New Canadian Library
Encyclopedia
The New Canadian Library is a publishing
imprint of the Canadian company McClelland and Stewart
. The series aims to present classic works of Canadian literature
in paperback
. Each work published in the series includes a short essay by another notable Canadian writer, discussing the historical context and significance of the work. These essays were originally forewords, but after McClelland and Stewart's 1985 sale to Avie Bennett
, the prefatory material was abandoned and replaced by afterword
s.
It was founded by Malcolm Ross
with the intention of providing affordable material for his students; David Staines
has been the general editor of the series since 1986. In 2007 the University of Toronto Press
published New Canadian Library: The Ross-McClelland Years, 1952-1978, a work by Janet Beverly Friskney that provides an account of the New Canadian Library during the years of Ross's editorship.
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
imprint of the Canadian company McClelland and Stewart
McClelland and Stewart
McClelland & Stewart Limited is a Canadian publishing company. It is partially owned by Random House of Canada, now a subsidiary of Bertelsmann....
. The series aims to present classic works of Canadian literature
Canadian literature
Canadian literature is literature originating from Canada. Collectively it is often called CanLit. Some criticism of Canadian literature has focused on nationalistic and regional themes, although this is only a small portion of Canadian Literary criticism...
in paperback
Paperback
Paperback, softback or softcover describe and refer to a book by the nature of its binding. The covers of such books are usually made of paper or paperboard, and are usually held together with glue rather than stitches or staples...
. Each work published in the series includes a short essay by another notable Canadian writer, discussing the historical context and significance of the work. These essays were originally forewords, but after McClelland and Stewart's 1985 sale to Avie Bennett
Avie Bennett
Avie Bennett, is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.-Work History:In 1986, he acquired the Canadian publishing company, McClelland & Stewart Inc. In 2000, he donated his shares, 75% of the company, to the University of Toronto...
, the prefatory material was abandoned and replaced by afterword
Afterword
An afterword is a literary device that is often found at the end of a piece of literature. It generally covers the story of how the book came into being, or of how the idea for the book was developed....
s.
It was founded by Malcolm Ross
Malcolm Ross (literary critic)
Malcolm Mackenzie Ross, OC, FRSC, was a notable Canadian literary critic.-Education:Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, the son of Cora Elizabeth Hewitson and Charles Duff Ross, Ross attended Fredericton High School before receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Philosophy from the...
with the intention of providing affordable material for his students; David Staines
David Staines
David McKenzie Staines, is a Canadian literary critic, university professor, writer, and editor.Staines was born in Toronto, Ontario, and studied at the University of Toronto, where he obtained a BA in 1967, and at Harvard University, where he obtained an MA in 1968 and a PhD in 1973.After a...
has been the general editor of the series since 1986. In 2007 the University of Toronto Press
University of Toronto Press
University of Toronto Press is Canada's leading scholarly publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America. Founded in 1901, UTP has published over 6,500 books, with well over 3,500 of these still in print....
published New Canadian Library: The Ross-McClelland Years, 1952-1978, a work by Janet Beverly Friskney that provides an account of the New Canadian Library during the years of Ross's editorship.
Novels and short story collections
- Hubert AquinHubert AquinHubert Aquin was a novelist, political activist, essayist, filmmaker and editor....
, Next EpisodeProchain épisodeProchain épisode is Hubert Aquin's first novel, published in French in 1965.-Plot summary:The narrator, like Aquin himself, turns his adventures into a spy thriller to while away the time he is forced to spend in the psychiatric ward of a Montreal prison, where he is awaiting a trial for an... - Margaret AtwoodMargaret AtwoodMargaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C...
:- The Edible WomanThe Edible WomanThe Edible Woman is a 1969 novel that helped to establish Margaret Atwood as a prose writer of major significance. It is the story of a young woman whose sane, structured, consumer-oriented world starts to slip out of focus. Following her engagement, Marian feels her body and her self are becoming...
, afterword by Linda HutcheonLinda HutcheonLinda Hutcheon, O.C. is a Canadian academic working in the fields of literary theory and criticism, opera, and Canadian Studies. Hutcheon describes her herself as "intellectually promiscuous", as she brings a cross-disciplinary approach to her work She is University Professor in the Department of... - Good BonesGood Bones and Simple MurdersGood Bones and Simple Murders is a book by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, originally published in 1994. Although classified with Atwood’s short fiction, it is an eclectic collection, featuring parables, monologues, prose poems, condensed science fiction, reconfigured fairy tales, as well as...
, afterword by Rosemary SullivanRosemary SullivanRosemary Sullivan is a Canadian poet, biographer, and anthologist.Sullivan was born in the small town of Valois on Lac St. Louis, which is located just outside of Montreal, Quebec. After graduating from St. Thomas high school, she attended McGill University on a scholarship, and earned her... - Murder in the DarkMurder in the DarkMurder in the Dark is a collection of short fiction by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1983. Certain of the pieces were previously published. The 27 pieces range over a variety of styles, including fictionalized autobiography, parables, travel stories, satires and prose poems...
, afterword by Steven HeightonSteven HeightonSteven Heighton is a Canadian novelist, short story writer and poet. He is the author of ten books, including two short story collections, three novels, and five poetry collections... - SurfacingSurfacing (novel)Surfacing is the second published novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It was first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1972. It has been called a companion novel to Atwood's collection of poems, Power Politics, which was written the previous year and deals with complementary issues.The...
, afterword by Marie-Claire BlaisMarie-Claire BlaisMarie-Claire Blais, is a Canadian author and playwright.- Life :Born in Quebec City, Quebec, she was educated at a convent school and at Université Laval. It was at Laval that she met Jeanne Lapointe and Father Georges Lévesque, who encouraged her to write and, in 1959, to publish her first...
- The Edible Woman
- Yves BeaucheminYves BeaucheminYves Beauchemin is a Quebec novelist.Born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Beauchemin received his degree in French literature and art history at the Université de Montréal in 1965. He taught literature at the Collège Garneau and Université Laval...
, The Alley CatLe MatouLe Matou is a 1985 Canadian/French French-language drama film based on the homonymous novel of Yves Beauchemin.- Plot :Florent and his wife Elise always had one dream: to own a restaurant...
