
“With Criminal Intent”—Murder and Mayhem at Prose in the Park
By Michael Murphy Crime fiction being written by Ottawa authors!? Ottawa as a crime scene!? Fiction or reality? Is it something in the...


The Best of Canada’s Fantasy and Sci-Fi Authors Join Prose in the Park
By Alex Binkley Fantasy and science fiction take us far from mundane reality into the far reaches of time and space, to new universes...


Stalin’s Daughter by Rosemary Sullivan
Reviewed by Menaka Raman-Wilms Rosemary Sullivan’s biography of Josef Stalin’s daughter Svetlana illuminates a woman who desperately...


Sur les traces des auteur(e)s francophones, une première initiative de l’AAOF au Festival Prose in t
Par Sonia Lamontagne, responsable des communications Sur les traces des auteur(e)s francophones, une première initiative de l’AAOF au...


The Ottawa Review of Books May 2015
In this issue, the ORB team reviews seven recent works of fiction by Timothy Niedermann, Caroline Vu, Richard Rosenbaum, André Alexis,...


Wall of Dust by Timothy Niedermann
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Wall of Dust is an exemplary work of contemporary fiction that merits the broadest of readerships. Set...


That Summer in Provincetown by Caroline Vu
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw What distinguishes Caroline Vu from other authors writing on the Vietnamese-Canadian odyssey is the depth...


Revenge of the Grand Narrative by Richard Rosenbaum
Reviewed by Ranga Iyer-Rajah Richard Rosenbaum's story takes the reader on a trip of unfamiliar and familiar routes. The most interesting...


The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert
Reviewed by Menaka Raman-Wilms The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert is a beautiful book. It delves into the stories of three German citizens...


Sing A Worried Song by William Deverell
Reviewed by Jim Napier With eighteen crime novels to his credit, along with the creation of the CBC classic series, Street Legal, William...