New Canadian Library

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New Canadian Library
Parent companyMcClelland & Stewart
Founded1958
FounderJack McClelland and Malcolm Ross
Country of originCanada
Headquarters locationToronto
Publication typesBooks
Official websitewww.mcclelland.com/NCL/index.html

The New Canadian Library is a publishing imprint of the Canadian company McClelland and Stewart. The series aims to present classic works of Canadian literature in paperback.[1] Each work published in the series includes a short essay by another notable Canadian writer, discussing the historical context and significance of the work. These essays were originally forewords, but after McClelland and Stewart's 1985 sale to Avie Bennett, the prefatory material was abandoned and replaced by afterwords.[2]

It was founded by Malcolm Ross with the intention of providing affordable material for his students; David Staines has been the general editor of the series since 1986. In 2007 the University of Toronto Press published New Canadian Library: The Ross-McClelland Years, 1952-1978, a work by Janet Beverly Friskney that provides an account of the New Canadian Library during the years of Ross's editorship.

Titles in the New Canadian Library[]

Numbered series[]

Originally, all titles in the series were numbered sequentially.

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No. 		Title Author Foreword by
1 Over Prairie Trails Frederick Philip Grove Malcolm Ross
2 Such Is My Beloved Morley Callaghan Malcolm Ross
3 Literary Lapses Stephen Leacock Robertson Davies
4 As for Me and My House Sinclair Ross Roy Daniells
5 The Tin Flute Gabrielle Roy Hugo McPherson
6 The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton
7 The Last Barrier and Other Stories Charles G. D. Roberts Alec Lucas
8 Barometer Rising Hugh MacLennan Hugo McPherson
9 At the Tide's Turn and Other Stories Thomas Head Raddall
10 Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich Stephen Leacock
11 Habitant Poems William Henry Drummond
12 Thirty Acres Ringuet
13 Earth and High Heaven Gwethalyn Graham Eli Mandel
14 The Man from Glengarry Ralph Connor
15 Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Stephen Leacock Malcolm Ross
16 The Stepsure Letters Thomas McCulloch Northrop Frye
17 More Joy in Heaven Morley Callaghan Hugo McPherson
18 Wild Geese Martha Ostenso
19 The Master of the Mill Frederick Philip Grove
20 The Imperialist Sara Jeannette Duncan Claude Bissell
21 Delight Mazo de la Roche Desmond Pacey
22 The Second Scroll A. M. Klein
23 The Mountain and the Valley Ernest Buckler Claude Bissell
24 The Rich Man Henry Kreisel
25 Where Nests the Water Hen Gabrielle Roy Gordon Roper
26 The Town Below Roger Lemelin Glen Shortliffe
27 The History of Emily Montague Frances Brooke Carl Klinck
28 My Discovery of England Stephen Leacock George Whalley
29 Swamp Angel Ethel Wilson Desmond Pacey
30 Each Man's Son Hugh MacLennan Alec Lucas
31 Roughing it in the Bush Susanna Moodie Carl Klinck
32 White Narcissus Raymond Knister Philip Child
33 They Shall Inherit the Earth Morley Callaghan
34 Turvey Earle Birney George Woodcock
35 Nonsense Novels Stephen Leacock
36 Grain Robert J.C. Stead
37 Last of the Curlews Fred Bodsworth
38 The Nymph and the Lamp Thomas Head Raddall John Matthews
39 Judith Hearne Brian Moore
40 The Cashier Gabrielle Roy
41 Under the Ribs of Death John Marlyn Eli Mandel
42 Woodsmen of the West M. Allerdale Grainger
43 Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy Stephen Leacock Robertson Davies
44 Sarah Binks Paul Hiebert
