It never ceases to amaze me how often academics overlook this country’s major writers.
Consider the facts: in the past 37 years, David Adams Richards has published more than a dozen novels, several works of non-fiction, a handful of plays and two collections of short stories. He has won the Giller Prize, two Gemini awards for screenwriting and a Governor General’s Award for fiction as well as one for…
Thomas Hodd
Thomas Hodd writes on education and book culture, and is co-founder of the Early Canadian Literature Society.
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The Canadian Supernatural
In fiction from Charles G. D. Roberts to Gabrielle Roy and Joseph Boyden, nature takes on spiritual power. June 2010
“As to ghosts or spirits they appear totally banished from Canada. This is too matter-of- fact a country for such super-naturals to visit.” —Catharine Parr Traill
It always makes me chuckle when I read those lines. Go to any Chapters, Coles or regional tourist shop: you will find at least one collection, if not several, of local ghost stories or regional tales of the…