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Editor discusses ‘Best Canadian Stories 2021’

Written on November 12, 2021. Posted in Arts, Literature.

On Oct. 19, Best Canadian Stories 2021 was published. It’s the 51st iteration in an annual anthology series of standout short stories by Canadian authors. Some of the stories in the 2021 edition are from established authors whose works have appeared in magazines or literary journals. Best Canadian...

‘Foe’ has only become more relevant with time

Written on October 1, 2021. Posted in Arts, Literature.

Despite being released in 2018, Foe, written by Queen’s alum Iain Reid, has become more topical than ever in 2021. After Reid, ArtSci ’04, won the RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award in 2015, he captivated literary circles with his debut novel I’m Thinking of Ending Things. It received universal acclaim...

Former Journal editor talks mental health in memoir

Written on September 4, 2019. Posted in Arts.

Former Queen’s Journal editor in chief Anna Mehler Paperny’s debut memoir is a deep dive into depression and the way our society fails to address it effectively. Her book, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person, guides the reader through her personal experience with depression,...

Point / Counterpoint: Should privileged writers represent marginalized communities?

Written on November 24, 2017. Posted in Arts.

YES Sarina Grewal Assistant News Editor Diversity in literature is a strength: it allows for the presentation of new ideas and can educate readers about the experiences of others. For authors, tackling diversity means facing their own positionality: can a white person write about a person of...

Queen’s alum Omar El Akkad brings American War to campus

Written on November 14, 2017. Posted in Arts.

It’s 2074: half of Louisiana is underwater, the President of the United States has been assassinated, fossil fuels are banned and a second civil war is erupting as southern states break off to secure the remains of the coal industry. Needless to say, Omar El Akkad’s American War isn’t a light read....

Down Inside: a glimpse into Canadian prisons

Written on October 19, 2017. Posted in Arts.

Thousands of citizens are incarcerated in Canadian prisons every year, housed in over 200 different facilities. In his new book, Down Inside, Kingston author Robert Clark offers a glimpse into the realities of life behind these closed doors. Clark spent 30 years of his life working in different positions...

Out with Shakespeare, in with Wagamese

Written on May 28, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

One Canadian school board has gone against the Anglo-centric grain of Canadian English classes by introducing a new curriculum focused on Indigenous Canadian literature, drawing attention to the wider lack of First Nation representation in a Canadian education. In Ontario’s Lambton Kent District School...

What the CanLit controversy means to an aspiring Canadian writer

Written on January 27, 2017. Posted in Arts.

With Canadian names lining my bookshelves and a lofty dream to be one of those renowned Canadian writers some day, one incident is hard to swallow — the involvement of those renowned names in the Steven Galloway scandal. Last November, the University of British Columbia (UBC) fired Steven Galloway,...

2016’s most anticipated Canadian page-turners

Written on January 18, 2016. Posted in Arts.

Most people write down a list of resolutions and goals as a way of ringing in the new year. Some clean out their closets, while others sit down with their loved ones to reminisce. I make a master list of the year’s exciting book releases. It may be an unconventional way to get yourself pumped for...

Book review: The Book of Negroes

Written on September 9, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

Canadian author Lawrence Hill’s novel The Book of Negroes is an enlightening work that documents the journey of a young girl sold into slavery after being abducted from her village in West Africa. With the riots and racial tensions that have recently occurred in Ferguson and throughout the United...

Review: Rebecca Lee’s Bobcat and Other Stories

Written on March 19, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

When was the last time you read a short story — not for class, but for fun? If you can’t think of an answer, or if that answer happens to be “never”, you’re missing out on the wealth of talented Canadian short story writers. One author who immediately comes to mind is, of course, Alice Munro, the...

CanLit aglow thanks to Munro

Written on October 25, 2013. Posted in Opinions.

Sylvia Söderlind Alice Munro has done Canadian literature a great favour by winning the Nobel Prize. As a returning Swede, I’ve had the unmitigated pleasure of finding myself in the midst of a newfound interest in all things Canadian among the Swedish reading public. Although Munro has long had a...

Tag: Canadian literature

Editor discusses ‘Best Canadian Stories 2021’

‘Foe’ has only become more relevant with time

Former Journal editor talks mental health in memoir

Point / Counterpoint: Should privileged writers represent marginalized communities?

Queen’s alum Omar El Akkad brings American War to campus

Down Inside: a glimpse into Canadian prisons

Out with Shakespeare, in with Wagamese

What the CanLit controversy means to an aspiring Canadian writer

2016’s most anticipated Canadian page-turners

Book review: The Book of Negroes

Review: Rebecca Lee’s Bobcat and Other Stories

CanLit aglow thanks to Munro

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