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Canadian Literature

Canadian Information By Subject: Literature

Links to resources on Canadian literature, compiled by the National Library of Canada.

Canadian Poetry Archive

Selected poems from over 100 early English- and French-language Canadian poets representing some of Canada's most notable poetry from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Searchable by poet, title, keywords and date. Biographies of some of the more prominent poets are also available.

Elisabeth Harvor

Elisabeth Harvor was the writer-in-residence at Saskatoon Public Library from 1998 to 1999. You can search the Library Catalogue for a list of her books. In addition, her fiction has been published in many anthologies and periodicals.

How Novel! Canadian Young Adult Literature

Cover art, annotations, reviews and publisher information for about 500 young adult novels as well as some author photographs and biographies.

L'ÎLE

Biographies, bibliographies and reviews of more than 600 Quebec authors (in French). Access to some information requires a subscription.

L'ÎLE met en ligne les biographies et bibliographies et quelque dossiers de presse de plus de 600 auteurs québécois. Vous devez être abonné pour accéder au contenu des revues de presse.

Playwrights Guild of Canada

Find information about Canadian playwrights or search their catalogue of Canadian plays.

Saskatchewan Writes! A Learning Resource Guide

A searchable guide to over 140 Saskatchewan authors with biographies, contact information, publishing credits and more.

Who's Who in the League of Canadian Poets

Biographical information on Canadian poets, including photos, bibliographies and awards.

Who's Who in The Writers' Union of Canada

Browse through the TWUC Membership Pages for biographies and pictures of union members.

General Resources on Authors and Books

AllReaders.com

A useful source for identifying popular books by plot elements, genre, characters, setting, etc.

Bartleby.com: Great Books Online

"The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge."

BookWire

A comprehensive source of book industry information on the Web, including reviews, bestsellers, publishers and more.

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Search or browse through this classic reference work which explains the meanings of thousands of words, phrases and expressions.

Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project

CASP has gathered a wide variety of learning, teaching, and research resources related to how Shakespeare has been adapted by Canadians.

Complete Works of William Shakespeare

The Moby edition of Shakespeare's complete works. Searchable.

EServer (English Server)

Over 18,000 online texts on subjects such as art, architecture, drama, fiction, poetry, history, political theory, cultural studies, philosophy, women's studies and music.

Gale Literary Index

An index to Gale's literature series (Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Literary Criticism, etc).

Internet Book Information Center

A guide to books and to book-related resources on the Internet.

Literature Resource Center

The Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline, covering more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers. Access it from home with your library card.

Native American Authors

Information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources.

NoveList

An electronic readers' advisory resource which assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles, with information about over 92,000 fiction titles for readers of all ages. Access it from home with your library card.

On-Line Books Page

A searchable index to over 6,000 online books with links to many other sources of online books.

Online Literary Criticism Collection

The IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection contains over 1,000 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by literary period.

Shakespeare Online

A comprehensive guide to the life and works of William Shakespeare.

Resources for Writers

A Plus Research and Writing Guide

The Internet Public Library's research and writing guide for high school and college students.

CanLit Contests

Links to information about Canadian writing contests.

Citing Electronic Resources (IPL)

Recommended guides to citing information found on the Internet and through other electronic sources.

Department of English Requirements for Essays

A style guide for English essays at the University of Saskatchewan. Based on the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.

Elements of Style

The first edition of William Strunk's classic guide to English grammar.

How to Write a Term Paper

Tips on using electronic and print resources to write a research paper.

University of Victoria Writer's Guide

An introduction to the process of essay writing and to the study of literature.

Wedding Speeches

Advice on preparing wedding speeches as well as a collection of sample speeches, toasts, jokes and quotes.

Writer's Digest

Writer's Digest Magazine, "the world's largest magazine for writers", has a website that includes a searchable database of more than 1,500 writer's guidelines, information on writing contests, etc.

Writing-World.com

Tips for writers.

Book Reviews

Booklist

Current reviews from the American Library Association's Booklist magazine as well as searchable index of reviews dating back to September 1995.

Directory of Book Reviews on the Web

Links to sites with reviews done by experienced reviewers or subject experts.

Globe and Mail

Weekly reviews from the Globe and Mail.

JAM! Book Reviews Archive

A library of books reviews from Canada's Sun newspapers.

Library Journal

Selected reviews and book news from the current edition of Library Journal magazine.

New York Review of Books

Essays and reviews of books and the arts, with a searchable archive of issues dating back to 1996.

Literary Prizes

Canadian Book Awards

Governor General's Literary Awards (Official Site)

Governor General's Literary Awards

Giller Prize

Griffin Poetry Prize

Canada's Major National Literary Awards

CLA Young Adult Book Award

Saskatchewan Book Awards

Leacock Medal for Humour

International Awards

Man Booker Prize

Nobel Prize for Literature

Pulitzer Prize

Book Awards Index (BookWire)

Play & Story Indexes

Dramatists Play Service Catalogue

FINDaPLAY.com

Inter-Play: an on-line index to plays

Malaspina University-College Library Catalogue

MGPL Webrary Play Index

Plays in Collections

Playwrights Union of Canada: Catalogue of Plays

Samuel French, Inc.

Short Story File

Publishing & Bookstores

AddALL

Search and compare prices at 41 new, used and rare bookstores.

Amazon.co.uk

A British online bookstore (formerly known as Bookpages) offering access to over a million books.

Amazon.com

Search a catalog of more than 3 million titles.

Canadian ISBN Publishers' Directory

The Canadian ISBN Publishers' Directory contains contact information for most Canadian publishers who use ISBNs. For francophone publishers in Quebec, see the database maintained by the Bibliothèque Nationale du Québec.

chapters.indigo.ca

A Canadian online bookstore.

New Books Service

The National Library's New Books Service lists forthcoming print and electronic releases from Canadian publishers.

WHSmith

WHSmith's online bookstore.

Publishers' Catalogs Home page

A collection of publishers' catalogues from around the world.

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