Death at the Podium by Robert Barclay
Reviewed by Alex Binkley Hitting the right notes Orchestra conductors are dying in dramatic fashion on podiums around the world and...
Down The Street by Cassandra Cronenberg
By Ranga Iyer Been in a relationship and felt even lonelier? Itessa, the protagonist goes through this feeling throughout her married...
The Umbrella Mender by Christine Fischer Guy
Reviewed by Laura Rock The Umbrella Mender opens with a scene of a woman giving birth alone. Lying naked on the ground, sheltering in a...
Feature - Boundless imagination turned into good stories: Ottawa’s Charles de Lint
By Alex Binkley Ottawa fantasy author and musician Charles de Lint creates intriguing characters to populate the stream of novels and...
WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF THE OTTAWA REVIEW OF BOOKS
In this issue, the ORB team reviews ten recent works of fiction by Claire Holden Rothman, Marianne Ackerman, Anna Leventhal, Michael...
My October by Claire Holden Rothman
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann The October 1970 kidnapping of James Cross and Pierre Laporte by the Front de libération du Québec—and...
Holy Fools + 2 Stories by Marianne Ackerman
Reviewed by John Delacourt There is an episode in the title story of Montreal novelist and playwright Marianne Ackerman’s new book “Holy...
Sweet Affliction by Anna Leventhal
Reviewed by Menaka Raman-Wilms Anna Leventhal’s debut book, Sweet Affliction, is an insightful piece of fiction filled with dark grace....
Berlin by Michael Mirolla
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw In Michael Mirolla’s Berlin, fantasy is but an abrasion away from reality. When Michael Mirolla spoke to me...
Cycling to Asylum by Su J. Sokol
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Life in New York City not too many years from now is anything but peaceful. The police brutally repress...