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 rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Can Lit
Displaying all articles
Today’s libraries build communities and provide space for learning new technologies but it is critical that they continue to be about books and reading too.
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.
Reading fiction can increase your empathy and reading fiction translated from another language can improve your cross-cultural understanding. Why not let a book transport you?
A literary scholar from British Columbia offers some of her favourite “left coast” summer reads.
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.
When picking books to read this summer, reach out for the unknown. Here are five expert recommendations for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, for which deserved attention is just starting to shine.
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor, Department of English, Carleton University
-
Associate Professor, Library and Information Science, Western University
-
Professor of English, University of Toronto
-
Associate Professor of Canadian Literature, Thompson Rivers University
-
Professor, English Department, Simon Fraser University
-
PhD Candidate, Department of English, Carleton University
-
Assessment and User Experience Librarian, Thompson Rivers University
-
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto
-
Professor, Department of English, Toronto Metropolitan University
