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Paying Attention to Public Readers of Canadian Literature
PAYING ATTENTION TO PUBLIC READERS OF CANADIAN LITERATURE: POPULAR GENRE SYSTEMS, PUBLICS, AND CANONS by KATHRYN GRAFTON BA, The University of British Columbia, 1992 MPhil, University of Stirling, 1994 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES (English) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) August 2010 © Kathryn Grafton, 2010 ABSTRACT Paying Attention to Public Readers of Canadian Literature examines contemporary moments when Canadian literature has been canonized in the context of popular reading programs. I investigate the canonical agency of public readers who participate in these programs: readers acting in a non-professional capacity who speak and write publicly about their reading experiences. I argue that contemporary popular canons are discursive spaces whose constitution depends upon public readers. My work resists the common critique that these reading programs and their canons produce a mass of readers who read the same work at the same time in the same way. To demonstrate that public readers are canon-makers, I offer a genre approach to contemporary canons that draws upon literary and new rhetorical genre theory. I contend in Chapter One that canons are discursive spaces comprised of public literary texts and public texts about literature, including those produced by readers. I study the intertextual dynamics of canons through Michael Warner’s theory of publics and Anne Freadman’s concept of “uptake.” Canons arise from genre systems that are constituted to respond to exigencies readily recognized by many readers, motivating some to participate. I argue that public readers’ agency lies in the contingent ways they select and interpret a literary work while taking up and instantiating a canonizing genre. -
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The Giller Prize (1994–2004) and Scotiabank Giller Prize (2005–2014): A Bibliography Andrew David Irvine* For the price of a meal in this town you can buy all the books. Eat at home and buy the books. Jack Rabinovitch1 Founded in 1994 by Jack Rabinovitch, the Giller Prize was established to honour Rabinovitch’s late wife, the journalist Doris Giller, who had died from cancer a year earlier.2 Since its inception, the prize has served to recognize excellence in Canadian English-language fiction, including both novels and short stories. Initially the award was endowed to provide an annual cash prize of $25,000.3 In 2005, the Giller Prize partnered with Scotiabank to create the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Under the new arrangement, the annual purse doubled in size to $50,000, with $40,000 going to the winner and $2,500 going to each of four additional finalists.4 Beginning in 2008, $50,000 was given to the winner and $5,000 * Andrew Irvine holds the position of Professor and Head of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. Errata may be sent to the author at [email protected]. 1 Quoted in Deborah Dundas, “Giller Prize shortlist ‘so good,’ it expands to six,” 6 October 2014, accessed 17 September 2015, www.thestar.com/entertainment/ books/2014/10/06/giller_prize_2014_shortlist_announced.html. 2 “The Giller Prize Story: An Oral History: Part One,” 8 October 2013, accessed 11 November 2014, www.quillandquire.com/awards/2013/10/08/the-giller- prize-story-an-oral-history-part-one; cf. -
25 Books That Are Going to Make a Splash This Fall | the Star
9/7/2018 25 books that are going to make a splash this fall | The Star Sign In EntertainmentBooks 25 books that are going to make a splash this fall By DEBORAH DUNDAS Books Editor Fri., Aug. 31, 2018 The fall season started early this year with so many publishers getting a jump and bringing out some of the biggest books of the season in August: Miriam Toews’ Women Talking, Craig Davidson’s The Saturday Night Ghost Club, Vivek Shraya’s I’m Afraid of Men, Rawi Hage’s Beirut Hellire Society, Richard Wagamese’s Starlight and Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black among many others. Still, from September onward, there’s plenty to talk about. Here are just a few of the books we