, afterword by Kenneth Radu - Earle BirneyEarle BirneyEarle Alfred Birney, OC, FRSC was a distinguished Canadian poet and novelist, who twice won the Governor General's Award, Canada's top literary honor, for his poetry.-Life:...
, Turvey, afterword by Al PurdyAl PurdyAlfred Wellington Purdy, OC, O.Ont was one of the most popular and important Canadian poets of the 20th century. Purdy's writing career spanned more than fifty years. His works include over thirty books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence... - Neil BissoondathNeil BissoondathNeil Devindra Bissoondath is a Canadian author who lives in Ste-Foy, Quebec. He is a noted writer of fiction, and also an outspoken critic of Canada's system of multiculturalism. He is the nephew of authors V.S. Naipaul and Shiva Naipaul.-Biography:Bissoondath attended St. Mary's College in...
, Digging Up the Mountains, afterword by David Staines - Marie-Claire BlaisMarie-Claire BlaisMarie-Claire Blais, is a Canadian author and playwright.- Life :Born in Quebec City, Quebec, she was educated at a convent school and at Université Laval. It was at Laval that she met Jeanne Lapointe and Father Georges Lévesque, who encouraged her to write and, in 1959, to publish her first...
:- Mad ShadowsLa Belle BêteLa Belle Bête is a French Canadian novel by Marie-Claire Blais, published in 1959. The novel exploded upon the Quebec literary scene when Marie-Claire Blais was only twenty years old...
, afterword by Daphne MarlattDaphne MarlattDaphne Marlatt, née Buckle, CM , is a Canadian poet who lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.... - A Season in the Life of Emmanuel, afterword by Nicole BrossardNicole BrossardNicole Brossard, O.C. is a leading French Canadian formalist poet and novelist.She lives in Outremont, a former city in Montreal, Quebec. She wrote her first collection in 1965, Aube à la maison. The collection L'Echo bouge beau marks a break in the evolution of her poetry...
- Mad Shadows
- Fred BodsworthFred BodsworthCharles Frederick Fred Bodsworth is a Canadian writer, journalist and amateur naturalist.Born in Port Burwell, Ontario, Bodsworth worked as a journalist for the St. Thomas Times-Journal, The Toronto Star, and Maclean's, where he also served as assistant editor. From 1964 to 1967, he was president...
, Last of the CurlewsLast of the CurlewsLast of the Curlews is a novel, a fictionalized account of the life of the last Eskimo Curlew. It was written by Fred Bodsworth, a Canadian newspaper reporter and naturalist, and published in 1954.-Plot introduction:...
, originally with an introduction by John Stevens; later reissued with, instead, an afterword by Graeme GibsonGraeme GibsonGraeme C. Gibson, CM is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He is a Member of the Order of Canada , and was one of the organizers of the Writer's Union of Canada . He has a long term relationship with the novelist and poet Margaret Atwood.In 1996 he decided to stop writing novels... - Frances BrookeFrances BrookeFrances Moore Brooke was an English novelist, essayist, playwright and translator.-Biography:Brooke was born in, Claypole, Lincolnshire, the daughter of a clergyman. By the late 1740s, she had moved to London, where she embarked on her career as a poet and playwright...
, The History of Emily Montague, afterword by Lorraine McMullen - Ernest Buckler, The Mountain and the Valley, afterword by Robert GibbsRobert GibbsRobert Lane Gibbs was the 28th White House Press Secretary. Gibbs was the communications director for then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama and Obama's 2008 presidential campaign...
- Morley CallaghanMorley CallaghanMorley Callaghan, was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, TV and radio personality.-Biography:...
:- More Joy in HeavenMore Joy in HeavenMore Joy in Heaven is a novel written by Canadian author Morley Callaghan and published in 1937.The central figure, Kip Caley, was inspired by Norman Ryan , a criminal who had committed a number of robberies in Quebec, Ontario and the United States.Callaghan's friend Ernest Hemingway had also...
, afterword by Margaret AvisonMargaret AvisonMargaret Avison, OC was a Canadian poet who twice won Canada's Governor General's Award and has also won its Griffin Poetry Prize. "Her work has often been praised for the beauty of its language and images."-Life:... - Such Is My BelovedSuch Is My BelovedSuch Is My Beloved is a novel by Canadian writer Morley Callaghan. It was first published in 1934 by Charles Scribner's Sons in New York and Macmillan of Canada in Toronto.-Plot:...
, afterword by Milton Wilson - They Shall Inherit the Earth, afterword by Ray Ellenwood
- More Joy in Heaven
- Leonard CohenLeonard CohenLeonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
:- Beautiful LosersBeautiful LosersBeautiful Losers is a novel by Leonard Cohen. Published in 1966 by McClelland and Stewart, it was the Canadian novelist-poet's second novel, and precedes his career as a singer-songwriter...
, afterword by Stan Dragland - The Favourite GameThe Favourite GameThe Favourite Game is the first novel by Leonard Cohen. It was first published by Secker and Warburg in the fall of 1963.In 1959, Cohen was awarded a $2,000 Canada Council grant, which he used to live cheaply in London and on the Greek island of Hydra while he wrote the novel, then titled Beauty at...
, afterword by Paul QuarringtonPaul QuarringtonPaul Lewis Quarrington was a Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator.-Background:...
- Beautiful Losers
- Ralph ConnorRalph ConnorRev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, or Ralph Connor, was a Canadian novelist, using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a Church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the United churches in Canada. Gordon was also at one time a master at Upper Canada College...
:- Glengarry School Days, afterword by John LennoxJohn LennoxJohn Carson Lennox is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, Fellow in Mathematics, Philosophy of Science and Pastoral Advisor at Green Templeton College of Oxford University...
- The Man from Glengarry, afterword by Alison Gordon
- Glengarry School Days, afterword by John Lennox
- James De MilleJames De MilleJames De Mille was a professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and an early Canadian popular writer who published numerous works of popular fiction from the late 1860s through the 1870s....
, A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper CylinderA Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper CylinderA Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder is the most popular book by James De Mille. It was serialized posthumously and anonymously in Harper's Weekly,...
, introduction by R. Watters (out of print) - William Henry DrummondWilliam Henry DrummondWilliam Henry Drummond was an Irish-born Canadian poet whose humorous dialect poems made him "one of the most popular authors in the English-speaking world," and "one of the most widely-read and loved poets" in Canada....
