Adele Wiseman was a seminal figure in Canadian letters. Always independent and wilful, she charted her own literary career, based on her unfailing belief in her artistic vision. In The Force Of Vocation, the first book on Wiseman's...
Novelists, Canadian
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Author:Panofsky, RuthSummary: - Author:Montgomery, L. M.Summary:
The autobiography of Canadian author, Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of the famous Anne of Green Gables series.
- Author:Rubio, MarySummary:
Mary Henley Rubio has spent over two decades researching Montgomery's life, and has put together a comprehensive and penetrating picture of this Canadian literary icon, all set in rich social context. Extensive interviews with people...
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Author:Gault, ConnieSummary:A bond between a young girl and an abandoned baby encompasses eastern and western Canada, from 1890s Toronto to the Regina Cyclone.
A historical novel that chronicles the life of Gladdie McConnell and her seemingly mysterious...
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Author:Stouck, DavidSummary:Although she fostered a reputation for being an unambitious latecomer, a happily married doctor's wife who wrote for her own pleasure, Wilson in fact took her writing very seriously, trying for several years to place her work with major...
- Author:Gibson, GraemeSummary:
Originally published in 1970, Eleven Canadian Novelists Interviewed by Graeme Gibson is a collection of candid and wide-ranging interviews with Canadian writers, including Alice Munro, Mordecai Richler, Margaret Laurence, and more. With...
- Author:Ramadan, DannySummary:
A queer Syrian refugee reckons with a life spent out of place. "Writing this memoir is a betrayal." So begins this electrifying personal account from Danny Ramadan, a celebrated novelist who has long enjoyed the shield his fiction...
