Nov 9, 2023
Review: The Philistine
How amazing to find this recent review on Instagram, especially now as Gaza lies under the rubble of frenzied revenge. It's a real gift...
Aug 22, 2021
Review: "A story that asks to be heard"
I sent my novel to the reviewer at Seven Circumstances a couple of years ago. She has reviewed several LLP books and I like her honest...
Jul 17, 2020
Review: "Art, Love, Family in Cairo and Palestine"
This review is among the best I've ever received for The Philistine. It's kind of left me breathless. How honoured I feel to have had...
Dec 9, 2018
Heard the buzz
Montreal writer Toula Drimonis posted about my book on Instagram. It was beyond thrilling. I don't know her personally, but she's got a...
Nov 14, 2018
Review: "a bittersweet story of barriers and restrictions"
This was in the Globe and Mail today. Not accessible if you don't have a paid account - I subscribed just to see this lol. It's part of a...
Nov 13, 2018
Review: "A five star debut"
This review is from The Miramichi Reader, a great site that is quickly growing to be a player on the Canadian literary scene. Montrealer...
Jun 12, 2018
Review: "care and sensitivity"
This review by Piali Roy is from the June issue of Quill & Quire. Set in the late 1980s around the time of the first Palestinian...
Mar 24, 2018
Review: "Lyrical but keen-eyed"
Montreal Review of Books, by Danielle Barkley Early in Leila Marshy’s novel The Philistine, the protagonist, Nadia, abruptly declines to...
Mar 21, 2018
Q&A: "It's like being a singer-songwriter opening for the Beatles."
Q&A with Linda Leith at Salon. Linda Leith: You’ve been working in the literary milieu here in Montreal for many years. Tell me a bit...
Mar 4, 2018
Review: "Superior writer of fiction"
Ottawa Review of Books, by Ian Thomas Shaw Leila Marshy's The Philistine is a rich portrayal of two young women's passionate love affair...
Nov 30, 2014
Anyhow in a corner: Interview with André Alexis
Can one still write about idyllic towns in idyllic southern Ontario peopled with archetypal characters who grapple with Faith, Love,...
Aug 15, 2014
la révolution not so tranquille
My October is one of the most politically audacious novels I have ever read, certainly for Canadian fiction. Claire Holden Rothman...