think are going to make a splash. With fall comes a new crop of books (SHUTTERSTOCK) https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2018/08/31/25-books-that-are-going-to-make-a-splash-this-fall.html 1/7 9/7/2018 25 books that are going to make a splash this fall | The Star Fiction Canadian Machine Without Horses, Helen Humphreys (HarperCollins, Sept. 5) Humphreys is one of this country’s most beautiful writers, and her books are often sparked by a single moment. This newest, for example, stems from an obituary, from which she creates a life story. In this book, she both explores both the real life and creates the imagined internal life of the famous salmon-ly dresser, Megan Boyd, who worked for 60 years in the north of Scotland. Article Continued Below Woman World, Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn and Quarterly, Sept. -
Gift of Michael Redhill 2011
Ms. Michael Redhill papers Coll. 2011 00668 Gift of Michael Redhill 2011 Includes early fiction, 1982-1991, poetry and plays: Be Frank, Heretics, Deadwait, Mr. Stern is Dead, Building Jerusalem, Goodness, literary and personal correspondence, including with many writers such as Michael Ondaatje, Margaret Atwood, Don McKay, Linda Spalding, Esta Spalding, interviews with Dennis Lee, Michael Ondaatje and Don Coles, reviews by and about Michael Redhill; publishing; drafts, editing—including Andre Alexis, Elisabeth Harvor; research for Martin Sloane, Consolation, Goodness; print; Lake Nora Arms, Asphodel, Impromptu Feats of Balance and other poetry; short fiction and prose pieces; screenplays, plays and short stories: The Covered, a screenplay written by Michael Redhill and Michael Helm, Breakthrough, collections of short stories, Fidelity; ‘The Last Resort’ film treatment and other film and television projects; material related to Brick magazine, editing and publishing correspondence and other material. Michael Redhill was the proprietor and publisher of Brick magazine from 2003-2011, and an editor from 1998-2003 Extent: 53 boxes and items (8.5 metres) Biographical information: Michael Redhill was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1966, but has lived in Toronto most of his life. Educated in the United States and Canada, he took seven years to complete a three-year BA in acting, film, and finally, English. Since 1988, he has published five collections of poetry, had eight plays of varying lengths performed, and been a cultural critic and essayist. He has worked as an editor, a ghost-writer, an anthologist, a scriptwriter for film and television, and in leaner times, as a waiter, a house-painter, and a bookseller. -
Literary Review of Canada a Journal of Ideas NOW AVAILABLE from HOUSE of ANANSI PRESS RIDGERUNNER
MARK NKALUBO NABETA Unrest MORGAN CAMPBELL Race and the Media DAN DUNSKY China’s Moment SHEREE FITCH Writing through Grief july | August 2020 Literary Review of Canada A journAl of ideAs NOW AVAILABLE FROM HOUSE OF ANANSI PRESS RIDGERUNNER THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FOLLOW-UP TO THE OUTLANDER, BY GIL ADAMSON “RIDGERUNNER IS A BRILLIANT LITERARY ACHIEVEMENT . I LOVED EVERY PAGE OF IT.” — Michael Redhill, Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning author of Bellevue Square “TRULY MAGNIFICENT.” — Robert Olmstead, award-winning author of Coal Black Horse and Savage Country “RIDGERUNNER IS A WILD ADVENTURE SPUN IN EXALTED PROSE: THE BOOK I’VE BEEN WANTING TO READ FOR YEARS.” — Marina Endicott, award-winning author of Good to a Fault and The Difference ALSO AVAILABLE: THE OUTLANDER @HOUSEOFANANSI ANANSI PUBLISHES HOUSEOFANANSI.COM VERY GOOD BOOKS july | august 2020 ◆ volume 28 ◆ number 6 a journal of ideas first word the argument playtime Summer School China’s Moment Snuffed Torch Kyle Wyatt Reckoning with an empire state of mind Can the Olympic myth survive? 3 Dan Dunsky Laura Robinson 13 26 the public square False Notions pandemic the arts Yes, certain conditions continue to exist A Northern Light North and South Mark Nkalubo Nabeta Nunavut’s hope to avoid the outbreak Cuba’s Orwellian mystery 5 Sarah Rogers Amanda Perry 15 28 Under the Guise of Research Science and subjugation compelling people literature John Baglow 6 National Personality Trying Situations The legacy of Marcel Cadieux A new collection from David Bergen An Act of Protest Bruce K. Ward David Staines Desmond Cole says his piece 16 30 Morgan Campbell 8 bygone days An Urgent Realm Harsh Treatment Mallory Tater’s dark debut this and that Cecily Ross Perspectives on internment 31 Waiting on Tables J. -
