Anthologies

She’s Gonna Be: Stories, Poems, Life

An anthology of feminist writing, She’s Gonna Be brings together a collection of long-time activists, alumnae of feminist journals like Fireweed, and a few new young voices.It’s a great title and there’s a terrifically rousing ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Thirty-four Ways of Looking at Jane Eyre

By Joan Givner

This book defies generic classification, including as it does 11 short stories, several autobiographical memoirs, an author profile of Elly Danica, and a number of essays dealing with the author’s work as a literary biographer, ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Going Some Place: Creative Non-fiction Across Canada

By Lynne Van Luven,ed.

In her introduction to Going Some Place, editor Lynne Van Luven acknowledges that creative non-fiction is a “hybrid genre,” difficult to clearly define and often seen as fancy travel reportage or postmodern personal essay writing. ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies, Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Lost Classics

By The Editors of Brick

You can never have too many books. I remember Diane Schoemperlen saying that in an interview, though I can’t recall the context. The interviewer, I’m guessing, was in Schoemperlen’s house, and maybe in a moment ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Turn of the Story: Canadian Short Fiction on the Eve of the Millennium

By Heidi Harms, Joan Thomas, eds.

Now they tell me. For the last few years, visionaries have been caballing secretly and brewing recipes for the definitive millennium anthology. “Guaranteed fundable!” they all shrieked, and “Think of the market! Once in a ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

On the Threshold: Writing Toward 2000

By The Foxglove Collective, eds.

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Exact Fare Only: Good, Bad & Ugly Rides on Public Transit

By Grant Buday,ed.

It’s difficult, if not impossible, to imagine a tribute to the stale air of a long, cramped ride on a Greyhound or the congestion of a subway during rush hour. Yet despite – or perhaps ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Drawn and Quarterly

The self-titled yearly anthology Drawn and Quarterly, now on its fifth volume, is an impressive, full-colour tome that introduces North America to some of the world’s best new comic book talent, as well as providing ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Love and Pomegranates: An Anthology of Short Fiction

By Rona Murray and Garry McKevitt,eds

In her introduction, Rona Murray states that she and fellow editor Garry McKevitt chose the 12 short stories in this anthology of emerging writers because they are bound together by a “similar sense of alienation.” ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Northern Wild: Best Contemporary Canadian Nature Writing

By David R. Boyd, ed.

It is somewhat curious that Canada, a country very much aware of its natural heritage and with an abundance of nature writing (both in periodicals and books), lacks significant, contemporary anthologies of nature writing. Despite ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies, Children and YA Non-fiction

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Quill and Quire

She’s Gonna Be: Stories, Poems, Life

Thirty-four Ways of Looking at Jane Eyre

Going Some Place: Creative Non-fiction Across Canada

★ Lost Classics

Turn of the Story: Canadian Short Fiction on the Eve of the Millennium

On the Threshold: Writing Toward 2000

Exact Fare Only: Good, Bad & Ugly Rides on Public Transit

Drawn and Quarterly

Love and Pomegranates: An Anthology of Short Fiction

Northern Wild: Best Contemporary Canadian Nature Writing

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