Canadian Studies

Canadian Literature

Author Title Publisher Awards* Year

Adams, David

Nights Below Station Street 

McClelland and Stewart

G 1988

Alexis, Andre

Childhood

McClelland and Stewart

   

Anderson-Dargatz, Gail

Recipe for Bees, A

Alfred A. Knopf Canada

   

Anderson-Dargatz, Gail

Cure for Death by Lightning, The

Knopf Canada

   

Atwood, Margaret

Handmaid's Tale, The 

McClelland and Stewart

G 1985

Atwood, Margaret

Oryx and Crake

McClelland and Stewart

   

Atwood, Margaret

Alias Grace

Doubleday Canada

S 1996

Babstock, Ken

Mean

     

Baldwin, Shauna Singh

Tiger Claw, The

Knopf Canada

   

Bambrick, Winifred

Continental Revue 

Faber and Faber and The Ryerson

 Press

G 1946

Bantock, Nicholas

Griffin and Sabine

     

Barfoot, Joan

Luck

Knopf Canada

   

Behrens, Peter

Law of Dreams, The 

House of Anansi Press

G 2006

Bemrose, John

Island Walkers, The

McClelland and Stewart

   

Bergen, David

Time In Between, The 

McClelland and Stewart

S 2005

Birdsell, Sandra

Russlander, The

McClelland and Stewart

   

Bowering, George

Burning Water 

Musson/General

G 1980

Boyden, Joseph

Three Day Road

     

Bringhurst, Robert

Story as Sharp as a Knife, A

     

Brooker, Bertram

Think of The Earth

Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada)

G 1936

Brown, Chester

Louis Riel

     

Burnard, Bonnie

Good House, A

Harper Flamingo Canada

S 1999

Burnard, Bonnie

Casino and Other Stories

Harper Collins

   

Callaghan, Morley

Loved and the Lost, The 

Macmillan Co. of Canada

G 1951

Cariou, Warren

Lake of the Prairies

     

Carr, Emily

Klee Wyck

     

Carson, Anne

Autobiography of Red

     

Chong, Denise

Concubine's Children, The

     

Choy, Wayson

All That Matters

Doubleday Canada

   

Choy, Wayson

Paper Shadows

     

Clark, Eliza

What You Need

Somerville House Publishing

   

Clarke, Austin

Polished Hoe, The

Thomas Allen Publishing

S 2002

Cohen, Leonard

Beautiful Losers

     

Cohen, Matt

Elizabeth and After

Alfred A. Knopf Canada

G 1999

Compton, Wayde

Bluesprint

     

Coupland, Douglas

Souvenir of Canada

     

Crate, Joan

Pale as Real Ladies

     

Crummey, Michael

River Thieves

Doubleday Canada

   

Cumyn, Alan

Burridge Unbound

McClelland and Stewart

   

Davies, Robertson

Manticore, The 

Macmillan Co. of Canada

G 1972

Davies, Robertson

Fifth Business

     

Davis, Wade

Clouded Leopard, The

     

Dobozy, Tamas

Last Notes

     

Elliott, George

Kissing Man, The

     

Engel, Marian

Bear 

McClelland and Stewart

G 1976

Ferguson, Will

Happiness

     

Findley, Timothy

Wars, The 

Clarke, Irwin

G 1977

Findley, Timothy

Pilgrim

Harper Flamingo Canada

   

Findley, Timothy

Piano Man's Daughter, The

Harper Collins

   

Findley, Timothy

Not Wanted on the Voyage

     

Gallant, Mavis

Home Truths: Selected Canadian

 Stories 

Macmillan-Gage

G 1981

Gallant, Mavis

From the 15th District

     

Garner, Hugh

Hugh Garner's Best Stories 

The Ryerson Press

G 1963

Gaston, Bill

Mount Appetite

Raincoast Books

   

Gibb, Camilla

Sweetness In The Belly

Doubleday Canada

   

Gibson, William

Difference Engine, The

     

Gilmour, David

Perfect Night to Go to China, A 

Thomas Allen Publishers, a division

 of Thomas Allen & Son

G 2005

Glover, Douglas

Elle

Goose Lane Editions

G 2003

Godfrey, David

New Ancestors, The 

New Press

G 1970

Gould, John

Kilter: 55 Fictions

Turnstone Press

   

Gouzenko, Igor

Fall of a Titan, The 

Cassell & Co.

