Merry Christmas 2024!
ORB’s Yuletide issue features five review from our core reviewers, four fiction and one non-fiction. Leading off is Arrested Song, Irena...
Arrested Song by Irena Karafilly
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Irena Karafilly’s Arrested Song takes readers on a compelling journey through contemporary Greek history, as...
Other Maps by Rebecca Morris
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Anna Leverett’s father is retiring, and Anna has flown home to Guelph from Costa Rica, where she had been...
The Corpse with the Pearly Smile by Cathy Ace
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin As do all of Cathy Ace’s cozy Cait Morgan mysteries, number thirteen springs from the setting; in this case,...
A Way to Be Happy by Caroline Adderson
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann In this, her third collection of short stories (she has written five novels as well), Caroline Adderson...
Starlost Unauthorized by D. G. Valdron
Reviewed by Robert Runté Starlost Unauthorized and the Quest for Canadian Identity was a Canadian science fiction television series...
Welcome to the November 2024 ORB Review
November is Novel Writing Month, so first of all, good luck to all established, emerging and aspiring novelists putting pen to paper. In...
Green to Grey: An Environmental Anthology
Reviewed by Wayne Ng Alarmists foretell today’s young inheriting a bleak world. Yet, it is a motley crew of seasoned and decorated...
Zebra Meridian by Geoffrey W. Cole
Reviewed by Robert Runté I try to cover as much of the range of Canadian speculative fiction as I can, reading across its many subgenres....
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin How and why does a Cree become a “bad” Cree. Johns explains in this, her debut novel, but be forewarned. You’ll...