, Habitant Poems (out of print) - Sara Jeannette DuncanSara Jeannette DuncanSara Jeannette Duncan, , was a Canadian author and journalist. She was the daughter of Charles Duncan of Brantford, Ontario. She was born in Brantford, Ontario in 1862. She was educated at the Collegiate Institute in Brantford, Ontario...
, The Imperialist, afterword by Janette Turner HospitalJanette Turner HospitalJanette Turner Hospital is a novelist and short story writer who has lived for most of her adult life in Canada or the U.S., principally Boston , Kingston and Columbia... - George Elliott, The Kissing Man, afterword by Bonnie BurnardBonnie BurnardBonnie Burnard is a Canadian novelist.She grew up in Forest, Ontario, lived much of her life in Saskatchewan, and now lives in London, Ontario.-Awards:...
- Marian EngelMarian EngelMarian Engel, OC, née Marian Ruth Passmore was an award-winning Canadian novelist.-Summary:Born May 24, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario, to teacher parents Frederick Searle and Mary Elizabeth Passmore...
, Bear, afterword by Aritha van HerkAritha Van HerkAritha van Herk is a Canadian writer, critic, editor, and university professor.She was born in Wetaskiwin, Alberta . Her parents and elder siblings immigrated to Canada from the Netherlands before she was born. She grew up in a bilingual home, speaking English and Dutch. In 1974, she married... - Sylvia FraserSylvia FraserSylvia Fraser is a Canadian novelist, journalist and travel writer. Fraser was educated at the University of Western Ontario...
, Pandora, afterword by Lola Lemire TostevinLola Lemire TostevinLola Lemire Tostevin is a Canadian poet and novelist. Although not widely known among the general public, she is one of Canada's leading feminist writers, and a prominent figure in Canadian literary analysis.... - Mavis GallantMavis GallantMavis Leslie Gallant, , née Mavis Leslie Young is a Canadian writer.-Biography:An only child, Gallant was born in Montreal, Quebec. Her father died when she was young, and her mother remarried. Gallant received her education at seventeen different public, convent, and French-language boarding...
:- Across the Bridge, afterword by Robertson DaviesRobertson DaviesWilliam Robertson Davies, CC, OOnt, FRSC, FRSL was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best-known and most popular authors, and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies is variously said to have gladly accepted for himself...
- The Moslem Wife and Other Stories, selection and afterword by Mordecai RichlerMordecai RichlerMordecai Richler, CC was a Canadian Jewish author, screenwriter and essayist. A leading critic called him "the great shining star of his Canadian literary generation" and a pivotal figure in the country's history. His best known works are The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Barney's Version,...
- Across the Bridge, afterword by Robertson Davies
- Graeme GibsonGraeme GibsonGraeme C. Gibson, CM is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He is a Member of the Order of Canada , and was one of the organizers of the Writer's Union of Canada . He has a long term relationship with the novelist and poet Margaret Atwood.In 1996 he decided to stop writing novels...
, Perpetual Motion afterword by Ramsay Cook - Gwethalyn GrahamGwethalyn GrahamGwethalyn Graham was a Canadian writer, whose 1944 novel Earth and High Heaven was the first Canadian book to reach number one on the New York Times Best Seller list...
, Earth and High HeavenEarth and High HeavenEarth and High Heaven was a 1944 novel by Gwethalyn Graham. It was the first Canadian novel to reach number one on The New York Times bestseller list and stayed on the list for 37 weeks, selling 125 000 copies in the United States that year....
(out of print) - Martin Allerdale GraingerMartin Allerdale GraingerMartin Allerdale Grainger was a Canadian journalist, forester and author. In literary circles, he is best known for his 1908 novel Woodsmen of the West, a realist work about the logging industry...
, Woodsmen of the WestWoodsmen of the WestWoodsmen of the West is a novel by Martin Allerdale Grainger, first published in 1908 by Edward Arnold. In writing the novel, Grainger drew on his experiences as a logger working in the coastal forests of British Columbia, Canada....
, afterword by Caroline AddersonCaroline AddersonCaroline Adderson is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. She has published three novels, two short story collections and two books for young readers.-Personal life and career:... - Frederick Philip GroveFrederick Philip GroveFrederick Philip Grove was born Felix Paul Greve in Radomno, West Prussia, German Empire . He was best known as a prolific translator before he left Berlin for start a new life in North America in late July 1909...
:- Fruits of the Earth, afterword by Rudy WiebeRudy WiebeRudy Henry Wiebe, OC is a Canadian author and professor emeritus in the department of English at the University of Alberta since 1992.-Life:...
- Over Prairie Trails, afterword by Patrick LanePatrick LanePatrick Lane is an award-winning Canadian poet. He has written in several other genres, including essays, short stories, and is the author of the novel Red Dog, Red Dog.-Biography:...
- A Search for America, afterword by W. H. NewW. H. NewWilliam Herbert New, OC, FRSC is a Canadian poet and literary critic. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was educated at the University of British Columbia and the University of Leeds. He taught English literature at the former from 1965 to 2003...
- Settlers of the Marsh, afterword by Kristjana GunnarsKristjana GunnarsKristjana Gunnars is an Icelandic-Canadian poet and novelist. Her volumes of poetry include Settlement Poems, which focuses on 19th century Icelandic settlers in Manitoba, and One-Eyed Moon Maps.-External links:...
- Fruits of the Earth, afterword by Rudy Wiebe
- Thomas Chandler HaliburtonThomas Chandler HaliburtonThomas Chandler Haliburton was the first international best-selling author from Canada. He was also significant in the history of Nova Scotia.-Life:...
, The Clockmaker: The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville, afterword by Robert L. McDougall - Paul HiebertPaul HiebertPaul Gerhardt Hiebert was a Canadian writer and humorist best known for his book Sarah Binks , which was awarded the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1948. A sequel, Willows Revisited was published in 1967....
, Sarah BinksSarah BinksSarah Binks is the novel by University of Manitoba professor Paul Hiebert.The novel is a fake biography of "Sarah Binks", the "Sweet Songstress of Saskatchewan"...
, afterword by Charles Gordon - Jack HodginsJack HodginsFor the fictional character from Bones see Jack Hodgins Jack Hodgins is a Canadian novelist and short story writer....