G 1954

Gowdy, Barbara

White Bone, The

Harper Flamingo Canada

   

Gowdy, Barbara

Mister Sandman

Somerville House Publishing

   

Graham, Gwethalyn 

Swiss Sonata

Jonathan Cape and Thomas Nelson

 & Sons (Canada)

G 1938

Graham, Gwethalyn 

Earth and High Heaven 

Jonathan Cape and Thomas Nelson

 & Sons (Canada)

G 1944

Gray, John

Billy Bishop Goes to War

     

Guevremont, Germaine

Outlander, The (translation) 

McGraw-Hill Co. of Canada

G 1950

Hage, Rawi

De Niro's Game

House of Anansi Press

   

Hay, Elizabeth

Student of Weather, A

McClelland and Stewart

   

Hebert, Anne

Am I Disturbing You

House of Anansi Press

   

Hebert, Anne

Kamouraska

     

Hebert, Anne

First Garden, The

     

Helm, Michael

Projectionist, The

Douglas & McIntyre

   

Highway, Tomson

Rez Sisters, The

     

Hodgins, Jack

Resurrection of Joseph Bourne, The 

Macmillan Co. of Canada

G 1979

Hodgins, Jack

Broken Ground

     

Holdstock, Pauline

Beyond Measure

Cormorant Books

   

Hollingshead, Greg

Roaring Girl, The 

Somerville House Publishing

G 1995

Hollingshead, Greg

Healer, The

Harper Flamingo Canada/A Phyllis

 Bruce Book

   

Huston, Nancy

Mark of the Angel, The

McArthur & Company

   

Irani, Anosh

Cripple and His Talismans, The

     

Johnston, Wayne

Navigator of New York, The

Alfred A. Knopf Canada

   

Johnston, Wayne

Colony of Unrequited Dreams, The

Alfred A. Knopf Canada

   

Johnston, Wayne

Baltimore's Mansion

     

Kelly, M.T.

Dream Like Mine, A

Stoddart

G 1987

King, Thomas

One Good Story, That One

     

Klein, A.M.

Second Scroll, The

     

Kogawa, Joy

Obasan

     

Kroetsch, Robert

Studhorse Man, The 

Macmillan Co. of Canada

G 1969

Lam, Vincent

Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

Doubleday Canada

S 2006

Lane, Patrick

There is a Season

     

Laurence, Margaret

Jest of God, A

McClelland and Stewart

G 1966

Laurence, Margaret

Diviners, The 

McClelland and Stewart

G 1974

Laurence, Margaret

Bird in the House, A

     

Leacock, Stephen

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

     

Lee, Dennis

Alligator Pie

     

LePan, Douglas

Deserter, The

McClelland and Stewart

G 1964

Lowry, Malcolm

Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy

 Dwelling Place 

J.B. Lippincott Co. and Longmans,

 Green

G 1961

Lowry, Malcolm

Forest Path to Spring, The

     

MacDonald, Ann-Marie

Way the Crow Flies, The

Knopf Canada

   

MacDonald, Ann-Marie

Fall on Your Knees

Simon & Schuster

   

MacFarlane, David

Summer Gone

Alfred A. Knopf Canada

   

MacLennan, Hugh

Two Solitudes 

Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Canada

G 1945

MacLennan, Hugh

Precipice, The

Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Canada

G 1948

MacLennan, Hugh

Watch that Ends the Night, The 

Macmillan Co. of Canada

G 1959

MacLennan, Hugh

Barometer Rising

     

MacLennan, Hugh

Two Solitudes, The

     

MacLeod, Alistair

Lost Salt Gift of Blood, The

     

Marlatt, Daphne

Steveston

     

McAdam, Colin

Some Great Thing

     

McDougall, Colin

 Execution 

Macmillan Co. of Canada

G 1958

McDowell, Franklin D.

Champlain Road, The

Macmillan Co. of Canada

G 1939

McKay, Don

Vis a Vis

     

McKay, Leo, Jr.

Like This

House of Anansi Press

   

Michaels, Anne

Fugitive Pieces

Thorndike

   

Mistry, Rohinton

Such a Long Journey 

McClelland and Stewart

G 1991

Mistry, Rohinton

Fine Balance, A

McClelland and Stewart

S 1995

Mistry, Rohinton

Tales from Firozsha Baag

     

Montgomery, Charles

Last Heathen, The

     

Montgomery, Lucy Maud

Anne of Green Gables

     

Moore, Brian

Luck of Ginger Coffey, The 

Little, Brown & Co.

G 1960

Moore, Brian

Great Victorian Collection, The 

McClelland and Stewart

G 1975

Moore, Lisa

Alligator

House of Anansi Press

   

Moore, Lisa

Open

House of Anansi Press

   

Mootoo, Shani

Cereus Blooms at Night

Press Gang Publishers

   

Munro, Alice

Dance of the Happy Shades 

The Ryerson Press

G 1968

Munro, Alice

Who Do You Think You Are?

Macmillan Co. of Canada

G 1978

Munro, Alice

Progress of Love, The 

McClelland and Stewart

G 1986

Munro, Alice

Runaway

McClelland and Stewart/Douglas

 Gibson Books

S 2004

Munro, Alice

Love of a Good Woman, The

McClelland and Stewart/Douglas

 Gibson Books

S 1998

Munro, Alice

Open Secrets

     

Nichol, bp

Martyrology, The

     

Ondaatje, Michael

English Patient, The 

McClelland and Stewart

G 1992

Ondaatje, Michael

Anil's Ghost 

McClelland and Stewart

G, S 2000

Ondaatje, Michael

Divisadero

McClelland and Stewart

G 2007

Ondaatje, Michael

Running in the Family

     

Quarrington, Paul

Whale Music 

Doubleday Canada

G 1989

Quarrington, Paul

Galveston

Random House of Canada

   

Quiviger, Pascale

Perfect Circle, The

Cormorant Books

   

Raddall, Thomas H.

