List of fiction set in Toronto
Encyclopedia
Novels
- Lovers and Strangers by Joyce Marshall (1957)
- The Meeting Point by Austin ClarkeAustin ClarkeAustin Ardinel Chesterfield Clarke, is a Canadian novelist, essayist and short story writer who lives in Toronto, Ontario. Born in St...
(1967) - Cabbagetown by Hugh GarnerHugh GarnerHugh Garner was a Canadian novelist.Born in Batley, Yorkshire, England, Garner came to Canada in 1919 with his parents, and was raised in Toronto, Ontario. During the Great Depression, he rode the rails in both Canada and the United States, and then joined the International Brigades in the Spanish...
(1968) - The Edible WomanThe Edible WomanThe Edible Woman is a 1969 novel that helped to establish Margaret Atwood as a prose writer of major significance. It is the story of a young woman whose sane, structured, consumer-oriented world starts to slip out of focus. Following her engagement, Marian feels her body and her self are becoming...
by Margaret AtwoodMargaret AtwoodMargaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C...
(1969) - A Fine and Private Place by Morley CallaghanMorley CallaghanMorley Callaghan, was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, TV and radio personality.-Biography:...
(1975) - The Rebel Angels by Robertson DaviesRobertson DaviesWilliam Robertson Davies, CC, OOnt, FRSC, FRSL was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best-known and most popular authors, and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies is variously said to have gladly accepted for himself...
(1981) - The Martyrology Book 5 by bpNicholBpNicholBarrie Phillip Nichol , who often went by his lower-case initials and last name, with no spaces , was a Canadian poet. He became widely known for his concrete poetry while living there in the 1960s...
(1982) - Fables of Brunswick Avenue by Katherine GovierKatherine GovierKatherine Mary Govier is a Canadian novelist. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she was educated at the University of Alberta and York University. In 1997, she was awarded the Marian Engel Award for a woman writer in mid-career. Prior to that she was shortlisted for the Trillium Award in 1994, and won...
(1985) - In the Skin of a Lion by Michael OndaatjeMichael OndaatjePhilip Michael Ondaatje , OC, is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film.-Life and work:...
(1987) - Cat's Eye by Margaret AtwoodMargaret AtwoodMargaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C...
(1988) - Born To Lose (novella and stories) by Trevor ClarkTrevor ClarkTrevor Clark is a Canadian novelist and short story writer.-Biography:Clark was born and raised in Toronto. He hitchhiked to San Francisco at 17, later dropped out of a journalism program, worked around Alberta for a year, and hitchhiked twice more through the USA before returning to school. He...
(1989) - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingJohn IrvingJohn Winslow Irving is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978...
(1989) - Barking Dogs by Terence M. GreenTerence M. GreenTerence Michael Green is a Canadian science-fiction and fantasy writer. He has published short stories and novels, among the best received of which is Children of the Rainbow . His works focus on characterization and explore the complexity of social relationships.-Early life and education:Green...
(1989) - Murther and Walking Spirits by Robertson DaviesRobertson DaviesWilliam Robertson Davies, CC, OOnt, FRSC, FRSL was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best-known and most popular authors, and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies is variously said to have gladly accepted for himself...
(1991) - No New Land by M. G. VassanjiM. G. VassanjiMoyez G. Vassanji, CM is a novelist and editor, who writes under the name M. G. Vassanji. A citizen of Canada, Vassanji's identity easily straddles three continents.M. G. Vassanji was born in Kenya and raised in Tanzania...
(1991) - Headhunter by Timothy FindleyTimothy FindleyTimothy Irving Frederick Findley, OC, O.Ont was a Canadian novelist and playwright. He was also informally known by the nickname Tiff or Tiffy, an acronym of his initials.-Biography:...
(1993) - The Robber BrideThe Robber BrideThe Robber Bride is a Margaret Atwood novel first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1993. Set in present-day Toronto, Ontario, the novel begins with three women who meet once a month in a restaurant to share a meal....
by Margaret AtwoodMargaret AtwoodMargaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C...
(1993) - The Innocence of Age by Neil BissoondathNeil BissoondathNeil Devindra Bissoondath is a Canadian author who lives in Ste-Foy, Quebec. He is a noted writer of fiction, and also an outspoken critic of Canada's system of multiculturalism. He is the nephew of authors V.S. Naipaul and Shiva Naipaul.-Biography:Bissoondath attended St. Mary's College in...
(1993) - The Cunning Man by Robertson DaviesRobertson DaviesWilliam Robertson Davies, CC, OOnt, FRSC, FRSL was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best-known and most popular authors, and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies is variously said to have gladly accepted for himself...
