Inside the sell off of Canada’s literary heritage
A new book by Elaine Dewar illuminates the curious sale of iconic Canadian publisher McClelland & Stewart — and what it means for Can Lit
Canadian literature
Book review: Urquhart’s latest literary triumph
Jane Urquhart’s eighth novel is a gorgeously written, virtuosic weaving of time, place and characters connected in profound ways
6 memorable final passages from Canadian literature
Spoiler alert! This is how some great works of Canadian Literature end.
How to be a better Canadian: Read Canadian literature
Maclean’s presents an instalment in our patriotic video series designed to hone your skills, add to your already encyclopedic knowledge of this great country and generally make you a super-Canadian. In this edition: The books that best capture the eternal themes that make CanLit Canadian, by Maclean’s senior writer Brian Bethune.
Farley Mowat took us far away, but deep within, too
Why Mowat’s Tundra collection is more precious than ever
Margaret Atwood in 1974: ’Margaret Laurence was no bulldozer’
Thirty years after the distinguished Canadian author died, Laurence’s last book reminds us of ’the need to give shape to our own legends, to rediscover what is really ours’
The apprenticeship of Mordecai Richler
In 1961, Mordecai Richler wrote this narrative chronicling his journey as a scriptwriter from Paris ’fleabags’ to his London flat
Lionel Shapiro in 1955: ’What is distinctively Canadian literature?’
’Only in Canada is Canadian writing derided, decried and indeed dismissed as nonexistent,’ said Shapiro, one of the most versatile and widely recognized writers Canada had ever produced