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Essential Writers Series
Dedicated to individual writers. Every title is edited by a guest editor and contains essays by different critics, scholars, and colleagues, an in-depth interview, and biographical notes. Ideal tools for students and anyone interested in the work of write
Born near Park Valley, Saskatchewan, on Crown land, often referred to by locals as a...
This collection was born of a conviction that Vassanji's contributions to the global literary scene...
Linda Rogers is the poet of childhood. She is also a people's poet, a story...
This collection of essays examines the varied and influential work of Montreal writer Gail Scott,...
A master of magic realism Jack Hodgins has set his novels in rural Vancouver Island...
These essays span the period of Kroetsch's writing. Included are previously published and new essays...
To date, Canadian poet, novelist, and essayist David Helwig has published close to fifty books and edited numerous others. He has written for television and radio, worked at the CBC, taught at Queen's University, been Poet Laureate of Prince Edward Island, and named to the Order
of Canada. Yet, he remains little known. This volume is the first to gather new essays, an interview, and earlier material -- by George Fetherling, Douglas Glover, D.G. Jones, Simon Lloyd, Tom Marshall, rob mclennan, Shane Neilson, Ingrid Ruthig, Mark Sampson, and Lorraine M. York-- in order to introduce and explore Helwig's body of...
"Within any literary community there are those writers who simply go about the business of writing -- diligent, dedicated, building a body of work without fanfare. They seem disinclined to court chatter and celebrity, to inflate image and ego, or to stake out a place centre-stage.
David Helwig is one... "
