http://www.canlit.ca/feeds/canlit.rss en-us $#x2117; 2007 Canadian Literature Canadian Literature Podcast Canadian Literature Occasional interviews with Canadian authors RSS Feed and Podcast for Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review Canadian Literature cl.info@ubc.ca http://www.canlit.ca/archives.php?issuenumber=194 The current issue of Canadian Literature, "Asian Canadian Studies," is a special issue guest edited by Guy Beauregard. It features essays by Guy Beauregard, Christopher Lee, Ikyo Day, Donald C. Goellnicht, Marie Lo, Glenn Deer, Roy Miki, Rita Wong, Lily Cho, and Henry Yu; poetry by Tim Mook Sang, Angela Long, Dale Lee Kwong, Changming Yuan, and Terry Watata; and our regular collection of book reviews. In an essay that investigates “why interethnic antiracism matters now,” George Lipsitz asserts that “while ethnic studies is doing very well, ethnic people are faring very badly” (296). In making this assertion, Lipsitz seeks to identify and confront the implications of “the disparity between the sta- tus of ethnic studies and the status of ethnic communities” in the United States (296–97). He acknowledges that this disparity stems in part “from the personal failings of individual scholars, from the elitism and ideologi- cal conservatism at the core of academic career hierarchies, and from the isolation of many ethnic studies scholars from the activities of actual social movements” (297). But he also underlines that “the ethnic studies para- digm itself, as it has emerged historically, is also partly responsible for the problems we face” (297)—a point that has been addressed in a variety of ways by prominent ethnic studies scholars in the United States over the past twenty years (see, for example, Hirabayashi and Alquizola; Kim; and Omi). Particularly problematic for Lipsitz is what he calls “a one-group-at-a-time story of exclusion and discrimination rather than an analytic, comparative, and relational approach revealing injustice to be the rule rather than the exception in our society” (297). For Lipsitz, new forms of capitalist exploi- tation and new forms of racism in the postindustrial United States demand “new methods, theories, and strategies” to help us investigate what he calls “the interconnectedness of oppressions” (297). Guy Bearegard, "Asian Canadian Studies: Unfinished Projects" Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:49 PST http://www.canlit.ca/interviews We are pleased to publish two new interviews: Richard Van Camp Richard Van Camp is a proud member of the Dogrib (Tlicho) Nation from Fort Smith, NWT, Canada. A graduate of the En'owkin International School of Writing, the University of Victoria's Creative Writing BFA Program, and the Master's Degree in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia, Richard currently teaches Creative Writing with an Aboriginal Focus at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. He is also an online instructor with the Emily Carr Institute teaching Creative Writing and Storytelling. As well, Richard works with Musqueam First Nations youth with the Musqueaum Youth Project. Addena Sumter-Freitag Addena Sumter-Freitag is a 7th generation African Canadian. She grew up in Winnipeg's North End, and has lived all across Canada. Addena is well known for her provocative poetry and powerful performances and has been likened to Maya Angelou. Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:49 PST http://www.canlit.ca/survey We are conducting a quick (2 - 3 minutes) survey at http://www.canlit.ca/survey for Canadian publishers. We value your input, and would greatly appreciate knowing what you think. Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:49 PST http://www.canlit.ca/submissions.php?page=cfp Guest Editors: Roxanne Rimstead (Université de Sherbrooke) and Deena Rymhs (St. Francis Xavier University) While prison writings from other national contexts have increasingly occupied the attention of critics, little scholarly attention has been paid to Canada's own prison narratives. This special issue of Canadian Literature responds to such a critical gap at a historical juncture when the number of those incarcerated in Canada continues to rise. With the ascendance of the prison as an industrial complex, and with a disproportionately high number of Native people incarcerated by the state, we might consider the "new garrisons" by which the Canadian imaginary organizes itself. Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:49 PST http://frontenachouse.com/index.php/submissions/dektet_2010 In 2010, the 10th anniversary of the Quartet poetry series, Frontenac House will simultaneously publish 10 poetry books – Dektet 2010. Titles will be chosen by a jury of leading Canadian poets: bill bissett, George Elliot Clarke, and Alice Major. This will be a blind selection process; jury members will not know the identity of persons submitting manuscripts. An advance on royalties of $1000 will be paid to each writer. All books will be published simultaneously in 2010. Deadline for submission is October 31 2008. Submissions with a postmark later than that date will not be accepted. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:49 PST http://www.canlit.ca/50th.php A Gala to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Canadian Literature, October 1st to October 3rd, 2009 Un Gala pour célébrer le Cinquantiè anniversaire de Littérature canadienne du 1er au 3 octobre 2009 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 14:49 PST http://www.memewaronline.com A space where artists from different circles can connect, debate and collaborate. Memewar Magazine is proud to present the Fall '08 edition of the Short Line reading series! The Short Line is a monthly literary event that features readings by both well-established guest authors and student writers. September 16: Matt Rader, Russell Thornton, Addena Sumter-Freetag, Sonnet L'Abbe +more. October 28: Taylor Leedahl, Megan Lane, Heather McDonald, Ivan Drury +more. November 26: Tony Power, Ada Smailbegovic +more. All events at the Railway Club (as always) 579 Dunsmuir. 6:30 - 8:30PM Admission: FREE Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:49 PST http://tightropebooks.com/best-canadian-poetry-annual/ Bill Howell's "Late Light" (CL#195) and Shane Rhodes' "If it was the sea we heard" (CL#192), which were originally published in Canadian Literature, are among the 50 poems/poets chosen to appear in the anthology, Best of Canadian Poetry in English, 2008, edited by Stephanie Bolster & Molly Peacock (ISBN-10: 0978335171/ISBN-13: 978-0978335175). The anthology, published by Tightrope Books, will be available from Chapters/Indigo the week of October 17, 2008. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:49 PST www.lmmrc.ca/Conference The University of Guelph is delighted to welcome you to the Lucy Maud Montgomery archive - the largest, most comprehensive and significant collection of archival material and personal artifacts documenting the life and works of this author. Highlights include her private journals, scrapbooks, handiwork, photographs, short stories, letters, and financial records. Countless international scholars have used the collection to produce a wide variety of scholarly works that not only focus on her published works, but that document the life of an early (woman) Canadian writer. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:49 PST www.ckcufm.com "On July 31 and August 7 we plan to broadcast a new series entitled “Uncharted Heart”. These constitute the radio launch of the recently published collection of poetry with that title by Guyanese-born, internationally acclaimed Canadian writer Cyril Dabydeen who will read from the volume in his inimitable style during his conversation with host Lloyd Stanford. As usual, we broadcast from Ottawa at 6 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time [in this season] 1 on CKCU-FM at 93.1FM in the National Capital Region and, world wide, live, on the Internet at www.ckcufm.com" Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:14 PST http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/2008/08may01/psae.html Five members of the university community are being recognized for outstanding contributions to campus life and for personal achievements as recipients of the 2008 President’s Service Award for Excellence (PSAE). This year’s winners are James Bellavance, Facilities Manager, Plant Operations; Richard Moore, Facilities Co-ordinator; Patricia Rose, Secretary of the Arts and Creative Writing Program; Margaret Tom-Wing, Executive Coordinator to the Dean of Arts; and Moya Waters, Associate Director of the Museum of Anthropology. Tue, 6 May 2008 13:34 PST http://www.nightwoodeditions.com Newfoundland poet George Murray has been shortlisted for the Writer's Federation of Nova Scotia Atlantic Poetry Prize, for his latest book of poetry, "The Rush to Here". Upon hearing the news Murray said he was, "Chuffed to be in the company of great poets like Anne Simpson and Don Domanski and thrilled to a part of the arts scene out here by the ocean." Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:09 PST http://www.anansi.ca/ Rawi Hage has been shortlisted for literature's richest prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award! DeNiro's Game was selected out of a longlist of over 130 nominees. Chosen on the basis of "high literary merit," the IMPAC nominees are put forward by libraries in capital and major cities throughout the world. The Winnipeg Public Library nominated the multi-award winning DeNiro's Game, citing, "This is a timely novel. Hage's style and vivid imagery powerfully convey the brutality of war and its dehumanizing effects." Rawi Hage will publish his second novel, Cockroach, with House of Anansi Press in fall 2008. Congratulations, Rawi! Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:29 PST http://www.frye.ca/english/index.html The Frye Festival in Moncton, New Brunswick promotes the pleasure and discovery of reading by bringing together authors, storytellers, poets and playwrights from around the world each year in April. Festival audiences hear these writers at debates, readings, workshops and dialogues in schools, cafes, restaurants, bars, theatres, and libraries throughout the region. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:24 PST http://www.chbooks.com April 17 & 23 - Appreciate the Poetics of Stuttering in Vancouver What do Winston Churchill, Lewis Carroll and James Earl Jones all have in common? They were/are all stutterers, as is author Jordan Scott. The BC-raised Scott has struggled with stuttering all his life, and his second book, Blert, released this April, investigates a "poetics of stuttering." Blert is his transformation of his stammer into art. Jordan will be back in British Columbia for a few events in late April, just in time for National Poetry Month. First, on Thursday, April 17, Jordan Scott reads with author Ryan Arnold (The Coward Files, Conundrum Press) as part of the University of British ColumbiaÕs Robson Reading Series. Then, on Wednesday, April 23, Jordan Scott reads with two Vancouver poets, Donato Mancini (Aethel, New Star Books) and Stephen Collis (The Commons, Talonbooks), in a National Poetry Month reading event at the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library. UBC Main Campus Noon Reading featuring Jordan Scott and Ryan Arnold Thursday, April 17th, 12:00 p.m. Irving K. Barber Centre, Dodson Room 1961 East Mall Free UBC Robson Reading Series featuring Jordan Scott and Ryan Arnold Thursday, April 17th, 7:00 p.m. UBC Bookstore at Robson Square, 800 Robson Street Free National Poetry Month at the Vancouver Public Library featuring Jordan Scott, Stephen Collis and Donato Mancini Wednesday, April 23rd, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch, 350 West Georgia Street Free Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:14 PST http://event.douglas.bc.ca Three winners will each receive $500 (plus publication payment). Publication in Event 37/3 (December 2008). Other manuscripts may be published. Preliminary judging by the editors of Event. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:34 PST http://www.canlit.ca/survey Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review is looking at ways to provide secondary school teachers and librarians with new resources. Your responses will help guide the development of any new resources for secondary schools. Participants will be entered into a draw for one of two $50 cash prizes. This survey is intended for people involved with Canadian High School teaching and/or libraries only. Please respond no later than Friday, February 29, 2008. Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:35 PST http://www.canlit.ca Online Exclusives was soft-launched in late 2007 as a way to organize our online-only content. Check the website for interviews, ACQL papers, a mini-site on George Woodcock, and Letters. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:20 PST http://www.vehiculepress.com/chapbook/boxer/boxer.html Nestled in a box among some linens in the attic of his father, Avi Boxer’s Laurentian cabin, poet Asa Boxer came across a treasure trove of photographs from the 1950s that included candid shots of Atwood, Layton, P.K. Page, Purdy and a good slice of Canada’s literary scene in its halcyon days. Véhicule Press is pleased to present “The Avi Boxer Archives: Snap-Shots and Recollections” in its Virtual Chapbook at www.vehiculepress.com/chapbook/boxer/boxer.html. There is also a short blurb on the “chapbook” on the Véhicule Press blog--http://vehiculepress.blogspot.com/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:54 PST http://www.canlit.ca We are currently seeking poetry submissions for our upcoming issue tentatively entitled "Diasporic Women's Writing." Embodied poetry and poetry of experience is invited, as is poetry that addresses the politics, experience, language or sound of movement, migration, labour, disjuncture, marginalization, hybridity, urban space, globalization, generation, family, food, freight, flight, flow, fear, agency, asiancy, skin, stereotype, sorrow or hope. Please submit by February 15, 2008. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:34 PST http://www.wier.ca WIER is very pleased to announce that Susan Musgrave and Robert Priest are online in our winter term from Sidney, B.C., and Toronto, respectively. For details, please visit http://www.wier.ca WIER's winter term opened on Jan. 14, and writing conferences begin on Jan. 28. Some "last minute" space is available. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:53 PST http://www.brickbooks.ca Poet Laureates Lorri Neilsen Glenn and Agnes Walsh are on a coast to coast to coast tour. Please visit www.brickbooks.ca for their schedule. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:53 PST http://www.canlit.ca/issues-archives.php?issuenumber=189 Canadian Literature's Autumn 2007 issue (CL#194) features articles on the works of Timothy Findley, Timothy Taylor, David Collier and Alfred Garneau alongside our selections of new Canadian Poetry and Book Reviews. Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:53 PST http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2008/01/08/bronwen-wallace.html Young writers from Victoria, Edmonton and Toronto are finalists for the Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, given to writers under age 35 who have not yet published a book. Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:37 PST http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2008/01/08/raincoast-cut-publish.html Raincoast Books, the West Coast company that brought the blockbuster Harry Potter series to Canadian readers, announced Monday its imminent departure from the publishing business. Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:00 PST http://www.canlit.ca/toc.php?id=188 Canadian Literature's Summer 2007 issue (CL#193) features articles on the works of Dionne Brand and Alexander Mackenzie, an interview with Lullabies for Little Criminals author, Heather O'Neill, and our selections of new Canadian Poetry and Book Reviews. Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:21 PST http://www.prairiefire.ca 2007 Prairie Fire Press - McNally Robinson Writing Contests  Bliss Carman Poetry Award - Judge: Barry Dempster, Short Fiction - Judge: Bill Gaston, Creative Non-Fiction - Judge: Mark Anthony Jarman. $6,000 in prizes. First prize in each category $1,250, 2nd prize $500, 3rd prize $250. Deadline: November 30, 2007.  For information contact: Prairie Fire Press, 423-100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1H3. Phone: (204) 943-9066, E-mail: prfire@mts.net, or check out our web site for guidelines at www.prairiefire.ca. Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:21 PST http://www.canlit.ca/call Canadian Literature is currently accepting papers for upcoming issues on "Literary journals, Canadian Writing" and "Canadian Literature and Sports" (Guest Editor Laurie Ricou). Thu, 5 Jul 2007 15:47 PST http://www.thescream.ca/ The Scream Literary Festival has announced its 2007 Scream in High Park mainstage lineup. This lineup is once again notable for the diversity – in age, form, achievement, and approach. As always, the Scream features some of this country’s most recognized literary luminaries while introducing some new voices to the scene. Now in its 15th year, the Scream in High Park is the largest single-night outdoor poetry reading in Canada. It is the culmination of the Scream Literary Festival, which runs from July 3 to 9, at venues across Toronto. Coach House authors Rachel Zolf (Human Resources ) and Sean Dixon (The Girls Who Saw Everything ) will grace the main stage, as will future Coach House author, David McGimpsey (Sitcom, Fall 2007). And the entire affair will be hosted by the charming Karen Hines (The Pochsy Plays, Hello ... Hello). The complete mainstage lineup is listed below: Elizabeth Bachinsky Sean Dixon Shane Koyczan Naila Keleta Mae David McGimpsey Roy Miki Al Moritz Steven Price Priscila Uppal Zoe Whittall Rachel Zolf hosted by Karen Hines The Scream in High Park Monday, July 9, 2007 High Park, CanStage Amphitheatre Toronto, ON 7:00 p.m. PWYC. $10 suggested Visit http://www.thescream.ca for more information. Mon, 21 May 2007 10:01 PST http://www.acs-aec.ca October 27, 2007 Ottawa, Ontario Is Canadian Culture "Popular"? Examining the Paradoxes of Canadian Popular Culture The Association for Canadian