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The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature Edited by Eva-Marie Kröller Frontmatter More Information
Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-15962-4 — The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature Edited by Eva-Marie Kröller Frontmatter More Information The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature This fully revised second edition of The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature offers a comprehensive introduction to major writers, genres, and topics. For this edition several chapters have been completely re-written to relect major developments in Canadian literature since 2004. Surveys of ic- tion, drama, and poetry are complemented by chapters on Aboriginal writ- ing, autobiography, literary criticism, writing by women, and the emergence of urban writing. Areas of research that have expanded since the irst edition include environmental concerns and questions of sexuality which are freshly explored across several different chapters. A substantial chapter on franco- phone writing is included. Authors such as Margaret Atwood, noted for her experiments in multiple literary genres, are given full consideration, as is the work of authors who have achieved major recognition, such as Alice Munro, recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature. Eva-Marie Kröller edited the Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature (irst edn., 2004) and, with Coral Ann Howells, the Cambridge History of Canadian Literature (2009). She has published widely on travel writing and cultural semiotics, and won a Killam Research Prize as well as the Distin- guished Editor Award of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals for her work as editor of the journal Canadian -
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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. -
Urban Archaeology in Michael Redhill's Toronto Novel Consolation
Urban Archaeology in Michael Redhill’s Toronto Novel Consolation Meeria Vesala University of Tampere Faculty of Communication Sciences Master’s Programme in English Language and Literature MA Thesis May 2018 Tampereen yliopisto Viestintätieteiden tiedekunta Englannin kielen ja kirjallisuuden maisterikoulutus VESALA, MEERIA: Urban Archaeology in Michael Redhill’s Toronto Novel Consolation Pro Gradu -tutkielma, 117 sivua + lähdeluettelo Toukokuu 2018 Tutkielmani käsittelee urbaanin arkeologian tematiikkaa ja arkeologian metaforista sekä käsitteellistä merkitystä kanadalaisessa kaupunkikirjallisuudessa. Tutkimusaineistoni keskiössä on Michael Redhillin Torontoon sijoittuva historiallinen kaupunkiromaani Consolation (2006), jota analysoin ensisijaisesti kirjassa esitetyn tarinan ilmentämän tilallisuuden kautta. Romaanin tapahtumat eivät ole ainoastaan sidoksissa tiettyyn aikaan (1857/1997) ja paikkaan (Toronto), kuten kirjallisuudentutkimuksessa on usein tapana ymmärtää, vaan lähtökohtaisesti itse ympäristö tuottaa tilallisia tapahtumaketjuja, jotka ohjaavat kaupunkilaisten tottumuksia, tuntemuksia ja toimintaa eri elämänalueilla. Romaanin urbaani tila, miljoonakaupunki Ontario-järven rannalla, on havainnollistava esimerkki ajan ja paikan jatkuvasta yhteentörmäyksestä ja muutoksesta, joka on nähtävissä niin todellisen kuin kuvitellun kaupungin kuvassa. Toronton muodonmuutos pienestä rajaseudun kylästä tunnetuksi maailman metropoliksi viimeisen puolentoista vuosisadan aikana viestittää paikan ainutlaatuisesta olemuksesta ja luonteesta, minkä -
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. -
150 Canadian Books to Read
150 CANADIAN BOOKS TO READ Books for Adults (Fiction) 419 by Will Ferguson Generation X by Douglas Coupland A Better Man by Leah McLaren The Girl who was Saturday Night by Heather A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews O’Neill A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Across The Bridge by Mavis Gallant Helpless by Barbara Gowdy Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood Home from the Vinyl Café by Stuart McLean All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese And The Birds Rained Down by Jocelyne Saucier The Island Walkers by John Bemrose Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy Annabel by Kathleen Winter jPod by Douglas Coupland As For Me and My House by Sinclair Ross Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay The Back of the Turtle by Thomas King Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci Barney’s Version by Mordecai Richler Love and Other Chemical Imbalances by Adam Beatrice & Virgil by Yann Martel Clark Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen Luck by Joan Barfoot The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis Mercy Among The Children by David Adams The Birth House by Ami McKay Richards The Bishop’s Man by Linden MacIntyre No Great Mischief by Alistair Macleod Black Robe by Brian Moore The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson Blackfly Season by Giles Blunt The Outlander by Gil Adamson The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill The Piano Man’s Daughter by Timothy Findley The Break by Katherena Vermette The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje Quantum Night by Robert J. -
