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    Ten Canadian Writers in Context
    Ten Canadian Writers in Context
    Ten Canadian Writers in Context
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    Ten Canadian Writers in Context

    By Lynn Coady, Ying Chen, Michael Crummey and

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    Ten years, ten authors, ten critics.

    The Canadian Literature Centre/Centre de littérature canadienne reaches into its ten-year archive of Brown Bag Lunch readings to sample some of the most diverse and powerful voices in contemporary Canadian literature.

    This anthology offers readers samples from some of Canada’s most exciting writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Each selection is introduced by a brief essay, serving as a point of entry into the writer’s work. From the east coast of Newfoundland to Kitamaat territory on British Columbia’s central coast, there is a story for everyone, from everywhere. True to Canada’s multilingual and multicultural heritage, these ten writers come from diverse ethnicities and backgrounds, and work in multiple languages, including English, French, and Cree.

    Ying Chen | essay by Julie Rodgers
    Lynn Coady | essay by Maïté Snauwaert
    Michael Crummey | essay by Jennifer Bowering Delisle
    Caterina Edwards | essay by Joseph Pivato
    Marina Endicott | essay by Daniel Laforest
    Lawrence Hill | essay by Winfried Siemerling
    Alice Major | essay by Don Perkins
    Eden Robinson | essay by Kit Dobson
    Gregory Scofield | essay by Angela Van Essen
    Kim Thúy | essay by Pamela V. Sing
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe University of Alberta Press
    Release dateNov 4, 2016
    ISBN9781772122862
    Ten Canadian Writers in Context
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    Lynn Coady

    Lynn Coady now lives in Edmonton, though she was born and raised in Cape Breton. She has published a collection of short stories, Play the Monster Blind, and four novels. Her first novel, Strange Heaven, was nominated for the 1998 Governor General's Award for Fiction, while her latest novel, The Antagonist, was shortlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

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