Here’s a list of 40 books or so that I mentioned in a talk given today on Canada’s Literary Landscape. This is anything but a complete list, but it’s not a bad start for anyone looking to learn more about Canadian literature.<\/p>\n
Canada\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Literary Landscape:<\/span><\/p>\n A list of suggestions to help you read your way across Canada<\/span><\/p>\n Paul Martin, February 16, 2009<\/span><\/p>\n Paul.Martin@uvm.edu<\/a><\/span> http:\/\/pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Donna Morrissey, Kit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Law<\/i> (2001)<\/span><\/p>\n Wayne Johnston, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams<\/i> (1998)<\/span><\/p>\n Lisa Moore, Alligator<\/i> (2005)<\/span><\/p>\n PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables<\/i> (1908)<\/span><\/p>\n NOVA SCOTIA<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Alistair MacLeod, No Great Mischief<\/i> (1999)<\/span><\/p>\n Alistair Macleod, Island: collected stories<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n George Elliott Clarke, George and Rue<\/i> (2005)<\/span><\/p>\n Lynn Coady, Strange Heaven<\/i> (2002)<\/span><\/p>\n NEW BRUNSWICK<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n David Adams Richards, Mercy Among the Children<\/i> (2000)<\/span><\/p>\n Antonine Maillet, P\u00c3\u00a9lagie: The Return to Acadie<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n QUEBEC<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Jacques Poulin, Volkswagen Blues<\/i> (1983)<\/span><\/p>\n Mordecai Richler, Barney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Version<\/i> (1997)<\/span><\/p>\n Anne H\u00c3\u00a9bert, Kamouraska<\/i> (1970)<\/span><\/p>\n Marie-Claire Blais, A Season in the Life of Emmanuel<\/i> (1964)<\/span><\/p>\n ONTARIO<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace<\/i> (1996), The Handmaid\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tale<\/i> (1985), The Blind Assassin<\/i> (2001), Cat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Eye<\/i> (1988)<\/span><\/p>\n Dionne Brand, What We All Long For<\/i> (2005)<\/span><\/p>\n Anything at all by Alice Munro<\/span><\/p>\n Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion<\/i> (1983)<\/span><\/p>\n Timothy Findley, The Pianoman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Daughter<\/i> (1995)<\/span><\/p>\n Joseph Boyden, Three Day Road<\/em> (1995)<\/p>\n MANITOBA<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Margaret Laurence, The Diviners<\/i> (1974)<\/span><\/p>\n Gabrielle Roy, Street of Riches (1957)<\/span><\/p>\n Tomson Highway, Kiss of the Fur Queen<\/i> (1998)<\/span><\/p>\n Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness<\/i> (2005)<\/span><\/p>\n SASKATCHEWAN<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Boy<\/i> (1997); The Last Crossing<\/i> (2004)<\/span><\/p>\n W.O. Mitchell, Who Has Seen the Wind<\/i> (1947)<\/span><\/p>\n Sharon Butala, The Perfection of the Morning<\/i> (1995)<\/span><\/p>\n Wallace Stegner, Wolf Willow<\/i> (1955)<\/span><\/p>\n ALBERTA<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Thomas Wharton, Icefields<\/i> (1995)<\/span><\/p>\n Robert Kroetsch, The Studhorse Man<\/i> (1970)<\/span><\/p>\n Rudy Wiebe, A Discovery of Strangers<\/i> (1994)<\/span><\/p>\n Richard Harrison, Hero of the Play<\/i> (1997)<\/span><\/p>\n BRITISH COLUMBIA<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach<\/i> (2000)<\/span><\/p>\n Joy Kogawa, Obasan<\/i> (1981)<\/span><\/p>\n Ethel Wilson, Swamp Angel<\/i> (1954)<\/span><\/p>\n Emily Carr, Klee Wyck<\/i> (1941)<\/span><\/p>\n Douglas Coupland, The Gum Thief<\/i> (2006)<\/span><\/p>\n Yukon, NWT, & Nunavut<\/p>\n Richard Van Camp, The Lesser Blessed<\/i> (1996)<\/span><\/p>\n Robert Arthur Alexie, Pale Indian<\/i> (2005)<\/span><\/p>\n Alootook Ipellie, Arctic Dreams and Nightmares<\/i> (1993)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n