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Everywhere Antennas by Julie Delporte

A graphic novel reviewed by Joseph Karey A young woman in France begins to understand that the modern world of electric current and...

Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis

Reviewed by John Delacourt In the opening chapter of Andre Alexis’ Fifteen Dogs, the author drops two Greek gods down from the heavens...

The Ottawa Review of Books April 2015

In this issue, the ORB team reviews five recent works of fiction by Rawi Hage, Anne Emery, Nick Simon, Catherine Brunelle and Bob...

Cockroach by Rawi Hage

Review by Menaka Raman-Wilms Rawi Hage’s second novel, Cockroach, inhabits a bleak world. The story centers on an unnamed narrator who...

A Conversation with Michael Mirolla

ORB's John Delacourt spoke to Michael Mirolla in Toronto. The author of a clutch of novels, and short story and poetry collections,...

Rawi Hage speaks to ORB

By Menaka Raman-Wilms The Ottawa Review of Books spoke to Rawi Hage in Toronto last month. Hage’s first two books, De Niro’s Game and...

Nothing to Hide by Nick Simon

Reviewed by Craig A. Smith After a deadly virus in Vancouver, the Canadian government suspends civil rights to ensure the health and...

Ruined Abbey by Anne Emery

Reviewed by Jim Napier It’s April of 1989, and this, the eighth in Anne Emery’s Collins-Burke mystery series, finds Father Brennan Burke...

The Adventures of Claire Never Ending by Catherine Brunelle

Reviewed by Ulrike Durán Bravo Nine chapters, nine women, nine generations. Every single of the nine Claires is so interesting that a...

Ask Me about my Bombshells by Robert Barclay

Reviewed by Alex Binkley Ask Me about my Bombshells blends the basics of fireworks shows, drug dealing, police investigations, protesting...

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