ORB is starting off 2017 with a lovely issue, highlighting several outstanding Canadian writers. Our reviewers give their takes on the latest works of fiction and non-fiction by Deni Ellis Béchard, Andre Alexis, Kamal Al-Solaylee and Linda Wiken. As well, ORB's Menaka Raman-Wilms speaks to Jane Urquhart about her new book, A Number of Things: Stories of Canada Told Through Fifty Objects. We hope you enjoy this issue and wish you the best in 2017.