Book and Periodical Council
Provides information on the council and its activities, as well as links to
web sites on issues related to intellectual freedom.
The Canadian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies
Includes a handy list of research links for the study of commonwealth literature.
Canada Council on the Arts
Features of the site include: comprehensive information on the
Council's grants to artists and arts organizations, endowments and prizes, as well as news and events.
Canadian Writers Association
Provides a handy list of "Writing Links" to Canadian and
international resources for writers.
PEN Canada
PEN Canada is the Canadian chapter of International
Pen, a lobby organization dedicated to freedom of expression. The site contains links to Web sites dealing with freedom of expression, as
well as a calendar of events.
Writer's Union of Canada
Provides information on membership and services, awards and competitions, and general information for emerging writers.
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Canada Council for the
Arts: Events
A current listing of news, events, and press releases from the
Council.
Canada's Major National Literary Awards
The National Library of Canada's list of major Canadian literary awards,
with lists of winners from the last ten years.
CanLit Contests
A list of literary contests originating in Canada, arranged by genre.
Giller Prize
An annual award given to the best Canadian
novel or short story collection written in English.
Harbourfront Reading Series
A year-round program that includes the signature event, The
International Festival of Authors.
Word: Toronto's Literary Calendar
A monthly calendar of literary events in the Greater Toronto Area.
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Canadian Writers Before 1980. (Dictionary of Literary
Biography Series Vol. 99) Detroit: Gale Research, 1990.
Scott Reference, Biography Section PN 451 D53 v. 99.
Substantial biographies with references.
Canadian Writers, 1890-1920. (Dictionary of Literary
Biography Series Vol. 92). Detroit: Gale Research, 1990. Scott Reference, Biography
Section
PN
451 D53 v. 92.
Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Toronto: U of T
Press, 1966-.
Scott Reference, Biography Section FC 25 D52.
Medium-length entries on notable Canadians in history, including
writers.
ECW's Biographical Guide to Canadian Novelists. Robert
Lecker, et al.
Toronto: EWC Press, 1993. Scott
Reference PS 8081 E28 1993.
Three to five page biographies of fifty well-known Canadian writers.
Literary Cafe
Provides an alphabetical listing of authors with links to Web pages on their
life and work.
Online Guide to Writing in Canada: Authors
Includes bibliographies, biographies and criticism
on Canadian authors.
Who's Who in Canadian Literature. Toronto: Reference
Press, 1997/98.
Scott Reference, Biography Section PS 8081 W48 1997/98.
Brief biographies of a wide selection of Canadian writers and their
publications and awards.
Writers in Electronic Residence: Author Bios
Brief biographies of authors who have participated in the Writers in
Electronic Residence program.
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Books in Canada
Full-text of selected issues is available to York University members via Canadian
Index.
Print edition: Scott Stacks Z 1369 B625.
Reviews of literary, intellectual and political books, along with essays and interviews with Canadian authors.
Canadian Literature
Print edition: Scott Reference PS 8001 C25.
A quarterly publication of critical essays and book reviews.
Web site allows users to search or browse the table on contents of all journals, from 1959 to the present.
Canadian Literature Research Service
A specialized research service offered by the National Library of Canada.
Canadian Writers and their Works: Fiction Series. Robert Lecker, et al. Downsview: ECW Press, 1983-1986. Scott
Reference: PS 8187 C37.
Ten volumes of critical essays on Canadian fiction, with biographies of
writers and selected bibliographies.
Essays on Canadian Writing
Full-text available(1995- present) to York University members via Canadian
Periodical Index.
Print edition: Scott Reference: PS 8001 E75.
Web site provides abstracts of current issue and index to back issues.
Quill and Quire
Full-text (1995 - present) is available
to York University members via the Canadian
Periodical Index.
Microfilm copy: Scott Microtext, Z 487 Q82
Reports on book trade news in Canada. Includes features on authors, genres and trends in publishing and book buying
and selling.
Studies in Canadian Literature
Full-text (1995 - present)is available to York University members via the Canadian
Periodical Index.
Print edition: Scott: PS 8001 S8.
A bilingual journal devoted to the study of
Canadian Literature in English and French. Web site provides abstracts
of issues from 1980-1995, table of contents for recent issues, and full-text
of selected issues.
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(Available
only to York University users)
Canadian Index
A bibliographic database for over 600 Canadian periodicals
and 8 newspapers with selective full-text from more than 150 of these
sources.
Canadian Periodical Index
An index to more than 400 English and French language journals and magazines, with 160 full-text titles. Includes the major Canadian
literary and reviewing journals.
Essay and General Literature Index
A bibliographic database that cites essays and articles contained in
collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United
States, Great Britain, and Canada. Subject overage includes literary
criticism.
Humanities Index
A bibliographic index to 350 journals, covering literature and related disciplines.
MLA
The MLA International Bibliography provides bibliographic records
relating to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Provides
access to scholarly research in nearly 4,000 journals and series, and
also covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings,
bibliographies, and other formats. Covers 1963 to the present.
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Canadian Poetry
(University of Toronto English Library)
Provides comprehensive links to Web sites of Canadian poets,
presses, journals, as well as selections of online poetry.
Canadian Poetry (University of Western Ontario)
Includes an annotated list of poetry Web sites, and selected full-text
articles from Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews.
Canadian Poetry Archive
(National
Library of Canada)
The Canadian Poetry Archive provides access to selected poems by
over 100 early English and French-language Canadian poets. The database
is searchable by poet, title, keyword(s) and date. Author, title and
date indexes can also be browsed.
Canadian Poetry
Association
All things poetry from Canada's national poetry organization.
Canadian
Poets Online (University of Calgary)
An organized guide to the chronological, geographical, and publication
histories of selected Twentieth-Century Canadian poets writing in
English.
ECW's Biographical Guide to Canadian Poets. Robert Lecker et
al., Toronto: ECW Press, 1993.
Scott Reference PS 8141 E28 1993.
Short biographies of fifty Canadian poets.
League of Canadian Poets
The national association of professional publishing and performing
poets in Canada. The web site provides links to resources for
poets and educators, selected poetry sites, biographical information
on current members, and a selection of poetry reviews.
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Ethnic and Native Canadian Literature. John P. Miska.
Toronto: U of T Press, 1990.
Scott Reference Z 1376 E87 M5 1990.
Comprehensive references to primary and secondary material by ethnic and
native Canadians, arranged by nationality/language groups.
Finding out about Native Canadian Women Writers Published in English
A guide from the National Library of Canada.
Mukwa Geezis. Miranda Chitze. Toronto: Wabanoong
Multimedia: 1997.
Scott Reference PS 8235 16 M85 1997
Bibliography of indigenous authors and editors. Includes some
biographical information.
Native American Authors (Internet Public Library)
Provides comprehensive information on Native North American authors with
bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and
links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal
websites. Includes Native Canadian authors.
Native North American Literature. Janet Witalec, ed.
New York: Gale Research, 1994.
Scott Reference, PS 508 I5 N38 1994
Biographical and critical information on native writers from historical
times to the present.
North America Native Authors Catalog Online
An online catalog to over 700 titles, with author biographies
and tribal information.
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A Celebration of Women Writers: Canada
Provides a comprehensive listing of links to biographical and
bibliographical information about female Canadian writers, and complete
texts written by Canadian women.
Room of One's Own Magazine
A magazine of short stories, poems, art and reviews by, for
and about women. Selections from the current and back issues are
available online.
Women Writers of Early Canada
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