Searching for Encyclopedias or Reference Books?

The Canadian Encyclopedia: Canadian Literature in English

The Canadian Encyclopedia: Biographies of Fiction Writers

The Canadian Encyclopedia: Biographies of Non-Fiction Writers

The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature

The Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada

Canadian Writers and their Works: [essays on form, context and development]: Fiction Series

Canadian Writers and their Works: [essays on form, context and development]: Poetry Series
 

Searching for Books?

Anthologies of Canadian literature, including poetry, short stories and fiction

Books on history and literary criticism of Canadian literature

Books of Canadian poetry

Griffin Poetry Prize winners

Governor General’s Literary Award titles
 

Finding books of biography and literary criticism about individual Canadian authors at the library

• Do a Subject Search using the individual author’s name e.g. W.O. Mitchell
• Add the term ‘Criticism ‘ to the Subject Search e.g. Margaret Atwood and criticism
• Do a Subject Search using the title of a specific title e.g. The Handmaid’s Tale

Searching for Audiovisual material?

Videos about Canadian authors and their works

Films based on stories by Canadian authors

Films based on Canadian short stories

Canadian poetry
 

Searching for Magazine, Journal and Newspaper Articles?

Using Information Databases, you will find articles published in magazines, newspapers and academic journals that you can’t find using the Internet. All our databases are listed on our website but we recommend you try the ones below first.
*If you are using a computer that isn’t in the library, you’ll be asked to type in your library card number.

Literature Resource Center
Search by:

• Author’s name
• Title of work
• Keywords or topics

Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA)
Search for:

• Author’s name under the Topic tab
• Reviews and criticism by title of work

For more articles, also try

Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly
Biography Resource Centre
Canadian Reference Centre
 

See all Information Databases.

What are Information Databases?

Recommended Websites

Canadian Poetry Archive
Selected poems from early English and French language Canadian poets, notable poetry from the 19th and early 20th century, drawn from public domain anthologies in the National Library of Canada. Search by poet, title, keyword or date.

Writer’s Union of Canada
This national organization of professional writers of books for the general public offers links to literary topics, as well as to the web pages of their members.

Playwrights Guild of Canada
Home page of the national association of professional playwrights. Includes information about members and their plays.

League of Canadian Poets
Home page of Canada’s professional organization of poets. Includes a catalogue of members, with web links.

Markham Village Writers                                                                                     
Home page of the Markham Village Writers group whose mission is to inspire each other to write, write, write!  Includes Events & Resources, Contests, and Writer's Market information.

In my Community

London Arts Council
The home page of the Arts Council, an umbrella organization for the arts in London, including literature. This site offers arts news and an arts calendar which includes events related to poetry, drama and literature.

London Writers’ Society
This group offers information, support, community and literary exposure for London, Ontario area writers. The group is open to aspiring writers at all levels and meets on the third Thursday of each month.