:- The Invention of the World, afterword by George McWhirterGeorge McWhirterGeorge McWhirter is a Northern Irish-Canadian writer, translator, editor, teacher and Vancouver’s first Poet Laureate....
- The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne, afterword by Iain Higgins
- Spit Delaney's Island, afterword by Robert BringhurstRobert BringhurstRobert Bringhurst is a Canadian poet, typographer and author. He is the author of The Elements of Typographic Style – a reference book of typefaces, glyphs and the visual and geometric arrangement of type...
- The Invention of the World, afterword by George McWhirter
- Hugh HoodHugh HoodHugh John Blagdon Hood, OC was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, essayist and university professor....
, Light Shining Out of Darkness and Other Stories, afterword by John MetcalfJohn Metcalf (writer)John Metcalf, CM is a Canadian writer, editor and critic.-Biographical:Metcalf was born in Carlisle, England on November 12, 1938. His father, Thomas Metcalf, was a clergyman and his mother, Gladys Moore Metcalf, was a teacher. Metcalf immigrated to Canada in 1962 at the age of 24. It was in... - Anna Brownell JamesonAnna Brownell JamesonAnna Brownell Jameson was a British writer.-Biography:Jameson was born in Dublin.Her father, Denis Brownell Murphy , was a miniature and enamel painter...
, Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada, afterword by Clara Thomas - A. M. KleinA. M. KleinAbraham Moses Klein was a Canadian poet, journalist, novelist, short story writer, and lawyer. He has been called "One of Canada's greatest poets and a leading figure in Jewish-Canadian culture."...
, The Second ScrollThe Second ScrollThe Second Scroll is a 1951 novel by the Jewish-Canadian writer A. M. Klein. Klein's only novel was written after his pilgrimage to the newly-founded nation of Israel in 1949...
, afterword by Seymour MayneSeymour MayneSeymour Mayne is a Canadian poet and literary translator. He has published over 50 works of poetry and literary criticism, and has edited several anthologies of Canadian and Jewish literature.... - Raymond KnisterRaymond KnisterJohn Raymond Knister was a Canadian poet, novelist, story writer, columnist, and reviewer, "known primarily for his realistic narratives set in rural Canada .....
, White Narcissus, afterword by Morley Callaghan - Margaret LaurenceMargaret LaurenceJean Margaret Laurence, CC was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, one of the major figures in Canadian literature.- Early years :...
:- A Bird in the HouseA Bird in the HouseA Bird in the House, first published in 1970, is a short story sequence written by Margaret Laurence. Noted by Laurence to be "semi-autobiographical", the series chronicles the growing up of a young agnostic writer, Vanessa MacLeod, in the fictional town of Manawaka, Manitoba...
, afterword by Isabel HugganIsabel HugganIsabel Huggan , is a prize-winning Canadian author of fiction and personal essays.-Biography:Isabel Huggan spent her childhood in Elmira, a small southern Ontario town where her father worked as a manager for the Canadian branch of an American chemical company... - The DivinersThe DivinersThe Diviners is a novel by Margaret Laurence. Published by McClelland & Stewart in 1974, it was Laurence's final novel, and is considered one of the classics of Canadian literature....
, afterword by Timothy FindleyTimothy FindleyTimothy Irving Frederick Findley, OC, O.Ont was a Canadian novelist and playwright. He was also informally known by the nickname Tiff or Tiffy, an acronym of his initials.-Biography:... - The Fire-Dwellers, afterword by Sylvia FraserSylvia FraserSylvia Fraser is a Canadian novelist, journalist and travel writer. Fraser was educated at the University of Western Ontario...
- A Jest of GodA Jest of GodA Jest of God is a novel by Canadian author Margaret Laurence. It was first published in 1966. It won the Governor General's Award for 1966 and was made into the Paul Newman/Joanne Woodward filmRachel, Rachel.-Plot summary:...
, afterword by Margaret Atwood - The Prophet's Camel Bell, afterword by Clara Thomas
- The Stone AngelThe Stone AngelThe Stone Angel, first published in 1964 by McClelland and Stewart, is perhaps the best-known of Margaret Laurence's series of novels set in the fictitious town of Manawaka, Manitoba. In parallel narratives set in the past and the present-day , The Stone Angel tells the story of Hagar Currie Shipley...
, afterword by Adele WisemanAdele WisemanAdele Wiseman was a Canadian author.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she received a B.A. from the University of Manitoba in 1949... - This Side Jordan, afterword by George WoodcockGeorge WoodcockGeorge Woodcock was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, an essayist and literary critic. He was also a poet, and published several volumes of travel writing. He founded in 1959 the journal Canadian Literature, the first academic journal specifically...
- The Tomorrow-Tamer, afterword by Guy VanderhaegheGuy VanderhaegheGuy Clarence Vanderhaeghe, OC, SOM is a Canadian novelist and short story writer, best known for his two Western novels, The Englishman's Boy and The Last Crossing, set in the 19th century American and Canadian West...
- A Bird in the House
- Stephen LeacockStephen LeacockStephen Butler Leacock, FRSC was an English-born Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist...
:- Arcadian Adventures with the Idle RichArcadian Adventures with the Idle RichArcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich is a work of humorous fiction by Stephen Leacock first published in 1914. It is the follow-up to his 1912 classic Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town...
, afterword by Gerald Lynch - Literary Lapses, afterword by Robertson Davies
- My Financial Career and Other Follies, selection and afterword by David Staines
- My Remarkable Uncle, afterword by Barbara Nimmo
- Sunshine Sketches of a Little TownSunshine Sketches of a Little TownSunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912.It is generally considered to be one of the most enduring classics of Canadian humorous literature....
, afterword by Jack HodginsJack HodginsFor the fictional character from Bones see Jack Hodgins Jack Hodgins is a Canadian novelist and short story writer....
- Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
- Rosanna Leprohon, Antoinette de Mirecourt, afterword by Heather Murray
- Hugh MacLennanHugh MacLennanJohn Hugh MacLennan, CC, CQ was a Canadian author and professor of English at McGill University. He won five Governor General's Awards and a Royal Bank Award.-Family and childhood:...
