J. Vassanji
Reviewed by Dessa Bayrock The premise of this unsettling dystopian novel is simple: immortality is, at long last, in reach. And it comes...

