Vancouver Short Stories
The stories in this collection present the experience of living in Vancouver as filtered through the imagination of some of Canada's most famous writers.
Ethel Wilson
Stories, Essays, and Letters
The fullest biography of the Ethel Wilson to date.
The Letters of Malcolm Lowry and Gerald Noxon, 1940-1952
These letters observe the mind of eminent author Malcolm Lowry at play on questions of literary technique, on films, and on the beauties and rigors of life in his Dollarton shack on an inlet near Vancouver.
Native Writers and Canadian Writing
A co-publication with the journal Canadian Literature – Canada's foremost literary journal – this collection examines the growing prominence of contemporary Native writing.
Words We Call Home
Celebrating Creative Writing at UBC
Gives voice to several generations of Canadian writers in their restless search for literary identity. - Calgary Herald
On the Art of Being Canadian
Drawing on a wealth of artistic expression, this book explores how the arts and artists have shaped Canadian national identity.
First Person Plural
Aboriginal Storytelling and the Ethics of Collaborative Authorship
Focusing on the 1990s, when debates over voice and representation were particularly explosive, McCall investigates a wide range of “told-to” narratives that have shaped the struggle for Aboriginal rights in Canada, and asks what is at stake in crafting a politics and ethics of collaboration.