2008 in Canadian literature
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This is a summary of the year 2008 in Canadian literature.
Events
[edit]- January 8 - A television series based on Douglas Coupland's novel jPod debuts on CBC Television.
- February 29 - Paul Quarrington's 1987 novel King Leary wins the 2008 edition of Canada Reads.
- June 12 - Rawi Hage's 2006 novel De Niro's Game wins the 2008 International Dublin Literary Award.
- July 1 - Writers Maria Campbell, George Elliott Clarke and Audrey Thomas are inducted into the Order of Canada.
- November 11 - Joseph Boyden's novel Through Black Spruce wins the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
- November 18 - 2008 Governor General's Awards.
Books
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- David Adams Richards, The Lost Highway
- André Alexis, Asylum[1]
- David Bergen, The Retreat[2]
- Joseph Boyden, Through Black Spruce
- Austin Clarke, More[3]
- Anthony De Sa, Barnacle Love
- Cory Doctorow, Little Brother
- Emma Donoghue, The Sealed Letter
- Marina Endicott, Good to a Fault
- Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo
- Bill Gaston, The Order of Good Cheer
- Rawi Hage, Cockroach
- Kenneth J. Harvey, Blackstrap Hawco
- Maggie Helwig, Girls Fall Down
- Mark Anthony Jarman, My White Planet
- Ibi Kaslik, The Angel Riots
- Patrick Lane, Red Dog, Red Dog
- Pasha Malla, The Withdrawal Method
- Andrew Pyper, The Killing Circle
- Paul Quarrington, The Ravine
- Nino Ricci, The Origin of Species
- Robert J. Sawyer, Identity Theft and Other Stories
- Mary Swan, The Boys in the Trees[4]
- Miriam Toews, The Flying Troutmans
Non-fiction
[edit]- Margaret Atwood, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth
- Stephen Clarkson, My Life as a Dame: The Personal and the Political in the Writings of Christina McCall[5]
- Charles Foran, Join the Revolution, Comrade
- Mark Frutkin, Erratic North: A Vietnam Draft Resister's Life in the Canadian Bush[6]
- Stephen Henighan, A Report on the Afterlife of Culture[7]
- Val Ross, Robertson Davies: A Portrait in Mosaic[8]
- Norman Snider, The Roaring Eighties and Other Good Times[9]
- Drew Hayden Taylor, Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and Sexuality[10]
Poetry
[edit]- R. M. Vaughan, Troubled[11]
Deaths
[edit]- February 17 - Val Ross, writer and journalist
- June 11 - James Reaney, novelist
- July 14 - Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite, writer and musician
References
[edit]- ^ Alexis, André (2008). Asylum. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 978-0-7710-0669-2.
- ^ Bergen, David (2008). The Retreat. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 978-0-7710-1253-2.
- ^ Clarke, Austin (2008-08-30). More. Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-0-88762-353-0.
- ^ Swan, Mary (2008-01-22). The Boys in the Trees. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-8050-8670-6.
- ^ McCall, Christina (2008). My Life as a Dame: The Personal and the Political in the Writings of Christina McCall. House of Anansi. ISBN 978-0-88784-221-4.
- ^ Frutkin, Mark (2008-08-15). Erratic North: A Vietnam Draft Resister's Life in the Canadian Bush. Dundurn. ISBN 978-1-77070-312-4.
- ^ Henighan, Stephen (2008-04-30). A Report on the Afterlife of Culture. Biblioasis. ISBN 978-1-897231-65-4.
- ^ Ross, Val (2008). Robertson Davies: A Portrait in Mosaic. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 978-0-7710-7775-3.
- ^ Snider, Norman (2008). The Roaring Eighties and Other Good Times. Exile Editions, Ltd. ISBN 978-1-55096-093-8.
- ^ Taylor, Drew Hayden (2008). Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and Sexuality. Douglas & McIntyre. ISBN 978-1-55365-276-2.
- ^ Vaughan, Richard Murray (2008). Troubled: A Memoir in Poems and Fragments. Coach House Books. ISBN 978-1-55245-198-4.
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