As readers turn their eyes to nominees for both Canada’s Giller Prize and the Nobel Prize in literature, how does Canadian literary recognition translate into international standing?
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Canadian author and illustrator Jon Klassen has won the the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, one of the world’s most prestigious distinctions in children’s literature.
Diary-writers across history have expressed the sense of relief that writing from the heart can bring. Could English essays have the same benefits?
You could say it’s just a novel, so the implausibilities don’t matter, but the story is self-involved and contrived.
Indigenous people are more than stories. We deserve a future where our identities are not commodities, and accountability is measured by actions that build trust and repair harm.
Canadian literature cannot be defined solely by the language in which it is written. Instead, it must be understood as a multilingual body of work shaped the diverse people who live here.
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ book and TV series reflect currents of political turmoil, particularly rising authoritarianism in the United States and the erosion of women’s rights.
The controversy is about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict interfering with the world of Canadian letters, but also reveals antagonistic ideas about literature’s social role.
Whereas Kafka’s Samsa famously wakes up to discover he has been transformed into a bug, the insect evolution of Hage’s unnamed migrant protagonist happens slowly through his circumstances.
Scholars have an opportunity — if not an obligation — to use our re-readings to reckon with sexual abuse of children and the silence that so often surrounds it.
An essay by Alice Munro’s daughter about childhood sexual abuse has forced a reckoning with the legacy of the feminist icon and writer acclaimed for her ability to give voice to women’s lives.
Anne Carson’s playful new book, Wrong Norma, meaningfully makes apparently random connections – and the result is compelling.
Munro observed the ways time and perspective may alter understanding. Revisiting ‘Alice Munro Country’ in southwestern Ontario in Canada is one way to honour her.
When teachers are self-aware of how their identities impact their values, beliefs and experiences, they are better prepared to help students build bridges between their lives and literature.
Encouraging men to take the risk of expressing tender feelings for others is part of relying on love as a tool of anti-racist and decolonial education.
A deep philosophical exploration of the subjective nature of historical knowledge and memory runs through Anne Michaels smart and poignant new novel.
We need to value the recognition of great Canadian comic writing and ensure it’s judged equitably.
The past of the Holocaust still haunts the present and calls out to Canadian writers. Their works of poetry and prose are forms of remembrance that command our attention.
Publishing houses face strain, and in some cases, closure, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Authors are looking for alternative ways to get their work to readers.
A rich diversity of Canadian Jewish experience is reflected in the poems of Miriam Waddington and the prose of Adele Wiseman, Fredelle Bruser Maynard, Helen Weinzweig and Shirley Faessler.
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