:- Barometer RisingBarometer RisingBarometer Rising is a Canadian novel by Hugh MacLennan. The story takes place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and focuses on the effects of the Halifax Explosion and a romance plot. It is often included in Canadian high school curriculums....
, afterword by Alistair MacLeodAlistair MacLeodAlistair MacLeod, OC is a noted Canadian author and retired professor of English at the University of Windsor.- Academic career :... - Each Man's SonEach Man's SonEach Man's Son is a novel by Canadian writer Hugh MacLennan. First published in 1951 by Macmillan of Canada, it takes place in a coal mining town on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia just before the First World War.-Plot summary:...
, afterword by Alec Lucas - Two Solitudes, afterword by Robert KroetschRobert KroetschRobert Kroetsch, OC was a Canadian novelist, poet and non-fiction writer. In his fiction and critical essays, as well as in the journal he co-founded, Boundary 2, he was the single most influential figure in Canada in introducing ideas about postmodernism.He was born in Heisler, Alberta...
- Barometer Rising
- Alistair MacLeodAlistair MacLeodAlistair MacLeod, OC is a noted Canadian author and retired professor of English at the University of Windsor.- Academic career :...
:- As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other StoriesAs Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other StoriesAs Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Canadian author Alistair MacLeod set predominantly in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia and in Newfoundland. It was originally published in 1986. All of its stories were later republished in Island....
, afterword by Jane UrquhartJane UrquhartJane Urquhart, OC is a Canadian novelist and poet.-Biography:Born 200 miles north of Thunder Bay, Ontario in Little Longlac , Ontario, Jane Urquhart is the third of three children and the only daughter of Marian and Walter Carter, a prospector and mining engineer... - The Lost Salt Gift of BloodThe Lost Salt Gift of BloodThe Lost Salt Gift of Blood is a collection of short stories by Canadian author Alistair MacLeod. It was originally published in 1976. All of the stories contained is the collection were later republished in the book Island, together with other works by Alistair MacLeod.According to the blurb of...
, afterword by Joyce Carol OatesJoyce Carol OatesJoyce Carol Oates is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction...
- As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories
- John MarlynJohn MarlynJohn Marlyn was a Hungarian-born Canadian writer who also used the pseudonym Vincent Reid when writing science fiction....
, Under the Ribs of Death, originally with an introduction by Eli MandelEli MandelEli Mandel was a Canadian poet, editor of many Canadian anthologies, and literary academic.-Biography:...
; later reissued with, instead, an afterword by Neil Bissoondath - Joyce Marshall, Any Time At All and Other Stories, selection and afterword by Timothy Findley
- Colin McDougallColin McDougallColin Malcom McDougall DSO was a Canadian author best known for his 1958 Governor General's Award-winning novel Execution.-Biography:...
, ExecutionExecution (novel)Execution is a 1958 war novel by Canadian novelist and Second World War veteran Colin McDougall . Although it won McDougall the 1958 Governor General's Award for English language fiction, it was his only novel, and after publishing it to wide acclaim he retreated into a quiet life as Registrar of...
, afterword by Warren CariouWarren CariouWarren Cariou is a writer and Associate Professor of English at the University of Manitoba.- Biography :Warren Cariou received a B.A. from the University of Saskatchewan and an MA and PhD from the University of Toronto . In 1999 he published a book of short stories: The Exalted Company of Roadside... - John MetcalfJohn Metcalf (writer)John Metcalf, CM is a Canadian writer, editor and critic.-Biographical:Metcalf was born in Carlisle, England on November 12, 1938. His father, Thomas Metcalf, was a clergyman and his mother, Gladys Moore Metcalf, was a teacher. Metcalf immigrated to Canada in 1962 at the age of 24. It was in...
, Selected Stories (out of print) - W.O. Mitchell, Who Has Seen the Wind afterword by Timothy Findley
- Rohinton MistryRohinton MistryRohinton Mistry is an Indian-born Canadian writer in English. Residing in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Mistry is of Indian origin, originally from Mumbai, Zoroastrian and belongs to the Parsi community. Mistry is a Neustadt International Prize for Literature laureate .-Biography:Rohinton Mistry was...
:- A Fine BalanceA Fine BalanceA Fine Balance is the second book by Rohinton Mistry. Set in Mumbai, India between 1975 and 1984 during the turmoil of The Emergency, a period of expanded government power and crackdowns on civil liberties, this book is about four characters from varied backgrounds—Dina Dalal, Ishvar Darji,...
, afterword by Pico IyerPico IyerPico Iyer is a British-born essayist and novelist. He is the author of numerous books on travel including Video Night in Kathmandu. His shorter pieces regularly appear in Time, Harper's, NYRB and many other publications.-Life and career:... - Such a Long JourneySuch a Long Journey (novel)Such a Long Journey is a 1991 novel by Rohinton Mistry. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won several other awards. In 2010 the book made headlines when it was withdrawn from the University of Mumbai's English syllabus after complaints from the family of the Hindu nationalist politician...
, afterword by Alberto ManguelAlberto ManguelAlberto Manguel is a Canadian Argentine-born writer, translator, and editor. He is the author of numerous non-fiction books such as The Dictionary of Imaginary Places , A History of Reading , The Library at Night and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey: A Biography ; and novels such as News... - Tales from Firozsha BaagTales from Firozsha BaagTales From Firozsha Baag is a collection of 11 short stories by Rohinton Mistry about the residents of Firozsha Baag, a Parsi-dominated apartment complex in Mumbai . Mistry's first book, it was published by Penguin Canada in 1987...
, afterword by W. H. New
- A Fine Balance
- Lucy Maud MontgomeryLucy Maud MontgomeryLucy Maud Montgomery OBE , called "Maud" by family and friends and publicly known as L.M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success...
:- Anne of Green GablesAnne of Green GablesAnne of Green Gables is a bestselling novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery published in 1908. Set in 1878, it was written as fiction for readers of all ages, but in recent decades has been considered a children's book...
, afterword by Margaret Atwood - Emily ClimbsEmily ClimbsEmily Climbs is the second in a series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was first published in 1925.While the legal battle with Montgomery's publishing company continued, Montgomery's husband Ewan MacDonald continued to suffer clinical depression. Montgomery, tired of writing the Anne...
, afterword by Jane Urquhart - Emily of New MoonEmily of New MoonEmily of New Moon is the first in a series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery about the development of a writer. It was first published in 1923.-Plot summary:...
