Happy Friday, everyone! Our gorgeous copies of issue 263 have arrived in-office. Get yours at the link in bio and enjoy some sunny outdoor reading ☀️

Issue 263 is now live! 🎉 In this issue’s editorial, Editor-in-Chief Mary Chapman writes: "Award-winning author Thomas King’s November 24, 2025 revelation that he had no Indigenous ancestry shocked Canada’s literary community.

(1/6) This Mother's Day, we're turning to three very different pieces from our pages that think about motherhood and womanhood with honesty, complexity, and power.

‼ EXTENDED deadline for Call for Papers: June 30, 2026 (PT) ‼

Today is Red Dress Day — Canada’s National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ People.

Applications should include a brief letter of interest and a CV, emailed to [email protected] by April 15th. More info at the link in bio.

Junior and untenured scholars, as well as those working at institutions without graduate students, are welcome to apply. Like the other associate editor roles, the position does not come with remuneration.

📚 The Canadian Literature Editorial Board seeks to appoint a new book reviews editor. The current book reviews editor, Nick Bradley (UVic) is stepping down after working with the journal for nearly eleven years. Thank you, Nick, for your work and for your longstanding support of the journal!

A reminder that the submissions deadline for our Authoritarianism, Anti-fascism, and Literary Resistance special issue is June 1, 2026 (PT), just two months away! See link in bio for the Call for Papers and submission guidelines.

We are thrilled to announce that issue 262 of Canadian Literature is now live! In her first Canadian Literature editorial, Editor-in-Chief Mary Chapman writes:

📚 The Canadian Literature Editorial Board seeks to appoint a new book reviews editor. The current book reviews editor, Nick Bradley (UVic) is stepping down after working with the journal for nearly eleven years. Thank you, Nick, for your work and for your longstanding support of the journal!

🖊✨Call for Papers! We are now accepting papers between 7,000-8,000 words (in either English or French) for a forthcoming special issue, "From One Solitude to Another: Dialogues around Québécois Literature, Indigenous Literatures, and CanLit," guest-edited by Marie-Andrée Bergeron and Sarah Krotz.

Thank you to everyone who coordinated, participated in, and attended the special screening and issue launch of Swirling into a Field of Life: Works in Conversation with Y-Dang Troeung. Audio recordings of contributors reading their work can now be found on our website at the link in bio!

Did you know that you can receive notifications when new Canadian Literature issues are published? Sign up by visiting "Find Us on OJS" at the link in our bio, and clicking "Register" at the top of the page!

‼ Upcoming Call for Participants Deadline ‼ A reminder that the deadline to submit 200-word abstracts for Dr. Julie Rak's symposium on Studying Contemporary Canadian Publishing is January 20th, 2026. Abstracts and bios are to be submitted to [email protected].

UBC Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program (ACAM) and Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement (ACRE) invite you to a special screening + special issue launch event, Swirling into a Field of Life: Works in Conversation with Y-Dang Troeung on February 3, 2026!

We are so pleased to share our newest issue of Canadian Literature, issue 261, Swirling into a Field of Life: Works in Conversation with Y-Dang Troeung.

Call for participants! Dr. Julie Rak is now accepting 200-word abstracts from those interested in participating in an upcoming symposium on Studying Contemporary Canadian Publishing.

A reminder that pre-orders for #Issue261 close at midnight on November 7, 2025. Get your copy early at bit.ly/CL261Pre-Order!

Happy Halloween! 🎃 If you’re looking for some spooky reading this weekend, check out issue 240 on Decolonial (Re)Visions of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.

Pre-order your copy of CanLit #Issue261 today! Guest edited by Chris Patterson and Vinh Nguyen, this issue explores the life and legacy of Y-Dang Troeung's scholarship and is full of incredible articles, images, forums, and poetry.

🖊✨Call for Papers! We are now accepting papers between 7,000-8,000 words (in either English or French) for a forthcoming special issue, "Authoritarianism, Anti-fascism, and Literary Resistance," guest-edited by Anna Branach-Kallas and Laura Moss.

On September 24th, join Green College’s newest writer in residence, Clara Kumagai, as she hosts novelist Christine Lai in her inaugural talk!

Happy Friday! Issue 256 is now open access and has two great articles on Canadian labour to accompany this Labour Day long weekend. You can find Billy Johnson and Valerie Uher’s articles on OJS at bit.ly/CL256OJS.

Happy Friday, everyone! We're delighted to have sponsored the most recent episode of The Poet Laureate Podcast. In this episode, Kyeren Regehr, the 7th Poet Laureate of Victoria, is joined by Fiona Tinwei Lam, who served as Vancouver's Poet Laureate from 2022-2024. @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social

We are so pleased to announce that issue 260 of Canadian Literature is now live! In her last Canadian Literature editorial, outgoing Editor-in-Chief Christine Kim writes: "As I prepare to wrap up my term as editor and reflect on the past five years, I’m conscious that . . .

‼️ There's only ONE WEEK LEFT to submit papers for our Suburb Nation special issue ‼️ Submit by August 15th, 2025 (PT) for your chance to be published. Visit bit.ly/CFP266 or see link in our bio for more info!

Happy Friday, everyone! To help us get ready for the long weekend, please enjoy these marmots munching on some fries ☀️😎

We are so thrilled to welcome our incoming Editor-in-Chief, Mary Chapman! Professor Chapman specializes in transnational American literatures; suffrage literature and activism; women’s poetry; periodicals; digital and public humanities; and Canadian literature.

A reminder that the approaching submissions deadline for our Suburb Nation special issue is August 15th, 2025 (PT). See link in bio for the Call for Papers and submission guidelines!

We are so thrilled to announce our newest issue of Canadian Literature, issue 258/259, on How to Be at Home in Canada: Placemaking in Indigenous, Diasporic, and Settler Texts! This special double issue is guest-edited by Heather Macfarlane, Sophie McCall, and Basmah Rahman.

From now until June 30th, get 25% off all individual and student 2025 (issues 260-263) print subscriptions! Visit the Subscriptions page on our website at link in bio. (List price includes discount!)

Many congratulations to associate editor Dr. Danielle Wong on being awarded a 2024/25 Killam Teaching Prize! 🎉 Read more at english.ubc.ca/news/daniell...

🖊✨Call for Papers! We are accepting papers between 7,000-8,000 words (in either English or French) for a forthcoming special issue, "Suburb Nation." Submission Deadline: Aug. 15, 2025 (PT)

A reminder that our Emerging Scholars and Solidarity special issues share the upcoming submissions deadline of March 31st, 2025 (PT). See link in bio for the Calls for Papers and submission guidelines!

While the Vancouver weather has been dreary recently, it's officially spring! 🌷🌸 Be sure to check out our 2023 spring and summer issues, 252 and 253, now open-access on our website 😉

As you celebrate International Women’s Day this weekend, we’d like to highlight special issue 254’s forum, “Feminist Critique Here and Now,” in which contributors were asked: “How does feminism resonate in your work, here and now?”

Happy Friday, everyone! It’s a lovely day in Vancouver – In keeping with today’s blue skies, we’d like to welcome you to Canadian Literature’s Bluesky account! 💙