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Biographies

Canadian writers before 1890 by edited by W.H. New.
Call Number: Reference PS8081 C3
Detroit : Gale Research, c1990.
Canadian writers, 1890-1920 by edited by W.H. New.
Call Number: Reference PS8081 C312
Detroit : Gale Research, c1990.
Canadian writers, 1920-1959, second series by edited by W.H. New.
Call Number: Reference PS8081 C314
Detroit : Gale Research, c1989.
Canadian writers since 1960 by edited by W.H. New.
Call Number: Reference PS8081 C315
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., c1986.
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Explore the history of Canada's inhabitants and their culture. This first phase presents persons who died between the years 1000 and 1930 or whose last known date of activity falls within these years.

Also available in Print at REF FC25 D52 2000, with a helpful index volume.
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Part of Gale Literary Databases, the DLB outlines the lives and careers of authors from all eras and genres and summarizes the critical response to their work.
Who's who in Canadian literature.
Call Number: Reference PS8081 W47
Toronto.
Contemporary Canadian Authors

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Catalogues

Aurora and Voila: Canadian National Catalogues
Aurora is Library and Archives Canada's catalogue of its published holdings, including books, newspapers, magazines, maps, music and works in accessible formats.
Voila is our national union catalogue, for the holdings of hundreds of participating Canadian institutions.

WorldCat (OCLC)
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Reference Books

Reference books are useful for background or an overview of your topic. For more reference books related to Canadian Literature, using UVic Libraries' book catalogue, try searching for Canadian Literature as subject keyword in advanced search and limit to location Reference.

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Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature
PS8061 C26 Reference

Cambridge History of Canadian Literature
From Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood, this is a complete English-language history of Canadian writing in English and French from its beginnings. The multi-authored volume pays special attention to works from the 1960s and after, to multicultural and Indigenous writing, popular literature, and the interaction of anglophone and francophone cultures throughout Canadian history.
Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada
Reference PS8015 E53 2002
Reference Sources for Canadian Literary Studies
Reference Z1375 J66
The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature

E-Books

Bibliographies

A Checklist of Canadian Literature and Background Materials, 1628-1960 by Reginald E. Watters
Call Number: Reference Z1375 W3 1972
Bibliography of Canadian Imprints 1751-1800 by Marie Tremaine
Early Canadian Printing: A Supplement to Marie Tremaine's A Bibliography of Canadian Imprints, 1751-1800 by Patricia Lockhart Fleming and Sandra Alston
Annotated Bibliography of Canada's Major Authors by Robert Lecker and Jack David, eds.
Call Number: Reference Z1376 L43 v. 1-8
Featuring primary and secondary information on key Canadian writers—including Margaret Atwood, Margaret Laurence, Hugh MacLennan, Mordecai Richler, and Gabrielle Roy—each volume in this series provides complete annotations on all secondary entries, offers authoritative listings of all audio-visual material contains, and contains a comprehensive index of critics.
History of the Book in Canada
Call Number: Z206 H58
v. 1-3
Canadiana: The National Bibliography of Canada
Since 1950, Library and Archives Canada has been producing Canadiana, a comprehensive bibliography that documents the nation's published heritage for present and future generations.

Library and Archives Canada Literature collection

Library and Archives Canada holds a vast collection of Canadian literature, including translations of these works into other languages, as well as a significant collection of Canadian children's literature which includes original children's book illustrations and manuscripts. Library and Archives Canada's holdings also include manuscripts, galley proofs, letters, audio and video recordings, book illustrations, photographs, journals and notebooks. The collections also cover small literary presses, private presses and the book arts and include books and periodicals about Canadian literature and its history.

Book Reviews

Canadian Book Review Annual
Call Number: Reference Z1369 C22
1975-2006
Literary Review of Canada
Call Number: Z1007 L6 Basement Compact Shelving
Full text online coverage Apr 2005 (vol. 13, issue 3)-current
Print coverage 1994-
Books in Canada
Call Number: Z1365 B6 Basement Compact Shelving
Full text online coverage: Feb 1993-Jan/Feb 2008 and through Canadian Literary Centre.
Only current year of print retained
Book Review Digest Plus
A citation to every book review that appears in over 5,000+ indexed journals