, afterword by Alice MunroAlice MunroAlice Ann Munro is a Canadian short-story writer, the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work, a three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction, and a perennial contender for the Nobel Prize... - Emily's QuestEmily's QuestEmily's Quest is a novel and the last of the Emily trilogy by Lucy Maud Montgomery. After finishing Emily Climbs, Montgomery suspended writing Emily's Quest and published The Blue Castle; she resumed writing and published in 1927....
, afterword by P.K. Page
- Anne of Green Gables
- Susanna MoodieSusanna MoodieSusanna Moodie, born Strickland , was an English-born Canadian author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada, which was a British colony at the time.-Biography:...
:- Life in the Clearings versus the Bush, afterword by Carol ShieldsCarol ShieldsCarol Ann Shields, CC, OM, FRSC, MA was an American-born Canadian author. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada.-Biography:Shields was born in Oak Park, Illinois...
- Roughing It in the BushRoughing it in the BushRoughing It in the Bush is an account of life as a Canadian settler by Susanna Moodie. Moodie immigrated to Canada West, near modern-day Peterborough, Ontario during the 1830s. At the suggestion of her editor, she wrote a "guide" to settler life for British subjects considering coming to Canada...
, afterword by Susan GlickmanSusan GlickmanSusan Glickman is a Canadian writer and critic, celebrated for her wit, imagery, melodic language, and meticulous research. She is teacher of literature and creative writing, currently teaching at Ryerson University in Toronto...
- Life in the Clearings versus the Bush, afterword by Carol Shields
- Brian MooreBrian Moore (novelist)Brian Moore was a Northern Irish novelist and screenwriter who emigrated to Canada and later lived in the United States. He was acclaimed for the descriptions in his novels of life in Northern Ireland after the Second World War, in particular his explorations of the inter-communal divisions of The...
:- The Lonely Passion of Judith HearneThe Lonely Passion of Judith HearneThe Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is a 1987 drama film made by Handmade Films Ltd. and United British Artists starring Maggie Smith and Bob Hoskins. It was directed by Jack Clayton and produced by Richard Johnson and Peter Nelson with George Harrison and Denis O'Brien as executive producers...
, afterword by Janette Turner Hospital - The Luck of Ginger CoffeyThe Luck of Ginger CoffeyThe Luck of Ginger Coffey is a 1964 film directed by Irvin Kershner. It was filmed in Montreal by Crawley Films. It is based on the Governor General's Award winning novel by Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore.- Plot :...
, afterword by Keath FraserKeath FraserKeath Fraser is a Canadian fiction author . Keath Fraser lived in London, England from 1970 to 1973 where he studied at the University of London and he Earned his Ph.D. and taught English in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for five years as a tenured professor...
- The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
- Alice MunroAlice MunroAlice Ann Munro is a Canadian short-story writer, the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work, a three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction, and a perennial contender for the Nobel Prize...
, No Love LostNo Love LostNo Love Lost is a 2003 collection of short stories by Alice Munro. Part of the New Canadian Library, it collects ten stories published in her earlier books, and features an afterword by Jane Urquhart.-Stories:* "Bardon Bus"* "Carried Away"* "Mischief"...
, afterword by Jane Urquhart - Howard O'Hagan, Tay John, afterword by Michael OndaatjeMichael OndaatjePhilip Michael Ondaatje , OC, is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film.-Life and work:...
- Michael OndaatjeMichael OndaatjePhilip Michael Ondaatje , OC, is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film.-Life and work:...
, Running in the Family, afterword by Nicole BrossardNicole BrossardNicole Brossard, O.C. is a leading French Canadian formalist poet and novelist.She lives in Outremont, a former city in Montreal, Quebec. She wrote her first collection in 1965, Aube à la maison. The collection L'Echo bouge beau marks a break in the evolution of her poetry... - Martha OstensoMartha OstensoMartha Ostenso was a Canadian novelist and screenwriter.-Background:Ostenso was born in Haukeland , in Hordaland County, Norway. Her parents were Sigurd and Olina Ostenso. She emigrated with her family to the United States in 1902...
, Wild GeeseWild Geese (novel)Wild Geese is a Canadian novel of the historical fiction genre written by the author Martha Ostenso, first published in 1925 by Dodd, Mead and Company. The story is set on the prairies of Manitoba, Canada in the 1920s. The novel details characters struggling against victimization to achieve a...
, afterword by David ArnasonDavid ArnasonDavid Arnason is a Canadian author and poet who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with his partner Mhari Mackintosh.-Life:... - Thomas H. Raddall, At the Tide's Turn and Other Stories (out of print)
- David Adams RichardsDavid Adams RichardsDavid Adams Richards, CM, ONB is a Canadian novelist, essayist, screenwriter and poet.Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Richards left St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, three credits shy of completing a B.A.. Richards has been a writer-in-residence at various universities and...
:- Blood Ties, afterword by Merna SummersMerna SummersMerna Summers is a Canadian short story writer. She was awarded the Marian Engel Award in 1989.-Works:* The Skating Party * Calling Home * North of the Battle * '-External links:...
- The Coming of Winter, afterword by Rick HillisRick Hillis-Life:He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan and the Iowa Writers Workshop, with an MFA. He attended Stanford University as a Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer in fiction writing, and has been a Chesterfield Film Writers’ Fellow at Universal Studios....
- Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace, afterword by Wayne JohnstonWayne Johnston (author)Wayne Johnston is a Canadian novelist. His fiction deals primarily with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, often in a historical setting.-Biography:...
- For Those Who Hunt the Wounded DownFor Those Who Hunt The Wounded DownFor Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down is a 1996 Canadian television movie starring Callum Keith Rennie, Brent Stait and Michael Hogan. Based upon the novel of the same name by David Adams Richards it chronicles one man’s desperate bid for redemption as he struggles against a brutally violent history...
, afterword by Joan ClarkJoan ClarkJoan Clark BA, D.Litt is a Canadian fiction author.Born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Clark spent her youth in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. She attended Acadia University for its drama program, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree with English major in 1957... - Lives of Short Duration, afterword by Alistair MacLeod
- Nights Below Station Street, afterword by P. K. Page
- Blood Ties, afterword by Merna Summers
- John RichardsonJohn Richardson (author)John Richardson was a British Army officer and the first Canadian-born novelist to achieve international recognition....