Studies will hold a conference on Canadian Popular Culture that will explore what makes up Canadian popular culture through papers which examine the often paradoxical relationship that emerges between theoretical and empirical threads in cultural studies, communication studies, and Canadian studies, and other disciplines. Wed, 23 May 2007 15:26 PST http://www.canlit.ca We have redesigned canlit.ca! We are still in the process of adding content, so please use the old site if you are having trouble finding anything. New and archived Book Reviews are being added daily. We have made every effort to make the new site as accessible and easy to use as possible, so please contact us if you are having any trouble getting around, or simply want to leave a question/comment. Here's an overview of some new features: * New Book Reviews appear randomly on every page * Navigation has been completely overhauled * Pages are accessible to the visually impaired via screen readers * Pictures of the Editorial Staff! * Podcasts (coming soon!) * Pages with static content have French versions * Search engine has been overhauled to search our Back Issues Index and Book Reviews * Online subscriptions/back issue orders (coming soon!) * Updated list of Canadian Literary Journals/Magazines * New list of Canadian Publishers * A customized CMS will make posting new Book Reviews more efficient and timely * Pages conform to the W3 Web Standards guidelines Thank you for visiting, I hope you enjoy the new site! -Matthew Gruman, Marketing Assistant Wed, 16 May 2007 15:00 PST Canadian Literature Interview with Yves Beauchemin and Réjean Beaudoin French interview: Canadian Literature's francophone editor, Réjean Beaudoin, interviews Quebec author Yves Beauchemin during the 2007 Writers & Readers Festival de Vancouver http://cinema2.arts.ubc.ca/units/canlit/yves_et_rejean.mp3 Tue, 15 May 2007 15:00 PST 26:35 Beauchemin, Beaudoin, Canadian, Literature, French, Yvez, Réjean http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/media/releases/2007/mr-07-034.html Judy Brown, associate editor at Canadian Literature, has been featured in an article at UBC's Public Affairs website. Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:00 PST http://ocs.sfu.ca/aclals/ ACLALS' 14th Triennial Conference in 2007 will convene in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Conference, entitled "Literature for our Times," will address the role and function of literature in the twenty-first century through keynotes, paper presentations, panel discussions and literary readings. The conference will open with a reading/commentary by Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. Thu, 5 Apr 2007 15:00 PST http://www.canlit.ca/current/index.html The Winter 2006 issue of Canadian Literature is now available. Wed, 4 Apr 2007 15:00 PST http://www.macleans.ca/education/postsecondary/article.jsp?content=20070322_122546_9712 Congratulations to Canadian Literature Associate Editor Judy Brown who has received a 3M Teaching Fellowship and is featured in the 2 April issue of Maclean's. Link goes to the Maclean's article. Tue, 3 Apr 2007 15:00 PST http://vispo.com/bp In 1983 and 1984, bpNichol used an Apple IIe computer and the Apple BASIC programming language to create First Screening, a suite of a dozen programmed, kinetic poems. He distributed First Screening through Underwhich, an imprint he started in 1979 with a small group of poets. The Underwhich edition of First Screening consisted of 100 numbered and signed copies distributed on 5.25" floppies along with printed matter. However, the Apple IIe soon became obsolete and the poems became essentially inaccessible. But in 1992, four years after the death of bpNichol, J. B. Hohm, a student at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, began creating a HyperCard version of First Screening with the approval of Ellie Nichol, bp's widow, and with assistance from Dennis Johnson and Fred Wah. In 1993, Red Deer College Press published this version on a 3.5" floppy disk for the Macintosh computer. This HyperCard version of First Screening was a careful re-creation and recoding of the original, and it extended the life of the poems of First Screening a few more years. Still, HyperCard eventually died, leaving the poems unavailable to all but the few who owned a functioning old Mac or an even older Apple IIe and a readable diskette (unlikely, since the usual lifetime of a diskette is approximately five years). In 2004, Apple stopped selling HyperCard, and OSX's Classic mode was the last Mac operating system on which it was possible to view HyperCard works. So we are very happy to present to you four different versions of First Screening. 