Longlisted & Shortlisted Books 1994-2018
Longlisted & Shortlisted Books 1994-2018 www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca # The Boys in the Trees, Mary Swan – 2008 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, Mona Awad - 2016 Brother, David Chariandy – 2017 419, Will Ferguson - 2012 Burridge Unbound, Alan Cumyn – 2000 By Gaslight, Steven Price – 2016 A A Beauty, Connie Gault – 2015 C A Complicated Kindness, Miriam Toews – 2004 Casino and Other Stories, Bonnie Burnard – 1994 A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry – 1995 Cataract City, Craig Davidson – 2013 The Age of Longing, Richard B. Wright – 1995 The Cat’s Table, Michael Ondaatje – 2011 A Good House, Bonnie Burnard – 1999 Caught, Lisa Moore – 2013 A Good Man, Guy Vanderhaeghe – 2011 The Cellist of Sarajevo, Steven Galloway – 2008 Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood – 1996 Cereus Blooms at Night, Shani Mootoo – 1997 Alligator, Lisa Moore – 2005 Childhood, André Alexis – 1998 All My Puny Sorrows, Miriam Toews – 2014 Cities of Refuge, Michael Helm – 2010 All That Matters, Wayson Choy – 2004 Clara Callan, Richard B. Wright – 2001 All True Not a Lie in it, Alix Hawley – 2015 Close to Hugh, Mariana Endicott - 2015 American Innovations, Rivka Galchen – 2014 Cockroach, Rawi Hage – 2008 Am I Disturbing You?, Anne Hébert, translated by The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Wayne Johnston – Sheila Fischman – 1999 1998 Anil’s Ghost, Michael Ondaatje – 2000 The Colour of Lightning, Paulette Jiles – 2009 Annabel, Kathleen Winter – 2010 Conceit, Mary Novik – 2007 An Ocean of Minutes, Thea Lim – 2018 Confidence, Russell Smith – 2015 The Antagonist, Lynn Coady – 2011 Cool Water, Dianne Warren – 2010 The Architects Are Here, Michael Winter – 2007 The Crooked Maid, Dan Vyleta – 2013 A Recipe for Bees, Gail Anderson-Dargatz – 1998 The Cure for Death by Lightning, Gail Arvida, Samuel Archibald, translated by Donald Anderson-Dargatz – 1996 Winkler – 2015 Curiosity, Joan Thomas – 2010 A Secret Between Us, Daniel Poliquin, translated by The Custodian of Paradise, Wayne Johnston – 2006 Donald Winkler – 2007 The Assassin’s Song, M.G. -
Mavis Gallant F Ancine P Ose Damon Galgut Aleksanda
Brick celebrates Mavis Gallant, with contributions from Michael Helm, Francine Prose, Alison Harris, Michael Ondaatje, and Nadia Szilvassy & Tara Quinn. A LITERARY JOURNAL Aleksandar Hemon talks to Eleanor Wachtel Obi Nwakanma in conversation with Madeleine Thien Grant Buday on Thomas De Quincey Damon Galgut on E. M. Forster Andrew H. Miller watches The Clock The watch continues to tick where the story stops. — stops. story the where tick continues to The watch permanence. grief without are the look, The lie, the David L. Ulin traces our expressions Myrna Kostash searches for Eliza McLean William Everson meets Theodore Dreiser ichard Sanger says goodbye to Seamus Heaney Tara Quinn follows Leonard Woolf to Sri Lanka Jim Harrison misses Paris A dispatch from Siberia by Sean Michaels A ri on Tolstoy by Jessica Michalofsky Amitava Kumar’s train stories Mark Marczyk’s notes from Ukraine Mavis Gallant Mavis Poems by Jan Zwicky and Sharon Olds Photograph of Mavis Gallant by Alison Harris. eviews by Laurie D Graham, John McIntyre, $. and ebecca Silver Slayter MAVIS GALLANT FANCINE POSE DAMON GALGUT And Zachary Lazar on Angola Prison’s Passion Play, ALEKSANDA HEMON SHAON OLDS ZACHAY LAZA with photographs by Deborah Luster £. DEBOAH LUSTE MICHAEL HELM OBI NWAKANMA JIM HAISON MADELEINE THIEN JAN ZWICKY The New Brick Reader Summer Special A Brick subscription plus The New Brick Reader — only $55* Subscribe, Renew, or Give! Visit BrickMag.com and click on “The New Brick Reader Summer Deal.” *plus shipping for the Reader Offer expires August -
Archaeology: the Key Concepts Is the Ideal Reference Guide for Students, Teachers and Anyone with an Interest in Archaeology
