Essential Writers Series

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Pictura

How do you write about an artist who refused to be contained? Roy Kenzie Kiyooka was a Canadian artist and writer who gifted an extensive body of work that unfolded in nearly every dimension of media. ...

Alice Munro Country

This rich volume begins with a very good-humoured memoir by Munro’s renowned Canadian publisher, Douglas Gibson, followed by powerful autobiographical pieces by fiction writers, playwrights, poets, ...

Alice Munro Everlasting

This volume begins with a major new essay by renowned short story critic and theorist Charles E. May, followed by a major new essay by one of Munro’s most long-standing and most perceptive readers, ...

J. J. Steinfeld

A critical look at Prince Edward Island writer J. J. Steinfeld’s extensive and prolific writings in poetry, fiction, and theatre, ranging from his early work on Holocaust themes to his later examinations ...

Robert Kroetsch

Nicole Markotić is a novelist, critic, and poet. Her books include: Scrapbook of My Years as a Zealot, Bent at the Spine, and Whelmed. She is professor of English Literature, Creative Writing, and Canadian ...

Nino Ricci

This book of essays examines the fictional work of Nino Ricci from a variety of critical perspectives. These perspectives include ideas about literature, culture, identity, politics, and society in terms ...

Clark Blaise

This volume represents the first full-scale appreciation of Clark Blaise’s writing in more than 25 years—and the first comprehensive study of his now more than 20 books. Included are previously published ...

Sheila Watson

Sheila Watson published the iconic novel, The Double Hook, in 1959 and influenced the writing styles of many Canadian authors, including Robert Kroetsch, Michael Ondaatje, George Bowering, and Daphne ...

Daniel David Moses

This work is a compelling examination and discussion of the work of Daniel David Moses. Including pieces by Indigenous and non-Indigenous authors, storytellers, playwrights, academics and artists, participating ...

Compulsive Acts

Compulsive Acts explores the films, plays and personality of prolific playwright, novelist, filmmaker and poet Sky Gilbert through the eyes of a handful of the people who have observed his work closely ...