The story of Gilles Deschenes, a 20-something who moves from Montreal to Grande-Ourse, a town haunted by the grisly memory of a 12-year-old murder.
The three radio plays in this collection -- Mourning Dove, Denial is a River, and Past Imperfect -- explore the impact of individual moral choices.
The period from the early 1880s through the First World War has been called The Golden Age of the Storytellers. Canadian writers contributed in no small way to the cornucopia of romance and adventure the reading public could find at the bookstores. This title includes tales by Grant Allen, W H Blake, Susan Carleton, William Fraser, and others.
The second volume in a series written by Canadian playwrights.
This is the story of an inspiring woman who forged new frontiers as a prospector in Manitoba during the gold rush.
Discusses the following six playwrights: Carol Bolt, Erica Ritter, Sharon Pollack, Margaret Hollingsworth, Anne Chislett, and Judith Thompson.
Contains stories set in the familiar streets and places of Toronto. Here, ghostly uncles help apprehend embezzlers, and Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson aid Sir John A. This title includes biographies of the contributors and their bibliographies, along with an appendix listing crime novels set in Toronto.
Canada's first audition book, with monologues from plays of the seventies, also useful as a survey of Canadian playwriting.
Brings together two one-act plays and fourteen scenes from some of Canada's popular plays, including comedy, drama, children's theatre, and farce.
The loss opens an old wound some twenty years ago Emma's teenage sister vanished without a trace. Soon Emma will meet another man, but the return to joy is painfully slow. Rarely has the loss of love, as well as the subtle dislocation of a family hit by tragedy is evoked.
While the students blame the lack of security on campus for Sophia's murder, Rosalie investigates Sophia's life in search of a motive.
Features sixteen scenes from some of Canada's most popular plays, in a wide variety of genres, including comedy, drama, musical and farce. This book features scenes that encourage the reader to explore time periods from the eighteenth century onwards, different regions across Canada, and diverse cultural elements in the country.
McLean's memoir chronicles her struggle for independence in the repressive 1950s.