, WacoustaWacoustaWacousta is a novel by John Richardson. Published in 1832, it is sometimes claimed as the first Canadian novel,, although in fact it is preceded by Julia Catherine Beckwith's St Ursula's Convent; or, The Nun of Canada...
, afterword by James ReaneyJames ReaneyJames Crerar Reaney was an influential Canadian poet, playwright, librettist, and professor, "whose works transform small-town Ontario life into the realm of dream and symbol."... - Mordecai RichlerMordecai RichlerMordecai Richler, CC was a Canadian Jewish author, screenwriter and essayist. A leading critic called him "the great shining star of his Canadian literary generation" and a pivotal figure in the country's history. His best known works are The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Barney's Version,...
:- The Acrobats, afterword by Ted KotcheffTed KotcheffTed Kotcheff , sometimes credited as William Kotcheff or William T. Kotcheff, is a Canadian film and television director, who is well known for his work on several high-profile British television productions and as a director of films such as First Blood.-Early life:Kotcheff was born William...
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzThe Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz (book)The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is the fourth novel by Canadian author Mordecai Richler. It was first published in 1959 by André Deutsch, then adapted to the screen in 1974.-Plot and setting:...
, afterword by David CarpenterDavid Carpenter (writer)David C. Carpenter, born October 28, 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta, is a Canadian writer who lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. His oeuvre, which includes poetry, essays, short stories, novellas, and full-length books in fiction as well as non-fiction genres, focuses primarily on nature and his native... - A Choice of EnemiesA Choice of EnemiesA Choice of Enemies is the third novel by Canadian author Mordecai Richler. It was first published in 1957 by André Deutsch.-Plot and setting:The novel is set in London in the 1950s...
, afterword by Neil Besner - CocksureCocksureCocksure is a novel by Mordecai Richler. It was first published in 1968 by McClelland and Stewart.A satirical work, the novel centres on Mortimer Griffin, a middle-class Anglican from Caribou, Ontario who has built a successful career as a publisher and editor in 1960s London, England...
, afterword by Margaret Drabble - The Incomparable AtukThe Incomparable AtukThe Incomparable Atuk is a satirical novel by Canadian author Mordecai Richler. It was first published in 1963 by McClelland and Stewart. The novel was published as Stick Your Neck Out in the United States....
, afterword by Peter GzowskiPeter GzowskiPeter Gzowski, was a Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter, most famous for his work on the CBC radio show Morningside. His first biographer argued that Gzowski's contribution to Canadian media must be considered in the context of efforts by a generation of Canadian nationalists to understand... - Joshua Then and NowJoshua Then and NowJoshua Then and Now is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Mordecai Richler, first published in 1980 by McClelland and Stewart. Richler adapted it into the feature film Joshua Then and Now, starring James Woods, Alan Arkin, and Gabrielle Lazure; directed by Ted Kotcheff who had previously...
, afterword by Eric WrightEric WrightEric Wright is the name of:* Eric Wright , American football cornerback* Eric Wright , American football cornerback* Eric Wright , Canadian writer of mystery novels... - St. Urbain's HorsemanSt. Urbain's HorsemanSt. Urbain's Horseman is the seventh novel by Canadian author Mordecai Richler. It was first published in 1971 by McClelland & Stewart. It is one of Richler's most ambitious novels and won the prestigious Governor General's Award for 1971....
, afterword by Guy Vanderhaeghe - Son of a Smaller HeroSon of a Smaller HeroSon of a Smaller Hero is a novel by Canadian author Mordecai Richler, first published in 1955 by André Deutsch. One of Richler's earliest works, it displays an earnest and gritty realism in comparison to his somewhat more satirical later novels. It is sometimes assigned reading for high school...
, afterword by Ray SmithRay SmithRay Smith may refer to:*Ray Smith , Welsh actor, starred in the TV series Dempsey & Makepeace*Ray Smith , Canadian writer from Cape Breton*Ray Smith , baseball player... - The StreetThe Street (story collection)The Street is a collection of short stories by Mordecai Richler. It was originally published by McClelland and Stewart in 1969. The stories take place on Saint Urbain Street in Montreal.-Contents:*Introduction by Mordecai Richler*Going Home Again...
, afterward by William WeintraubWilliam WeintraubWilliam Weintraub, OC is a Canadian journalist, author, filmmaker and lecturer, best known for his long association with Canada's National Film Board ....
- The Acrobats, afterword by Ted Kotcheff
- RinguetPhilippe PannetonPhilippe Panneton was a Canadian physician, academic, diplomat and writer....
, Thirty AcresTrente ArpentsTrente Arpents is the first album by Québécois singer Vincent Vallières released in 1999.-Track listing:#"Faut que tu fesses fort"#"Claude"#"La rousse"#"Le journal"#"Ti-Guy qui s'détruit"#"Vent du nord"#"Quand je vais trop loin"...
, afterword by Antoine Sirois - Charles G. D. Roberts, The Last Barrier and Other Stories (out of print)
- Sinclair RossSinclair RossJames Sinclair Ross, CM was a Canadian banker and author, best known for his fiction about life in the Canadian prairies. He is best known for his first novel, As For Me and My House.-Life and career:...
:- As For Me and My HouseAs for Me and My HouseAs For Me and My House , by Canadian author Sinclair Ross, was first published by the American company Reynal and Hitchcock, with little fanfare. Its 1957 Canadian re-issue, by McClelland & Stewart, as part of their New Canadian Library line, began its canonization, mostly in university classrooms...
,, afterword by Robert Kroetsch - The Lamp at Noon and Other Stories, afterword by Margaret Laurence
- As For Me and My House
- Gabrielle RoyGabrielle RoyGabrielle Roy, CC, FRSC was a French Canadian author.- Biography :Born in Saint Boniface , Manitoba, Roy was educated at Saint Joseph's Academy...
:- The Cashier, afterword by Marie-Claire Blais
- Garden in the Wind, afterword by Dennis CooleyDennis CooleyDennis Cooley is a Canadian poet who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba where he teaches at the University of Manitoba.He is originally from Estevan, Saskatchewan and attended the University of Saskatchewan before moving to Manitoba.-Bibliography:...
