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Dear Lucy, At first, I felt skeptical about your novel Anne of Green Gables (1908). Anne seemed too chatty, too imaginative, too eager to please – too good…… Read more “It has a fascination of its own, that bend”
Tag: Canada
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942) was a Canadian writer. She attended Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown, and obtained a teacher’s license. Lucy worked as a teacher in various…… Read more “Lucy Maud Montgomery”
herself held underwater by her hair, snared around auburn-rusted anchor chains
Dear Margaret, As I was reading your novel The Fire-Dwellers (1969), I had the feeling of having been caught in the middle of a conflagration, a large…… Read more “herself held underwater by her hair, snared around auburn-rusted anchor chains”
Margaret Laurence
Jean Margaret Laurence (née Wemyss, 18 July 1926 – 5 January 1987) was a Canadian writer. She attended Winnipeg’s United College, where she took courses in English, History, Ethics, and Psychology, and…… Read more “Margaret Laurence”
That loud music of the wild geese
Dear Ethel, Your novella Hetty Dorval (1947), about a childhood affection that gradually turns into a confrontation of good and evil, had a puzzling effect on me.…… Read more “That loud music of the wild geese”
Ethel Wilson
Ethel Davis Wilson (née Bryant. January 20, 1888 – December 22, 1980) was a Canadian writer. Born in South Africa, she moved to England in 1890 after the death…… Read more “Ethel Wilson”
This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine
Dear Margaret, You ingeniously managed to fulfill the task of writing a contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest – and, most importantly, you did it precisely by…… Read more “This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine”
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood (November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. In 1957, Atwood began studying at Victoria College in the University of Toronto. There, she published poems and articles…… Read more “Margaret Atwood”
The words we speak leave small bruises on the skin,
Dear Hiromi, Your book draws a lot on inter-generational conflict and cultural assimilation. Chorus of Mushrooms centers around the lives of three generations of women in a Japanese…… Read more “The words we speak leave small bruises on the skin,”
Hiromi Goto
Hiromi Goto (1966, Chiba-ken, Japan) is a Japanese-Canadian editor, writer, essayist, and teacher of creative writing. She immigrated to Canada with her family in 1969. Goto earned her B.A. in English… Read more "Hiromi Goto"
How tame they were, living in the same wind, night, and wilderness in wich she hunted and was hunted
Dear Kathleen, Your first novel, Annabel (2010), set in Croydon Harbour, a fictional village located in the remote Labrador region, on the east coast of Canada, follows…… Read more “How tame they were, living in the same wind, night, and wilderness in wich she hunted and was hunted”
Kathleen Winter
Kathleen Winter (1960) is an English-Canadian writer. Born in England and raised in Canada, Winter worked as script writer for Sesame Street, and later became a columnist…… Read more “Kathleen Winter”
The thing that was your bright treasure
Dear Alice, In each of the stories collected in your book Runaway (2004), the characters find themselves, in one way or another, confronted either with the desire…… Read more “The thing that was your bright treasure”
Alice Munro
Alice Ann Munro (née Laidlaw, 10 July 1931) is a Canadian writer. When Alice was 10 years old, her mother was diagnosed as having an unusual type of…… Read more “Alice Munro”
