Is Canadian Literature a Dumpster Fire? | Book Bans | Scandals | Funding & Publishing Issues
Is Canadian Literature a Dumpster Fire? | Book Bans | Scandals | Funding & Publishing Issues
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//TIME STAMPS//
00:00 Intro
02:04 Dumpster Fire Label
05:23 Author Scandals
08:03 Funding and Publishing
14:34 Award Accountability
19:38 Banning Books
23:19 Outro
//BOOKS MENTIONED//
Refuse: Can Lit in Ruins Edited by Erin Wunker and Julie Rak et al.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
//VIDEOS AND LINKS MENTIONED//
Can Lit is a Raging Dumpster Fire by Allicia Elliott (2017)
https://open-book.ca/Columnists/CanLi....
Setting the CanLit Canon on Fire by Erika Thorkelson (2020)
https://universityaffairs.ca/features...
If We Had A Can Lit That Worked by Ken Norris (2022)
https://www.notesandqueries.ca/essays....
The Can Lit Implosion by Rolph Maurer (2024)
https://www.newstarbooks.com/news/the...
Commotion: The End of the Giller?
https://www.youtube.com/live/jU7i7M0s...
Edmonton Public Schools Banning Books
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...
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