1. The original DSK file of the Underwhich edition with a freely downloadable Apple IIe emulator (available for PCs and (maybe) Macs), along with scanned images of the printed matter distributed with the Underwhich edition. This version is closest to the original. 2. An online JavaScript version of First Screening created by Marko Niemi and Jim Andrews. 3. A streaming Quicktime movie of the emulated version. 4. The original HyperCard version, which may, perhaps, become easier to view in the future via a HyperCard Player emulator or some other means. We've also posted scans of the printed matter of this version. This project has taken us almost three years. We've learned much about bpNichol's First Screening and how the destiny of digital writing usually remains the responsibility of the digital writers themselves. As a group and individually. This project illustrates that work can indeed survive the obsolescence of technologies if others are still interested in the work and the artist has provided what is required to implement the work using later technologies. bpNichol originally created 100 copies of First Screening and distributed them widely, which was important to the propagation of the bitstream. Fortunately, the source code was relatively easy to extract and fairly simple to understand. First Screening is some of the earliest programmed, kinetic poetry. This historical significance, together with the quality of the work itself and bpNichol's literary stature (he was awarded Canada's highest literary honour in 1970), have also motivated us to complete this project. Tue, 3 Apr 2007 15:00 PST http://www.canlit.ca/announcements/index.html William H New, Editor Emeritus, and Editor of Canadian Literature from 1977 to 1995 has been named by the Governor General an Officer of the Order of Canada. Congratulations Bill. Thank you for your passionate teaching, and for the essential books and projects on Canadian writing that have earned you this honour. Laurie Ricou, Editor. Mon, 2 Apr 2007 15:00 PST http://event.douglas.bc.ca Three winners will each receive $500 plus payment for publication in Event 36/3. Other manuscripts may be published. Writers are invited to submit manuscripts exploring the creative non-fiction form. Check your library for back issues of Event with previous winning entries and judges' comments. Sun, 1 Apr 2007 15:00 PST http://www.booktelevision.com/3Day.aspx?pg=preview Our friends at BookTelevision have released the first three minutes of the 3-Day Novel Contest: The Series. Watch it at BookTelevision.com (http://www.booktelevision.com/3Day.aspx?pg=preview) or YouTube.com (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgg6Ks8ogHQ). Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:00 PST http://www.acsus.org The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) a multidisciplinary organization advancing the study of Canada and its relations with the United States, will host its 19th Biennial Conference at the Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Ontario, November 14-18, 2007. For further information, visit http://www.acsus.org/ or contact David Archibald at darchibald@acsus.org / 202-223-9005.   Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:00 PST http://www.alcq-acql.ca/comm.html Canadian Literature congratulates Jean-Sébastien Ménard, McGill University, winner of the ACQL Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper presented at the Association’s annual meeting. In addition to receiving a selection of books relating to the critical study of Canadian and Quebec literatures, Ménard will have his paper, « Sur la langue de Kerouac », published on www.canlit.ca and receive a year’s subscription to Canadian Literature. Thu, 1 Feb 2007 15:00 PST http://www.canlit.ca/current/index.html Canadian Literature #188 (Spring 2006) has finally been printed and is being shipped to subscribers as I type. Information about the issue's contents, online versions of all its reviews, and how to order a copy are now available at http://www.canlit.ca/current/index.html Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:00 PST http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=721562622498 Canadian Literature wants to hear from readers/surfers how we can improve the journal and www.canlit.ca. Let us know what you think by filling out a short readership survey and we will automatically enter you into a draw for prizes that include an iPod Nano or a One-Year Subscription to Canadian Literature. Visit canlit.ca for details, or