Aaand they’re off! It’s the Rogers Writers’ Trust first out of the gate, with the Giller close behind and the Governor General’s Literary Awards coming up fast. Whatever you think of the growth of “prize culture,” in Canada autumn is the season of words on the page, Word on the Street, and the hope, speculation, [...]
“October is Canadian Library Month, and thank goodness for that. There’s no public institution that’s been as formative and memory-filled for me as my local library.”
TCE Blog is proud to present the third excerpt from Douglas Gibson’s new book Stories About Storytellers, appearing every Friday.
TCE Blog is proud to present the second excerpt from Douglas Gibson’s new book Stories About Storytellers, appearing every Friday.
TCE Blog is proud to present the first of eight excerpts from Douglas Gibson’s new book Stories About Storytellers, which will appear each Friday.
Understanding the depth of our literary history and the breadth of style, scope and subject of our fiction, poetry, and drama brings us together as a cultural unit.
To celebrate International Literacy Day, our editors choose their favourite Canadian books for newbies and fans alike. Happy reading!
For various reasons, “Canadian” fiction seems often to evoke a specific kind of narrative: probably historical; probably set in a beautiful part of remote, rural Canada where the weather is particularly bad; probably dense and focused upon psychological disturbance. Unsettling. Vaguely depressing. If you ask my students, many of them will simply roll their eyes [...]
George Grant’s Lament for a Nation stirred discussion of Canadian nationalism when it was first published in 1965. Its central concern is just as relevant today as it was then.
The 18th annual Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist is announced! Here are 17 CanLit titles to whet your literary appetite.
Summer reading: the words conjure warm wind and sun and hours of leisure time. In most parts of the country these have been in short supply this season. What to read when the precious conjunction of time and weather appears? I tend, perversely, to turn to reading material that features chill, darkness and murder. I [...]
Little-known Canadian writers Alison Pick, Patrick deWitt, and Esi Edugyan have been named to the 2011 Man Booker Prize long list.
