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ORB April Issue – Yes to a Literary Spring

The literary spring has sprung in Canada. So, don’t just peruse your TBR shelf - head out to one of our nation's many literary festivals....

Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre by Mark Bourrie

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann The title of this book is taken from New York Times columnist David Brooks, who, early in the Covid...

Skin: Stories by Catherine Bush

Reviewed by Wayne Ng There are reasons each of Catherine Bush’s works receives critical acclaim. Skin: Stories is her first short story...

Seeking Spirit by Linda Trinh

Reviewed by Jerry Levy Reading through Linda Trinh’s memoir, Seeking Spirit , one can’t help but be reminded of Joseph Campbell’s seminal...

Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Iceland is in many ways a forbidding place, a land of extremes. Nearly treeless, its landscape is at once...

Muscle and Other Stories by Matthew Hughes

Reviewed by Robert RuntéMatthew Hughes is one of Canada’s best fantasy and science fiction writers, but as he confesses in the foreword...

Algiers, Jerusalem, Mexico Panel at Blue Met

Hosted by Ian Thomas Shaw At the upcoming Blue Metropolis Festival in Montreal on April 26, I have the honour of hosting the Algiers,...

ORB March 2025

The snow is slowly melting in our Far North, where political excitement is in the air. Our parties ready to do battle in the upcoming...

Walking with Oma by Angie Littlefield

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Author Angie Littlefield was born in Hamburg, Germany, and immigrated with her family to Canada in 1954....

The Lunatic by Michelle Slater

Reviewed by Jerry Levy Long before the advent of the modern version of computers and the internet, media guru Marshall McLuhan appeared...

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April 2025 Issue

Contributors

Jerry Levy

Timothy Niederman

Wayne Ng

Robert Runté

Ian Thomas Shaw

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