go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=721562622498 to take the survey. Wed, 3 Jan 2007 15:00 PST http://www.rsc.ca/index.php?page_id=92&lang_id=1&news_id=42 Congratulations to Eva-Marie Kröller (editor of Canadian Literature from 1995-2003) and Laurie Ricou (editor of Canadian Literature from 2003-present) for being made Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada! The induction ceremony will be held on Sunday, November 19, 2006. Kröller and Ricou join another of Canadian Literature's editors, W.H. New (editor from 1977-1995), who was elected to the Soceity in 1986. RSC, founded in 1882, is Canada’s oldest and most prestigious scholarly organization. Election to RSC is the highest honour that can be attained by scholars, artists and scientists in Canada. "The Society is proud to celebrate the intellectual achievements of the new Fellows", said Dr. Patricia Demers, President of the Society. "We wish to recognize the extraordinary accomplishments of persons of talent, expertise and creativity in all fields, from experimental and applied sciences to health and medical sciences, and from social sciences and humanities to the various artistic domains." Canadians have directly benefited from the outstanding achievements of these individuals. The new Fellows of RSC are among those who, today, build the world we will live in tomorrow. Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:00 PST http://www.canlit.ca/current/index.html Issue No. 187 - Winter 2005 "Beyond Quebec: Francophone Canadian Writing Outside Quebec" Canadian Literature will be presenting an issue devoted to writing by Francophones outside of Quebec. Since the tumultuous 1967 meeting of the Etats généraux du Canada français, the notion of French-Canadian identity and culture has been replaced by multiple francophone identities and cultures. As Acadians, Franco-Ontarians, Franco-Manitobans, Fransaskois, Franco-Albertans, Franco-Colombians, and others redefined their communities, poets, playwrights, novelists, and essayists have emerged to give voice to these groups. Canadian Literature presents these francophone literatures hors Québec to Anglophone as well as Québécois readers. La revue Canadian Literature présentera un numéro spécial dur le thème “Au-delà du Québec: L’écriture francophone du Canada” et don’t l’´éditrice invitée sera la Professeure Jane Moss. En plus des articles scientifiques écrits par des professeurs, la revue aura des contributions par des auteurs—soit des poèmes ou des essais. Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:00 PST http://www.canlit.ca Le Département d'études françaises, hispaniques et italiennes de UBC, en collaboration avec le Writers & Readers Festival de Vancouver, est heureux d'accueillir les écrivains québécois Yves Beauchemin et Gaétan Soucy, ce mercredi 18 octobre. L'entrée est libre. Y v e s B e a u c h e m i n dans le cours de FRENCH 330 du Professeur Réjean Beaudoin, mercredi, le 18 octobre, à 9 heures, dans la salle 201 du bâtiment Buchanan D. G a é t a n S o u c y dans le séminaire de littérature québécoise du Professeur Réjean Beaudoin, mercredi, le 18 octobre, à 14 heures, dans la salle 826 du bâtiment Buchanan Tower. SVP contactez Andre Lamontagne (fhis-head@mail.arts.ubc.ca) pour information. Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:00 PST http://www.canlit.ca/letters Over its history, Canadian Literature very occasionally published letters to the editor. None of our editors has ever been too keen on the form. Frequently, angry responses have been sent to us—and then retracted several weeks later—an indication that the genre is often fraught. But, the creation of this website and the reasonably prompt publication of all reviews on the site suggest that experimenting with a “Forum” would be in order. Forum implies exchange: before a “letter” or response appears here, the reviewer or author of a piece will be informed, and be offered the chance of rebuttal. We have little enthusiasm for unending exchanges. Personal websites, blogs, and listservs are full of these. They run quickly out of energy and interest. Our inclination will be to take a response, send it to the author of the piece for response, and end the exchange with response and response. Both the original response and the rebuttal, if any, would be edited. The primary objective in editing would be to publish about “issues” and not about personalities. We want to avoid personal animosity, real or implied. Length is also a concern. We do not impose an absolute length, but in general prefer elegant-letter length, about 250-500 words. Laurie Ricou, editor Tue, 16 May 2006 15:00 PST