

Hemingway’s Widow by Timothy Christian
Reviewed by Gail M. Murray Canadian biographer and former law professor Timothy Christian’s meticulous archival research, interviews with...


Welcome to ORB's March 2022 Issue
In this issue, ORB core reviewers cover art, crime and travel stories by four Canadian authors. Ottawa-based Mark Frutkin's novel on the...


The Artist and the Assassin by Mark Frutkin
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Ottawa-based Mark Frutkin is a prolific writer with a passion for Renaissance Italy. In his latest novel, The...


The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin Rockton is a town built on secrets. Everyone comes to this camouflaged Yukon haven with a colourful past and...

When It was Cold by Howard Shrier
Reviewed by Jim Napier An experienced writer will tell you that creating a good short story can often be more challenging than penning a...


Gone Viking II: Beyond Boundaries by Bill Arnott
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann The sequel to the bestselling Gone Viking: A Travel Saga, Gone Viking II: Beyond Boundaries continues...


February 2022 Ottawa Review of Books
If you live in Ottawa, you might feel under siege these days as the downtown core is a pandemonium of diesel fumes, truck horns, scruffy...


Serving Life by Richard King
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Serving Life by the late Richard King will be released on April 1, 2022 by Baraka Books. It is the third –...


Fear the Mirror by Cora Siré
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Already the author of two novels and two collections of poetry, Montreal writer Cora Siré has now turned...


Waswanipi by Jean-Yves Soucy
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Occasionally, there is a book that brings back memories locked away in an earlier life. So was it when I...