45 Son of a Smaller Hero Mordecai Richler George Woodcock
46 Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada Anna Brownell Jameson Clara Thomas
47 Remember Me
48 Frenzied Fiction Stephen Leacock
49 Fruits of the Earth Frederick Philip Grove
50 Settlers of the Marsh Frederick Philip Grove
51 The Backwoods of Canada Catharine Parr Traill Clara Thomas
52 Music at the Close Edward McCourt
53 My Remarkable Uncle Stephen Leacock
54 The Double Hook Sheila Watson
55 Tiger Dunlop's Upper Canada William Dunlop Carl Klinck
56 Street of Riches Gabrielle Roy
57 Short Circuits Stephen Leacock
58 Wacousta John Richardson Carl Klinck
59 The Stone Angel Margaret Laurence W. H. New
60 Further Foolishness Stephen Leacock
61 Marchbanks' Almanack Robertson Davies Gordon Roper
62 The Lamp at Noon and Other Stories Sinclair Ross Margaret Laurence
63 The Harbor Master Theodore Goodridge Roberts Desmond Pacey
64 The Canadian Settler's Guide Catharine Parr Traill Clara Thomas
65 The Golden Dog William Kirby
66 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Mordecai Richler
67 Behind the Beyond Stephen Leacock Donald Cameron
68 A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder James De Mille
69 Last Leaves Stephen Leacock
70 The Tomorrow-Tamer Margaret Laurence Clara Thomas
71 Odysseus Ever Returning George Woodcock W. H. New
72 The Curé of St. Philippe Francis William Grey
73 The Favourite Game Leonard Cohen
74 Winnowed Wisdom Stephen Leacock None
75 The Seats of the Mighty Gilbert Parker
76 A Search for America Frederick Philip Grove
77 The Betrayal Henry Kreisel
78 Mad Shadows Marie-Claire Blais Naïm Kattan
79 The Incomparable Atuk Mordecai Richler Malcolm Ross
80 The Luck of Ginger Coffey Brian Moore Keath Fraser
81 Essays, Controversies and Poems John Sutherland Miriam Waddington
82 Peace Shall Destroy Many Rudy Wiebe
83 A Voice from the Attic Robertson Davies
84 Next Episode (Prochain épisode) Hubert Aquin
85 Roger Sudden Thomas Head Raddall
86 Mist on the River Hubert Evans W. H. New
87 The Fire-Dwellers Margaret Laurence
88 The Deserter Douglas LePan
89 Antoinette de Mirecourt Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon Carl Klinck
90 Allegro Félix Leclerc
91 The End of the World and Other Stories Mavis Gallant Robert Weaver
92 In the Village of Viger and Other Stories Duncan Campbell Scott Stan Dragland
93 The Edible Woman Margaret Atwood
94 In Search of Myself Frederick Philip Grove
95 Feast of Stephen Stephen Leacock None
96 A Bird in the House Margaret Laurence
97 The Wooden Sword Edward McCourt
98 Pride's Fancy Thomas Head Raddall Fred Cogswell
99 Ox Bells and Fireflies Ernest Buckler
100 Above Ground Jack Ludwig Margaret Laurence
101 New Priest in Conception Bay Robert Lowell Patrick O'Flaherty
102 The Flying Years Frederick Niven
103 Wind Without Rain Selwyn Dewdney
104 Tête Blanche Marie-Claire Blais Philip Stratford
105 Tay John Howard O'Hagan
106 Canadians of Old Philippe Aubert de Gaspé Clara Thomas
107 Headwaters of Canadian Literature Archibald MacMechan
108 The Blue Mountains of China Rudy Wiebe W. J. Keith
109 The Hidden Mountain Gabrielle Roy
110 The Heart of the Ancient Wood Charles G. D. Roberts Joseph Gold
111 A Jest of God Margaret Laurence
112 Self-Condemned Wyndham Lewis
113 Dust Over the City André Langevin
114 Our Daily Bread Frederick Philip Grove
115 The Canadian Novel in the Twentieth Century George Woodcock George Woodcock
116 The Viking Heart Laura Salverson
117 Down the Long Table Earle Birney
118 Glengarry School Days Ralph Connor
119 The Plouffe Family Roger Lemelin John Moss
120 Windflower Gabrielle Roy