ARCHAEOLOGY: THE KEY CONCEPTS This invaluable resource provides an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of key ideas in archaeology and their impact on archaeological thinking and method. Featuring over fifty detailed entries by international experts, the book offers definitions of key terms, explaining their origin and development. Entries also feature guides to further reading and extensive cross-referencing. Subjects covered include: ● Thinking about landscape ● Cultural evolution ● Social archaeology ● Gender archaeology ● Experimental archaeology ● Archaeology of cult and religion ● Concepts of time ● The Antiquity of Man ● Feminist archaeology ● Multiregional evolution Archaeology: The Key Concepts is the ideal reference guide for students, teachers and anyone with an interest in archaeology. Colin Renfrew is Emeritus Disney Professor of Archaeology and Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge. Paul Bahn is a freelance writer, translator and broadcaster on archaeology. YOU MAY ALSO BE INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING ROUTLEDGE STUDENT REFERENCE TITLES: Archaeology: The Basics Clive Gamble Ancient History: Key Themes and Approaches Neville Morley Who’s Who in Ancient Egypt Michael Rice Who’s Who in the Ancient Near East Gwendolyn Leick Who’s Who in the Greek World John Hazel Who’s Who in the Roman World John Hazel ARCHAEOLOGY The Key Concepts Edited by Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 2005 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX 14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. -
Literary Review of Canada a JOURNAL of IDEAS “TRULY MAGNIFICENT” — Robert Olmstead, Award-Winning Author of Coal Black Horse
$7.95 0 2 MAGDALENA MIŁOSZ A Polish Bestseller GAYATRI KUMAR Polar Latitudes 0 2 R IAN SMILLIE Philanthropy SARAH SHEEHAN Cartooning with Duncan E B M E C E D Literary Review of Canada A JOURNAL OF IDEAS “TRULY MAGNIFICENT” — Robert Olmstead, award-winning author of Coal Black Horse FINALIST for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize “A WILD ADVENTURE SPUN IN EXALTED PROSE: THE BOOK I’VE BEEN WANTING TO READ FOR YEARS.” — Marina Endicott, award- winning author of The Difference “A BRILLIANT LITERARY ACHIEVEMENT.” — Michael Redhill, Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning author of Bellevue Square @HOUSEOFANANSI ANANSI PUBLISHES HOUSEOFANANSI.COM VERY GOOD BOOKS DECEMBER 2020 ◆ VOLUME 28 ◆ NUMBER 10 A JOURNAL OF IDEAS FIRST WORD NOTEBOOK THE ARTS The Hole Truth This Is Not the End of the Story Collected Thoughts Kyle Wyatt The lasting promise of section 35 Self-portrait of a curator 3 Ian Waddell Keith Garebian 15 30 FURTHERMORE Bronwyn Drainie, Robin Sears, INDIGENEITY PANDEMIC David Schatzky, Jeannie Marshall, Sanaz Title Role Don’t Kid Yourself Harland, Darren Alexander, Evan Bedford, A failure of imagination A ruling on the rules Joel Henderson, Diana Dunbar Tremain, Jonathan Yazer Jessica Duffin Wolfe Kevin Keystone, Christopher Moore 18 5 31 The Canadian Conversation LITERATURE THE PUBLIC SQUARE A Polish journalist’s perspective Socially Distant Magdalena Miłosz Lonely Hearts Club Settling in with Helen Humphreys Maybe the problem with Facebook is us 21 Katherine Ashenburg Dan Dunsky AROUND THE WORLD 7 32 Mennonite -
FREE ADMISSION Celebrating Reading
1 Sunday, September 23, 2018 | 10AM–5PM | Harbourfront Centre FREE ADMISSION Celebrating Reading. Advocating Literacy. • thewordonthestreet.ca 2 ��TH EDITION For curious readers of every kind FESTIVALOFAUTHORS.CA | @FestofAuthors | 416-973-4000 Major Partners Venue Partner Major Media Partner TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 ��TH EDITION WELCOME TO WOTS 2 MEET THE TEAM 3 LETTERS OF GREETING 4-5 FESTIVAL PARTNERS 6-7 FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE 8-12 ASL PROGRAMMING 13-14 FESTIVAL RESOURCES 15 MORE FESTIVAL FUN 16 OFFICIAL BOOKSELLERS 17 AMAZON.CA BESTSELLERS 19-23 AUTHOR CRUISES 25-28 CANADIAN MAGAZINES 30-34 AUDIBLE PRESENTS GREAT BOOKS 36-44 INDIGENOUS VOICES 47-50 LEARNING STATION 52-54 SCULPTING NEW READS 55-56 TEEN SPIRIT 58-63 LA SCÈNE FRANCOPHONE VIAMONDE 65-70 TORONTO BOOK AWARDS TENT 72-75 TORONTO