Don’t be fooled by the ‘indie’ rhetoric surrounding the new imprint of Penguin Random House Canada, a multinational corporation. Only time will tell if it will do much for the diversification of Can-Lit.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Can-Lit
Displaying all articles
Irene Clarke, Claire Pratt, Anna Porter and Bella Pomer were among the women who changed the face of Canadian publishing. Their achievements deserve our attention.
The meanings of Ondaatje’s Golden Man Booker win is complicated and demonstrates the contradictions of literary value. Literary prizes permit us to imagine that literature is more than a commodity.
Did you know Lucy Maud Montgomery also published under the name Belinda Bluegrass? A new database of early Canadian women writers reveals thousands of stories about women’s lives in Canada.
No better time than winter to curl up with a good book. Novelist and English professor Randy Boyagoda shares a personal selection of five books from the Can-Lit shelves.
Inuit poet, scholar and writer Norma Dunning shares her experiences of trying to get published in Canada.
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor, Department of English, Carleton University
-
Professor, University of Alberta
-
Professor of English, University of Toronto
-
Professor, English Department, Simon Fraser University
-
PhD Candidate, Department of English, Carleton University
-
Professor, Department of English, Toronto Metropolitan University