121 The Disinherited Matt Cohen John Moss
122 The Temptations of Big Bear Rudy Wiebe
123 Pandora Sylvia Fraser David Staines
124 House of Hate Percy Janes Margaret Laurence
125 A Candle to Light the Sun Patricia Blondal
126 This Side Jordan Margaret Laurence
127 The Red Feathers Theodore Goodridge Roberts Martin Ware
128 I Am Mary Dunne Brian Moore
129 The Road Past Altamont Gabrielle Roy Joyce Marshall
130 Knife on the Table Jacques Godbout
131 The Manawaka World of Margaret Laurence Clara Thomas None
132 Consider Her Ways Frederick Philip Grove
133 His Majesty's Yankees Thomas Head Raddall James Gray
134 Jean Rivard Antoine Gérin-Lajoie Vida Bruce
135 Bogle Corbet John Galt
136 A Choice of Enemies Mordecai Richler
137 Responses and Evaluations: Essays on Canada E. K. Brown David Staines
138 The Master's Wife Andrew Macphail
139 The Cruelest Month Ernest Buckler
140 The Atonement of Ashley Morden Fred Bodsworth
141 Wild Animals I Have Known Ernest Thompson Seton Alec Lucas
142 Scann Robert Harlow
143 On Poetry and Poets A. J. M. Smith A. J. M. Smith
144 Adele Wiseman Margaret Laurence
145 Sawbones Memorial Sinclair Ross
146 The Diviners Margaret Laurence David Staines
147 High Bright Buggy Wheels Luella Creighton
148 Big Lonely (formerly The Lonely Ones) James Bacque
149 Wooden Hunters Matt Cohen John Moss
150 God's Sparrows Philip Child
151 The Outlander Germaine Guèvremont
152 Great Comic Book Heroes and Other Essays Mordecai Richler Robert Fulford
153 Beautiful Losers Leonard Cohen Stan Dragland
154 The Emperor of Ice-Cream Brian Moore Patrick Moore
155 Garden in the Wind Gabrielle Roy Dennis Cooley
156 The Scorched Wood People Rudy Wiebe [[| ]]
157 The Lost Salt Gift of Blood Alistair MacLeod Joyce Carol Oates
158 Ray Smith [[| ]]
159 Everything in the Window Shirley Faessler [[| ]]
160 The Camera Always Lies Hugh Hood [[| ]]
161 The Selena Tree Patricia Joudry [[| ]]
162 Watchers at the Pond [[| ]]
163 Two in the Bush and Other Stories Audrey Thomas [[| ]]
164 Bloody Harvest Grahame Woods [[| ]]
165 The Neighbour and Other Stories Naim Kattan [[| ]]
166 The Manuscripts of Pauline Archange Marie-Claire Blais [[| ]]
167 Sandbars Oonah McFee [[| ]]
168 Selected Stories John Metcalf [[| ]]
169 The Angel of the Tar Sands Rudy Wiebe [[| ]]
170 The Innocent Traveller Ethel Wilson [[| ]]
171 The Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone Matt Cohen [[| ]]
172 Bear Marian Engel Aritha van Herk
173 Spirit Wrestler James Houston [[| ]]
174 The Coming of Winter David Adams Richards Rick Hillis
175 Five Legs and Communion Graeme Gibson [[| ]]
176 Laugh with Leacock Stephen Leacock [[| ]]
177 The Book of Eve Constance Beresford-Howe [[| ]]
178 The Channel Shore Charles Bruce [[| ]]
179 Amongst Thistles and Thorns Austin Clarke [[| ]]
180 Flowers of Darkness Matt Cohen [[| ]]
181 The New Ancestors Dave Godfrey [[| ]]
182 Judith Aritha van Herk [[| ]]
183 St. Lawrence Blues Marie-Claire Blais [[| ]]
184 Blood Ties David Adams Richards Merna Summers
185 St. Urbain's Horseman Mordecai Richler Guy Vanderhaeghe
186 The Lark in the Clear Air [[| ]]
187 Lives of Short Duration David Adams Richards Alistair MacLeod
188 A Population of One Constance Beresford-Howe [[| ]]
189 Lunatic Villas Marian Engel [[| ]]
190 Cocksure Mordecai Richler Margaret Drabble
191 The Township of Time Charles Bruce [[| ]]
192 Bayo Chipman Hall [[| ]]
193 The Sparrow's Fall Fred Bodsworth [[| ]]
194 The Tiger in the Tiger Pit Janette Turner Hospital [[| ]]
195 The Mangan Inheritance Brian Moore [[| ]]
196 The Tent Peg Aritha van Herk [[| ]]

