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A must-read for anyone with a stake in contemporary Canadian literature, or with curiosity about poetry on the world stage.

A celebration of fifty years of Best Canadian Stories

Selected by guest editor Diane Schoemperlen, the 2021 edition of Best Canadian Stories continues not only a series, but a legacy in Canadian letters. “The best short stories,â€? writes editor Diane Schoemperlen, “are disruptive in all the best ways, diverse in all senses of the word, always looking back and leading forward at the same time ‿ they must be written in the world, in the midst of a pandemic, in the midst of more horrifying news every day.â€? Submitted and published by Canadian writers in 2020, Schoemperlen‿s selections for Best Canadian Stories 2021 feature work by established practitioners of the form alongside exciting newcomers, and stories published by leading magazines and journals as well as those appearing in print for the first time‿all of which, as Schoemperlen writes, “bring us news of the world and the shape of things to come.â€?Featuring work by:Senaa AhmadChris BaileyShashi BhatMegan CallahanFrancine CunninghamLucia GaglieseAlice GauntleyDon GillmorAngélique LalondeElise LevineColette MaitlandSara O‿LearyJasmine SealyJoshua WalesJoy Waller

A Winnipeg Free Press Top Read of 2021The thirteenth installment of Canada's annual volume of essays showcases diverse nonfiction writing from across the country. “The exceptional essay,â€? writes editor Bruce Whiteman, “derives from a passionate feeling, love and anger being perhaps its upper and lower limits, coexisting with a desire for truth, and it aims for the radiance of what is.â€? In the 2021 edition of Best Canadian Essays, Whiteman‿s selections seek truth in all the places it may be found, from walks in brambled woods and ancient cities to memories of childhoods that shape a life; to analyses of artifacts both legislative and cultural that advance equality long overdue; to reports from the field that articulate the poetry of the present, the invisibility of the poor, the social contours and consuming mental contagions of the ongoing pandemic. Drawn from leading magazines and journals published in 2020, the fifteen essays gathered here brilliantly illuminate what is. Featuring work by:Neil BesnerCatherine BushYvonne BlomerJenna ButlerElizabeth DauphineeEva-Lynn JagoeMark KingwellFrances KoziarHilary Morgan V. LeathemStephanie NolenKevin PattersonSoraya RobertsIan WaddellSheila Watt-CloutierJoyce WayneRob Winger

“This is a book,” writes guest editor Souvankham Thammavongsa, “about what I saw and read and loved, and want you to see and read and love.” Selected from work published by Canadian poets in magazines and journals in 2020, Best Canadian Poetry 2021 gathers the poems Thammavongsa loved most over a year’s worth of reading, and draws together voices that “got in and out quickly, that said unusual things, that were clear, spare, and plain, that made [her] laugh out loud … the voices that barely ever survive to make it onto the page.” From new work by Canadian icons to thrilling emerging talents, this year’s anthology offers fifty poems for you to fall in love with as well.Featuring:Margaret AtwoodKen BabstockManahil BandukwalaCourtney Bates-HardyRoxanna BennettRonna BloomLouise CarsonKate CayleyKitty CheungDani CoutureKayla CzagaŠari DaleUnnati DesaiTina DoAndrew DuBoisPaola FerranteBeth GoobieNina Philomena HonoratLiz HowardMaureen HynesGeorge K IlsleyEve JosephIan KetekuJudith KrauseM Travis LaneMary Dean LeeCanisia LubrinRandy LundyDavid LyYohani MendisPamela MosherSusan MusgraveTéa MutonjiBarbara NickelOttavia PaluchKirsten PendreighEmily Pohl-WearyDavid RomandaMatthew RooneyZoe Imani SharpeSue SinclairJohn StefflerSarah Yi-Mei TsiangArielle TwistDavid Ezra WangPhoebe WangHayden WardElana WolffEugenia ZuroskiJan Zwicky

The annual collection of the best Canadian short fiction, selected by an accomplished and influential guest editor.

A must-read for anyone with a stake in contemporary Canadian literature, or with curiosity about poetry on the world stage.

Selected by editor Marcello Di Cintio, the 2024 edition of Best Canadian Essays showcases the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in 2022. Featuring:Lyndsie Bourgon ¿ Nicole Boyce ¿ Robert Colman ¿ Daniel Allen Cox ¿ Acadia Currah ¿ Sadiqa de Meijer ¿ Gabrielle Drolet ¿ Hamed Esmaeilion ¿ Kate Gies ¿ David Huebert ¿ Jenny Hwang ¿ Fiona Tinwei Lam ¿ Kyo Maclear ¿ Sandy Pool

Selected by editor Lisa Moore, the 2024 edition of Best Canadian Stories showcases the best Canadian fiction writing published in 2022. Featuring:Madhur Anand ¿ Sharon Bala ¿ Gary Barwin ¿ Billy-Ray Belcourt ¿ Xaiver Michael Campbell ¿ Corinna Chong ¿ Beth Downey ¿ Allison Graves ¿ Joel Thomas Hynes ¿ Elise Levine ¿ Sourayan Mookerjea ¿ Lue Palmer ¿ Michelle Porter ¿ Sara Power ¿ Ryan Turner ¿ Ian Williams

Selected by editor Bardia Sinaee, the 2024 edition of Best Canadian Poetry showcases the best Canadian poetry writing published in 2022.Featuring:David Barrick • Nina Berkhout • Nicholas Bradley • Alison Braid • Louise Carson • Hilary Clark • Erin Conway-Smith • Nancy Jo Cullen • Kayla Czaga • Rocco de Giacomo • Jean Eng • Joel Robert Ferguson • Susan Gillis • Luke Hathaway • Beatriz Hausner • Robert Hogg • Evan Jones • Meghan Kemp-Gee • Joseph Kidney • Matthew King • Sarah Lachmansingh • T. Liem • Seth MacGregor • Sadie McCarney • Erin McGregor • Anna Moore • Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin • Barbara Nickel • Peter Norman • Tolu Oloruntoba • Michael Ondaatje • Jana Prikryl • Matt Rader • Monty Reid • Lisa Richter • Meaghan Rondeau • Olajide Salawu • Francesca Schulz-Bianco • James Scoles • Allan Serafino • Sue Sinclair • Carolyn Smart • Misha Solomon • John Steffler • John Elizabeth Stintzi • Joanna Streetly • Rob Taylor • Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang • James Warner • Elana Wolff