Margaret Atwood enjoys a unique prominence in Canadian letters. With over thirty books to her credit, in genres ranging from children's writing to dystopic novels, she is as creatively diverse as she is internationally acclaimed....
Literary arts
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Author:Moss, John, Kozakewich, TobiSummary: - Author:Summary:
Margaret Laurence and Jack McClelland-one of Canada's most beloved writers and one of Canada's most significant publishers-enjoyed an unusual rapport. In this collection of annotated letters, readers gain rare insight into the private...
- Author:Propst, LisaSummary:
Efforts to fight back against silencing are central to social justice movements and scholarly fields such as feminist and postcolonial studies. But claiming to give voice to people who have been silenced always risks appropriating those...
- Author:Gould, TerrySummary:
Where do journalists find the guts to keep telling the truth in places where truth-telling will get them murdered? Since 1992 more than 730 journalists have been killed-nearly three-quarters of them targeted and murdered. Over 85% of...
- Author:Wheen, FrancisSummary:
In this brilliant book, Francis Wheen, the author of the most successful biography of Karl Marx, tells the story of Das Kapital and Marx's twenty-year struggle to complete his unfinished masterpiece. Born in a two-room flat in London's...
- Author:Noble, Jean BobbySummary:
Conventional ideas about gender and sexuality dictate that people born with male bodies naturally possess both a man’s identity and a man’s right to authority. Recent scholarship in the field of gender studies, however, exposes the...
- Author:Stackhouse, JohnSummary:
Drawing on his 30 years in newspapers, the former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail examines the crisis of serious journalism in the digital era, and searches for ways the invaluable tradition can thrive in a radically changed...
- Author:George, ElizabethSummary:
As the author of twenty-four novels, Elizabeth George is one of the most successful—and prolific—novelists today. In Mastering the Process , George offers readers a master class in the art and science of crafting a novel. This is a...
- Author:Shutt, Timothy BakerSummary:
In this course, Kenyon College professor Dr. Timothy B. Shutt discusses the historical and cultural context of some of the greatest works of medieval literature.
- Author:Haig-Brown, Roderick L.Summary:
Roderick L. Haig-Brown welcomes us onto his lush farm for a year of insights and observations. In this eloquently written account, Haig-Brown, his wife Ann and their four children tour us through each season, and teach us the ways in...
- Author:League of Canadian PoetsSummary:
A society without poetry and the other arts would have broken its mirror and cut out its heart.--"Margaret Atwood. So boldly insists one of our greatest writers in Measures of Astonishment, a refreshing and eclectic mix of both deeply...
- Author:Carrière, MarieSummary:
Le mythe de l'infanticide Médée a toujours connu une fortune littéraire et la littérature féminine contemporaine ne fait pas exception. L'analyse comparée de huit textes de femmes de divers horizons tente de cerner les enjeux...
- Author:Nolan, YvetteSummary:
Contemporary Indigenous theatre in Canada is just over thirty years old, if one begins counting from the premier of Linda Griffiths and Maria Campbell's Jessica in Saskatoon and the establishment of Native Earth Performing Arts in...
- Author:De Hamel, ChristopherSummary:
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is a remarkable examination of twelve illuminated manuscripts from the medieval period. Noted authority Christopher de Hamel invites the listener into intimate conversations with these texts to...
- Author:Funk, CarlaSummary:
Carla Funk is a teenager with her hands on the church piano keys and her feet edging toward the flames. Coming of age in a remote valley town-a place rich in Mennonites, loggers, and dutiful wives who submit to their husbands-she knows...
- Author:Manguel, AlbertoSummary:
Du Petit Chaperon rouge à Dracula, en passant par Alice, Faust, Don Juan, Robinson Crusoé, Superman, Sindbad le marin, ou encore Frankenstein, l'un des plus éminents bibliophiles nous invite à retrouver les personnages légendaires de la...
- Author:Crummey, MichaelSummary:
Most of What Follows Is True is an examination of the complex relationship between fact and fiction, between the "real world" and the stories we tell to explain the world to ourselves. Drawing on his own experience appropriating...
- Author:Hayden, TylerSummary:
Mother’s Message in a Bottle is an inspirational collection of over 40 letters from mothers around the world to the people they love. The aim of the book is to provide direction, wisdom, and connection between mothers and their children...
- Author:Fisher, NateSummary:
From the ongoing podcast Movie Nightcap comes the Reserve Collection, a series of exclusive episodes featuring hosts Jill Tighe, Abe Saffer, and Nate Fisher. Each episode is a journey of discovery, fueled by beer. The hosts are joined...
- Author:Fraser, AntoniaSummary:
Biographer Antonia Fraser recounts her 33 years with husband Harold Pinter--a Nobel Prize winner and one of the most acclaimed modern-day playwrights. Here Antonia draws an intimate portrait of her marriage to Pinter--and reveals him to...
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