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. -
Minimal Canon: Canadian Literature
Minimal Canon: Canadian Literature Narrative Frances Brooke, The History of Emily Montague (1769) John Richardson, Wacousta (1832) Susanna Moodie, Roughing It in the Bush (1852) L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (1908) Frederick Philip Grove, Settlers of the Marsh (1925) Sinclair Ross, As for Me and My House (1941) Hugh MacLennan, Barometer Rising (1941) Hugh MacLennan, Two Solitudes (1945) Mordecai Richler, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959) Sheila Watson, The Double Hook (1959) Margaret Laurence, The Stone Angel (1964) Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers (1966) Alice Munro, Dance of the Happy Shades (1968) Robert Kroetsch, The Studhorse Man (1969) Robertson Davies, Fifth Business (1970) Timothy Findley, The Wars (1977) Jack Hodgins, The Invention of the World (1977) Aritha van Herk, Judith (1978) Joy Kogawa, Obasan (1981) Timothy Findley, Famous Last Words (1981) Beatrice Culleton Mosonier, In Search of April Raintree (1983) Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion (1987) Rohinton Mistry, Tales from Firozsha Baag (1987) Carol Shields, Swann (1987) Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces (1996) Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman’s Boy (1996) Alistair MacLeod, No Great Mischief (1999) Jane Urquhart, The Stone Carvers (2001) Larissa Lai, Salt Fish Girl (2002) Dionne Brand, What We All Long For (2005) Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes (2007) Rawi Hage, Cockroach (2008) Richard Wagamese, Indian Horse (2012) Thomas King, The Back of the Turtle (2014) Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed (2016) Esi Edugyan, Washington Black (2018) Poetry Oliver Goldsmith, The Rising Village (1825) Robert Service, Songs of a Sourdough (1907) E. Pauline Johnson, Flint and Feather (1912) John McCrae, “In Flanders Fields” (1915) E. -
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. -
University of Saskatchewan Department of English Ph.D
University of Saskatchewan Department of English Ph.D. Field Examination Ph.D. candidates take this examination to establish that they have sufficient understanding to do advanced research and teaching in a specific field. Field examinations are conducted twice yearly: in October and May. At least four months before examination, students must inform the Graduate Chair in writing of their intention to sit the examination. Ph.D. students are to take this examination in May of the second year of the program or October of the third. The examination will be set and marked by three faculty specialists in the area that has been chosen by the candidate. The following lists comprise the areas in which the Department of English has set readings for Ph.D. candidates: American, Commonwealth/Postcolonial, English- Canadian, Literary Theory, Literature by Women, Medieval, Modern British, Nineteenth- Century British, Renaissance, and Restoration/Eighteenth Century. Each candidate is either to select one of the areas listed here or to propose an examination in an area for which a list is not already set. The set lists themselves are not exhaustive; each is to be taken as two-thirds of the reading to be undertaken for the examination, the final third to be drafted by the candidate in consultation with the supervisor. At least three months before examination, this list will be submitted to the candidate’s Examining Committee for approval. A candidate may choose to be examined in an area for which there is no list. Should this option be chosen, the candidate (in consultation with the supervisor) will propose an area to the Graduate Committee at least six months before the examination is to be taken. -
Esi Edugyan's
