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...