

When Blood Lies by Linda L. Richards
Reviewed by Jim Napier During the past decade Canadian author Linda Richards has penned an enviable list of crime novels, her most recent...


Happy New Year from The Ottawa Review of Books - January 2016
The Ottawa Review of Books' core review team is pleased to offer you four works of fiction and three of non-fiction by wonderful Canadian...


Ex-Yu by Josip Novakovich
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Josip Novakovich’s Ex-Yu is hardly a joyful read. Like many laments for countries fragmented by sectarian...


Via Roma by Mary Melfi
Reviewed by Caroline Vu Is it still possible, in this day and age, for respected female writers to portray women as hopelessly dependent...


The Expo Affair by Geza Tatrallyay
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann The Berlin Wall fell over 25 years ago and since then, the Cold War has sunk into memory, the anxieties of...


Open Heart, Open Mind by Clara Hughes
Reviewed by Menaka Raman-Wilms We like to think that we know Clara Hughes. As one of Canada’s top athletes, she’s become a symbol of...


The Goal by Andrew Caddell, Dave Stubbs and Philip Caddell
Sports aficionados, Andrew Caddell, Dave Stubbs and the late Philip Caddell, have crafted a delightful collection of ten short stories on...


Descent by Kristina Stanley
Reviewed by Jim Napier Canadian writer Kristina Stanley has drawn on her personal experience for the latest in her Stone Mountain Mystery...


Journey of a Thousand Steps by Madonna Skaff-Koren
Reviewed by Alex Binkley A common piece of advice for aspiring authors is to write what they know. Madonna Skaff-Koren has done just that...


Welcome to ORB's December 2015 Issue
In our Christmas 2015 issue, the Ottawa Review of Books' core and guest reviewers offer you some seasonal insights on recent works of...