Pied Piper of Dipper Creek, The 

William Blackwood & Son and

 McClelland and Stewart

G 1943

Ravel, Edeet

Wall of Light, A

Random House of Canada

   

Redhill, Michael

Martin Sloane

Doubleday Canada

   

Ricci, Nino

 Lives of the Saints 

Cormorant Books

G 1990

Ricci, Nino

Where She Has Gone

McClelland and Stewart

   

Richards, David Adams

Mercy Among The Children

Doubleday Canada

S 2000

Richler, Mordecai

St. Urbain's Horseman 

McClelland and Stewart

G 1971

Richler, Mordecai

Barney's Version

Alfred A. Knopf Canada

S 1997

Ringuet

Thirty Acres (translation)

Macmillan Co. of Canada

G 1940

Roberts, Sir Charles G.D.

Kindred of the Wild

     

Robinson, Eden

Monkey Beach

Alfred A. Knopf Canada

   

Robinson, Eden

Traplines

     

Rooke, Leon

Shakespeare's Dog 

Stoddart

G 1983

Ross, Sinclair

As for Me and My House

     

Roy, Gabrielle

Tin Flute, The (translation) 

Reynal & Hitchcock Co. and

McClelland and Stewart

G 1947

Roy, Gabrielle

Street of Riches (translation) 

McClelland and Stewart

G 1957

Sallans, Herbert

Little Man G. 

The Ryerson Press

G 1942

Salverson, Laura G.

Dark Weaver, The

The Ryerson Press

G 1937

Sawai, Gloria

Song for Nettie Johnson, A 

Coteau Books

G 2002

Schoemperlen, Diane

 Forms of Devotion 

A Phyllis Bruce Book/HarperCollins

G 1998

Scott, Duncan Campbell

In the Village of Viger

     

Selvadurai, Shyam

Funny Boy

McClelland and Stewart

   

Shapiro, Lionel

Sixth of June, The 

Doubleday & Co.

G 1955

Shields, Carol

Stone Diaries, The 

Random House of Canada

G 1993

Shields, Carol

Unless

Random House of Canada

   

Shields, Carol

Larry's Party

Random House of Canada

   

Skvorecky, Josef

Engineer of Human Souls, The 

Lester & Orpen Dennys

G 1984

Soucy, Gaetan

Immaculate Conception, The

House of Anansi Press

   

Stenson, Fred

Trade, The

Douglas & McIntyre

   

Sullivan, Alan

Three Came to Ville Marie      

Oxford University Press

G 1941

Taylor, Timothy

Stanley Park

Alfred A. Knopf Canada

   

Toews, Miriam

Complicated Kindness, A 

Alfred A. Knopf Canada

G 2004

Urquhart, Jane

Underpainter, The 

McClelland and Stewart

G 1997

Urquhart, Jane

Stone Carvers, The

McClelland and Stewart

   

Vanderhaeghe, Guy

Man Descending 

Macmillan Co. of Canada

G 1982

Vanderhaeghe, Guy

Englishman's Boy, The 

McClelland and Stewart

G 1996

Vassanji, M.G.

In-Between World of Vikram Lall, The 

Doubleday Canada

S 2003

Vassanji, M.G.

Book of Secrets, The

McClelland and Stewart

S 1994

Verdecchia, Guillermo

Fronteras Americanas

     

Wah, Fred

Diamond Grill

     

Walker, David

Pillar, The 

Collins Clear-Type Press and

 Houghton Mifflin

G 1952

Walker, David

Digby

Collins Clear-Type Press

G 1953

Watson, Sheila

Double Hook, The

     

Webb, Phyllis

Wilson's Bowl

     

Weiner, Steve

Museum of Love, The

Penguin Books Canada

   

Wharton, Thomas

Icefields

     

Wiebe, Rudy

Temptations of Big Bear, The 

McClelland and Stewart

G 1973

Wiebe, Rudy

Discovery of Strangers, A 

Alfred A. Knopf Canada

G 1994

Windley, Carol

Home Schooling

Cormorant Books

   

Wiseman, Adele

Sacrifice, The 

Macmillan Co. of Canada

G 1956

Wright, Richard B.

Clara Callan 

Harper Flamingo Canada: A Phyllis

 Bruce Book

G, S 2001

Wright, Richard B.

Age of Longing, The

Harper Collins

   
         

*G=Governor General's Award    S=The Scotiabank Giller Prize

Last Modified: July 15, 2009