- The Road Past Altamont, afterword by Joyce Marshall
- Street of RichesStreet of RichesStreet of Riches is a novel by the Canadian author Gabrielle Roy.Largely autobiographical, it traces the growth and development of a young girl into an accomplished writer. Like much of Roy's fiction, it includes a very autobiographical style and weaves vignettes into a tapestry of the specific...
, afterword by Miriam WaddingtonMiriam WaddingtonMiriam Waddington was a Canadian poet, short story writer and translator.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she studied English at the University of Toronto and social work the University of Pennsylvania . She worked for many years as a social worker in Montreal... - The Tin FluteThe Tin FluteThe Tin Flute , Gabrielle Roy’s first novel, is a classic of Canadian fiction...
, afterword by Philip Stratford - Where Nests the Water Hen, afterword by Sandra BirdsellSandra BirdsellSandra Louise Birdsell, CM is a Canadian novelist and short story writer of Métis and Mennonite heritage....
- Windflower, afterword by Phyllis WebbPhyllis WebbPhyllis Webb, is a Canadian poet and radio broadcaster. The Canadian Encyclopedia describes her as "a writer of stature in Canadian letters", and calls her work "brilliantly crafted, formal in its energies and humane in its concern"....
- Duncan Campbell ScottDuncan Campbell ScottDuncan Campbell Scott was a Canadian poet and prose writer. With Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, and Archibald Lampman, he is classed as one of Canada's Confederation Poets....
, In the Village of Viger, afterword by Tracy Ware - Ernest Thompson SetonErnest Thompson SetonErnest Thompson Seton was a Scots-Canadian who became a noted author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America . Seton also influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting...
, Wild Animals I Have KnownWild Animals I Have KnownWild Animals I Have Known is an 1898 book by naturalist and author Ernest Thompson Seton. The first entry in a new genre of realistic wild-animal fiction, Seton's first collection of short stories quickly became one of the most popular books of its day...
, afterword by David Arnason - Robert Stead, Grain, afterword by Laurie Ricou
- John StefflerJohn Steffler-Biography:Born in Toronto, Ontario, Steffler was educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Guelph. Since 1975 he has lived in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador where he taught at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College...
, The Afterlife of George Cartwright, afterword by Renée Hulan - Catharine Parr TraillCatharine Parr TraillCatharine Parr Traill, born Strickland was an English-Canadian author who wrote about life as a settler in Canada.-Biography:...
, The Backwoods of Canada, afterword by D.M.R. Bentley - Jane UrquhartJane UrquhartJane Urquhart, OC is a Canadian novelist and poet.-Biography:Born 200 miles north of Thunder Bay, Ontario in Little Longlac , Ontario, Jane Urquhart is the third of three children and the only daughter of Marian and Walter Carter, a prospector and mining engineer...
, The Whirlpool afterword by Lynn CoadyLynn Coady-Life and career:Coady grew up in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. After high school, she attended Carleton University in Ottawa; after graduating, she moved to New Brunswick, where she worked at odd jobs for several years and began a career as a playwright... - Guy VanderhaegheGuy VanderhaegheGuy Clarence Vanderhaeghe, OC, SOM is a Canadian novelist and short story writer, best known for his two Western novels, The Englishman's Boy and The Last Crossing, set in the 19th century American and Canadian West...
, Man DescendingMan DescendingMan Descending is a collection of short stories written by Saskatchewan-born writer Guy Vanderhaeghe. The book was first published by Macmillan of Canada in 1982 and Vanderhaeghe went on to become one of the few first-time authors to win the coveted Governor General's Award for Fiction for this work...
, afterword by Leo McKay, Jr.Leo McKay, Jr.Leo McKay, Jr. is a Canadian novelist and short story writer from Stellarton, Nova Scotia. He also is a periodic contributor to the Globe and Mail.... - Sheila Watson:
- The Double HookThe Double HookThe Double Hook is a novel written by Sheila Watson, which is considered "a seminal work in the development of contemporary Canadian literature."Published in 1959, The Double Hook is written in a style more like prose poetry than fiction...
, afterword by F.T. Flahiff - Deep Hollow Creek, afterword by Jane Urquhart
- A Father's Kingdom, afterword by Glenn Willmott
- The Double Hook
- Rudy WiebeRudy WiebeRudy Henry Wiebe, OC is a Canadian author and professor emeritus in the department of English at the University of Alberta since 1992.-Life:...
:- The Temptations of Big Bear, afterword by Robert Kroetsch
- The Blue Mountains of China, afterword by Eva-Marie Kroller
- Ethel WilsonEthel WilsonEthel Davis Wilson, OC was a Canadian writer of short stories and novels.Born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, she moved to England in 1890 following the death of her mother. In 1898, after the death of her father, she was taken to live with her maternal grandmother in Vancouver, British Columbia...
:- The Equations of Love, afterword by Alice Munro
- Hetty DorvalHetty DorvalHetty Dorval is the first novel written by Canadian author Ethel Wilson. It was first published by Macmillan of Canada in 1947....
, afterword by Northrop FryeNorthrop FryeHerman Northrop Frye, was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century.... - The Innocent Traveller, afterword by P.K. Page
- Love and Salt Water, afterword by Anne MarriottAnne MarriottAnne Marriott was a Canadian writer who won the Governor General’s Award for her book Calling Adventurers! "She was renowned especially for the narrative poem The Wind, Our Enemy," which she wrote while still in her twenties.-Life:Because of The Wind Our Enemy, Marriott is often thought to be...
- Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories, afterword by David Stouck
- Swamp Angel, afterword by George BoweringGeorge BoweringGeorge Harry Bowering, OC, OBC is a prolific Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer. He has served as Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate....
- Adele WisemanAdele WisemanAdele Wiseman was a Canadian author.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she received a B.A. from the University of Manitoba in 1949...
,- Crackpot, afterword by Margaret Laurence
- The SacrificeThe SacrificeThe Sacrifice is a 1986 film, and the final film by Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky, who died shortly after completing it.-Synopsis:...
Poetry collections
- Canadian Poetry: From the Beginnings Through the First World War edited by Carole Gerson and Gwendolyn Davies
- Poets Between the Wars edited by Milton Wilson
- Poets of Contemporary Canada 1960–1970 edited by Eli Mandel