STAR TENT 77-79 VIBRANT VOICES OF ONTARIO 80-87 WORDSHOP MARQUEE 88-90 SURVEY INFORMATION 92 THANK YOU 93 AUTOGRAPHS 94-97 EXHIBITOR SPECIAL LISTINGS 98-100 FOOD LISTINGS 101 For curious readers of every kind EXHIBITOR LISTINGS 102-104 FESTIVAL MAP HOW TO USE THIS PROGRAM Review the Festival at a Glance on pages 8–12, or go directly to the venue descriptions. Want to see our kids programming? Pick up a TD Kidstreet guide at WOTS! FESTIVALOFAUTHORS.CA | @FestofAuthors | 416-973-4000 Books available on audible.ca The Word On The Street Toronto: (416) 504-7241 | [email protected] Cover Illustration by Marc Nipp. Program Design by Propagation Media. Major Partners Venue Partner Major Media Partner 4 WELCOME TO WOTS Welcome to The Word On The Street Toronto The Word On The Street is back! This year continues our 29-year celebration of Canadian and Indigenous writing for readers of all ages and appetites. -
Westwood Creative Artists ______
Westwood Creative Artists ___________________________________________ FRANKFURT CATALOGUE Fall 2018 INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS Director: Carolyn Forde Associate: Meg Wheeler AGENTS Carolyn Forde Jackie Kaiser Michael A. Levine Hilary McMahon John Pearce Bruce Westwood FILM & TELEVISION Michael A. Levine 386 Huron Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2G6 Canada Phone: (416) 964-3302 ext. 223 & 233 E-mail: [email protected] & [email protected] Website: www.wcaltd.com Table of Contents News from Westwood Creative Artists page 3 – 5 Recent sales page 6 – 7 Fiction Nicole Lundrigan, Hideaway page 10 Raziel Reid, Kens page 11 Alisa Smith, Doublespeak page 12 M.G. Vassanji, A Delhi Obsession page 13 Non-Fiction Sarah Berman, Don’t Call It a Cult page 16 Erin Davis, Mourning Has Broken page 17 Gail Gallant, The Changeling page 18 Don Gillmor, To The River page 19 Stephen J. Harper, Right Here, Right Now page 20 Thomas Homer-Dixon, Commanding Hope page 21 Darren McLeod, Mamaskatch page 22 Tessa McWatt, Shame on Me page 23 Ailsa Ross, The Woman Who Rode a Shark page 24 Poetry Najwa Zebian, The Nectar of Pain page 26 Titles of Special Note Karma Brown, Recipe for a Perfect Wife page 28 Kim Fu, The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore page 29 Thomas King, The Dreadfulwater series page 30 – 31 Manjushree Thapa, All of Us In Our Own Lives page 32 Richard Wagamese, Starlight page 33 Mark Abley, Watch Your Tongue page 34 Darrell Bricker & John Ibbitson, Empty Planet page 35 David Chariandy, I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You page 36 Rae Congdon, GAYBCs page 37 B. -
Tanya Tagaq, Ian Williams Among Nalists for $60,000 Amazon Canada
This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about permissions/licensing, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com Entertainment • Books Tanya Tagaq, Ian Williams among nalists for $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award By Deborah Dundas Books Editor Fri., April 26, 2019 Books published by small indie presses are equally represented along with books from one big publishing house in the Amazon Canada First Novel Award. The short list was announced Friday morning. Marking the 43rd annual presentation, the prize is a prestigious one, having helped launch the careers of writers including Michael Ondaatje, Joy Kogawa and Katherena Vermette, among others. The winner will receive $60,000 and each of the six finalists will receive $6,000 in prize money. Su 3 mon Tanya Tagaq, author of Split Tooth, which is a nalist for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award. (REBECCA WOOD) The finalists are: The Amateurs by Liz Harmer (Knopf Canada), about which the Star’s reviewer said, “And like all good science fiction, The Amateurs ably carries the weight of analogy: the grand themes of technology and what we’vYoue do havene to reached our pla yournet alimitnd o ofur freeselv earticles,s.” please subscribe to keep reading. Act NowAct Now Searching for Terry Punchout by Tyler Hellard (Invisible Publishing), a debut novel about hockey that’s both hilarious and heartbreaking. It features a sports journalist who returns to his small hometown to write a profile of his father, a former NHL enforcer.