FREE AT BC FERRIES GIFT SHOPS TheThe harshharsh realityreality ofof BC bullying bullying Holly Dobbie tackles BOOKWORLD the misery in her new YA novel. VOL. 32 • NO. 4 • Winter 2018-19 PAGE 35 ESIESI EDUGYANEDUGYAN ofof VictoriaVictoria hashas rocketedrocketed intointo MargaretMargaret AtwoodAtwood andand AliceAlice MunroMunro PHOTO territoryterritory withwith justjust herher thirdthird novel.novel. STAMINA POPPITT See page 9 TAMARA JACK WHYTE RETURNS 10 • BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE BIO 25 PUBLICATION MAIL AGREEMENT BUILD THE FUTURE 22-23 • 26 MUDGIRLS HIKING #40010086 Curl up with a good book. Discover great books by BC authors on board at Passages. Orca Book Publishers strives to produce books that illuminate the experiences of all people. Our goal is to provide reading material that represents the diversity of human experience to readers of all ages. We aim to help young readers see themselves refl ected in the books they read. We are mindful of this in our selection of books and the authors that we work with. Providing young people with exposure to diversity through reading creates a more compassionate world. The World Around Us series 9781459820913 • $19.95 HC 9781459816176 • $19.95 HC 9781459820944 • $19.95 HC 9781459817845 • $19.95 HC “ambitious and heartfelt.” —kirkus reviews The World Around Us Series.com The World Around Us 2 BC BOOKWORLD WINTER 2018-2019 AROUNDBC TOPSELLERS* BCHelen Wilkes The Aging of Aquarius: Igniting Passion and Purpose as an Elder (New Society $17.99) Christine Stewart Treaty 6 Deixis (Talonbooks $18.95) Joshua -
Newslettermar Apr 2008
March/April 2008 Newsletter In this Issue: Reminder from ESC..3 Victorian Review…….3 President’s Message Call for Papers………4 Steven Bruhm Mount Saint Vincent University Conference Announcement………6 Greetings from the eastern seaboard, where There is news from the Canadian spring is finally threatening to show up. I Federation for the Humanities and Social News of Members…..7 sincerely hope that all of you are getting re- Sciences. As a member of the Board of energized by the sun after a long winter Directors, I attended the board meeting in Conference term. Ottawa at the end of March. While there I Programme………….8 spoke with the Federation’s chief financial GSC Event……..….14 By now you will have had a chance to see officer about getting ACCUTE set up with the draft ACCUTE program on line at our on-line registration; it’s long been my wish AGM Agenda.……..30 website, and an exciting program it is. We that ACCUTE members have the option to had a massive reply to the general call for join or renew by simply presenting their Published by the papers, along with a very healthy slate of credit cards on line. The Fed’s financial Association of member-organized sessions. Moreover, person told me that she is currently Canadian College and University Teachers of we’ve teamed up with other organizations to negotiating with service providers to get the English vary the program even more. Some of the best rate for “ticket sales” for member notable alliances (notable because they organizations, and she’s hoping for a involve constituents who have historically be system in which organizations like ours President: Steven Bruhm Secretary-Treasurer: under-represented at ACCUTE) are with the don’t have to pay the credit card charges for Karen Macfarlane Canadian Association of American Studies, on-line use. -
FICTION by People of Colour (Adult & Teen/YA)
FICTION by People of Colour (adult & teen/YA) These titles are suggested by the Mississippi Mills Public Library staff to support #BlackLivesMatter. These items represent a selection from the Mississippi Mills Public Library collection. Away Running, by David Wright (YA) Love is the Drug, by Alaya Dawn Johns (YA) This Way Home, by Wes Moore (YA) Bay 21, by Matthew Quick (YA) X: A Novel, by Ilyasah Shabazz (YA) Dread nation, by Justina Ireland (YA) If I grow up, by Todd Strasser (YA) Fate of flames, by Sarah Raughley (YA) Paragon Hotel, by Lyndsay Faye Theory, by Dionne Brand I know why the caged bird sings, by Maya Angelou The Hungry Ghosts, by Shyam Selvadurai Everybody's son: a novel, by Thrity N. Umrigar Brother, by David Chariandy Half-blood Blues and Washington Black, both by Esi Edugyan My sister, the serial killer, by O. Braithwaite Dr. Edith Vane and the hares of Crawley Hall, by Suzette Mayr A brief history of seven killings, by Marlon James Mãn: a novel, Vi: a novel, Ru, all by Kim Thúy Colorblind: a story of racism, by Johnathan Harris The Sun is also a Star; Everything, Everything; and Frankly in Love, all by Nicola Yoon (YA) The Hate You Give and On the Come Up, both by Angie Thomas (YA) The Illegal, Some Great Thing, The Book of Negroes, and Any Known Blood, all by Lawrence Hill God Help the Child, A Mercy, Beloved, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, all by Toni Morrison Days by moonlight, Fifteen Dogs, and The Hidden Keys, all by André Alexis They Never Told Me: and other stories and The Polished Hoe, both by Austin Clarke Chronique de la dérive douce: roman and Pays sans chapeau, both by Dany Laferrière Color Purple and Now is the Time to Open Your Heart, both by Alice Walker The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, both by Colson Whitehead The Water Dancer, by Ta Nehisi Coates .