Canadian authors don’t get much love from their compatriots. The English-language share of sales of books by Canadian authors in this country fell to only 13 per cent in 2017 from 27 per cent in 2005, ...

In focus at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Canada showcases the "singular plurality" of its literature — a diversity indigenous authors definitely contribute to. Many Germans' literary image of Native ...

My Canadian childhood featured zero igloos and only three polar bears (all of whom lived in a zoo). Most of my early years were occupied not with snowshoeing or ice fishing but with reading. Most of ...

Who is Canadian? You'd think it would be a simple enough answer. You have a birth certificate or a passport or a certificate of citizenship. Voila. End of discussion. Apparently not in literature, ...

Immigrant literature – whether classified as such or simply as good literature – has opened Canadian readers to other cultures and helped in forming the vibrant, multifaceted, cosmopolitan society ...

In literature, as in almost any other category, Canadian voices often get lumped in with those from the U.S. There are plenty of distinct Canadian authors everyone should read, however, and the list ...

When science student Krista Lazzarotto tells people she’s taking a class about hockey in Canadian literature, she gets an interesting reaction. “Everybody does a double take or asks again, thinking ...

There was nothing, and then there was something. That’s how Nick Mount describes the start of Canadian literature, but it’s also an apt way to explain his new book, Arrival: The Story of CanLit, on ...

This interview originally aired on Oct. 17, 2020. Writer, spoken word poet and editor Dane Swan grew up in Bermuda listening to stories and music. As an adult living in Canada, he loved performing ...

Homegrown literature for young readers is being promoted with I Read Canadian Day, with schools, libraries, daycares and families invited to make a pledge to read or listen to a Canadian book for 15 ...

Canada is the Guest of Honour (GoH) for the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest trade fair for books, social dialogue and cultural exchange. The fall book fair annually selects a country as ...