Unnumbered series[]

Books published in the collection after the sequential numbering ceased were:

Title Author Essay
Mordecai Richler Ted Kotcheff
Mavis Gallant Robertson Davies
John Steffler
The Alley Cat Yves Beauchemin Kenneth Radu
Morley Callaghan William Kennedy
Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery Margaret Atwood
Joyce Marshall Timothy Findley
As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories Alistair MacLeod Jane Urquhart
Black Robe Brian Moore Marilyn Bowering
Sheila Watson Jane Urquhart
Neil Bissoondath David Staines
Emily Climbs Lucy Maud Montgomery Jane Urquhart
Emily of New Moon Lucy Maud Montgomery Alice Munro
Emily's Quest Lucy Maud Montgomery P. K. Page
Ethel Wilson Alice Munro
Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace David Adams Richards Wayne Johnston
Execution Colin McDougall Warren Cariou
Sheila Watson
A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry Pico Iyer
For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down David Adams Richards Joan Clark
Good Bones Margaret Atwood Rosemary Sullivan
Hetty Dorval Ethel Wilson Northrop Frye
Jack Hodgins George McWhirter
Joshua Then and Now Mordecai Richler Eric Wright
George Elliott Bonnie Burnard
Susanna Moodie Carol Shields
Hugh Hood John Metcalf
Ethel Wilson Anne Marriott
Man Descending Guy Vanderhaeghe Leo McKay Jr.
Robert Kroetsch
Mavis Gallant Mordecai Richler
Ethel Wilson David Stouck
Murder in the Dark Margaret Atwood Steven Heighton
Stephen Leacock David Staines
Nights Below Station Street David Adams Richards P. K. Page
No Love Lost Alice Munro Jane Urquhart
Graeme Gibson Ramsay Cook
Margaret Laurence Clara Thomas
Jack Hodgins
Running in the Family Michael Ondaatje Nicole Brossard
The Sacrifice Adele Wiseman
A Season in the Life of Emmanuel Marie-Claire Blais Nicole Brossard
Solomon Gursky Was Here Mordecai Richler
Jack Hodgins Robert Bringhurst
The Street Mordecai Richler William Weintraub
Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry Alberto Manguel
Surfacing Margaret Atwood Marie-Claire Blais
Tales from Firozsha Baag Rohinton Mistry W. H. New
Jacques Ferron
Two Solitudes Hugh MacLennan Robert Kroetsch
The Whirlpool Jane Urquhart Lynn Coady
Who Has Seen the Wind W. O. Mitchell Robert Kroetsch

Poetry collections[]

  • Canadian Poetry: From the Beginnings Through the First World War edited by and Gwendolyn Davies
  • Poets Between the Wars edited by
  • Poets of Contemporary Canada 1960–1970 edited by Eli Mandel

Notes[]

  1. ^ Janet B. Friskney, New Canadian Library: The Ross-McClelland Years, 1952-1978. University of Toronto Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8020-9746-0.
  2. ^ Janet Friskney, "New Canadian Library," in Benson, Eugene and William Toye [eds.] The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1997 (p. 794)

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