(1994) - How Insensitive by Russell Smith (1994)
- Deadly by Nature by Meredith Andrew (1995)
- The Terminal ExperimentThe Terminal ExperimentThe Terminal Experiment is a science fiction novel by Canadian novelist Robert J. Sawyer. The book won the 1995 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1996....
by Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,...
(1995) - Fugitive Pieces by Anne MichaelsAnne Michaels-Background:Anne Michaels was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1958. Michaels attended Vaughan Road Academy and then later the University of Toronto, where she is an adjunct faculty in the Department of English. Her first book, The Weight of Oranges , a volume of poetry, was awarded the Commonwealth...
(1996) - Blue Limbo by Terence M. GreenTerence M. GreenTerence Michael Green is a Canadian science-fiction and fantasy writer. He has published short stories and novels, among the best received of which is Children of the Rainbow . His works focus on characterization and explore the complexity of social relationships.-Early life and education:Green...
(1997) - Buying On Time by Antanas SileikaAntanas SileikaAntanas Sileika is a Canadian novelist and critic.He was born in Weston, Ontario - the son of Lithuanian-born parents.After completing an English degree at the University of Toronto, he moved to Paris for two years and there married his wife, Snaige Sileika , an art student at the Ecole des...
(1997) - Where She Has Gone by Nino RicciNino RicciNino Ricci is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Leamington, Ontario to Italian immigrants, Virginio and Amelia Ricci, from the province of Isernia, Molise....
(1997) - Brown Girl in the Ring Nalo HopkinsonNalo HopkinsonNalo Hopkinson is a Jamaican science fiction and fantasy writer and editor who lives in Canada. Her novels and short stories such as those in her collection Skin Folk often draw on Caribbean history and language, and its traditions of oral and written storytelling.Hopkinson has...
(1998) - Noise by Russell Smith (1998)
- Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmask by Jim MunroeJim MunroeJim Munroe is a Canadian science fiction author, who publishes his works independently under the imprint No Media Kings.Munroe was managing editor at the magazine Adbusters in the 1990s, before publishing his debut novel Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmask in 1999...
(1999) [ISBN 9780380810437] - A Witness to Life by Terence M. GreenTerence M. GreenTerence Michael Green is a Canadian science-fiction and fantasy writer. He has published short stories and novels, among the best received of which is Children of the Rainbow . His works focus on characterization and explore the complexity of social relationships.-Early life and education:Green...
(1999) - Sanctuary & Other Stories by Jennifer Duncan (1999)
- Calculating God by Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,...
(2000) [ISBN 0812580354] - Courage My Love by Sarah Dearing (2001)
- Thirsty by Dionne BrandDionne BrandDionne Brand is a Canadian poet, novelist, essayist and documentarian. She was named Toronto's third Poet Laureate in September 2009.-Biography:...
(2001) - Margery Looks Up by Meredith Andrew (2002)
- Back Flip by Anne Denoon (2002)
- Making a Killing by Warren Dunford (2002)
- The Neanderthal ParallaxThe Neanderthal ParallaxThe Neanderthal Parallax is a trilogy of novels by Robert J. Sawyer published by Tor. It depicts the effects of the opening of a connection between two alternate Earths: the world familiar to the reader, and another where Neanderthals became the dominant, sentient hominid...
by Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,...
- Hominids (2002)
- Humans (2003)
- Hybrids (2003)
- Cat's Crossing by Bill CameronBill CameronWilliam "Bill" Cameron was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A Gemini Award winner, he was a news anchor, television producer, columnist and author...
(2003) - Doctor Bloom's Story by Don Cole (2004)
- Death in the Age of Steam by Mel Brandshaw (2004)
- An opening act of unspeakable evil by Jim MunroeJim MunroeJim Munroe is a Canadian science fiction author, who publishes his works independently under the imprint No Media Kings.Munroe was managing editor at the magazine Adbusters in the 1990s, before publishing his debut novel Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmask in 1999...
(2004) [ISBN 9780968636336] - The City Man by Howard Ackler (2005)
- Gently Down the Stream by Ray RobertsonRay RobertsonRay Robertson is a Canadian novelist and a contributing book reviewer at The Globe and Mail.-Novels:*Home Movies. Cormorant Books, 1997.*Heroes. Dundurn, 2000....
(2005) - What We All Long For by Dionne BrandDionne BrandDionne Brand is a Canadian poet, novelist, essayist and documentarian. She was named Toronto's third Poet Laureate in September 2009.-Biography:...
(2005) - Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory DoctorowCory DoctorowCory Efram Doctorow is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of their licences for his books...
(2005)(available online) - The Secret Mitzvah of Lucio Burke by Steven Hayward (2005)
- Bloodletting & Miraculous CuresBloodletting & Miraculous CuresBloodletting & Miraculous Cures is a short story collection by Vincent Lam, published in 2006. The book, inspired by Lam's own experiences in medical school and as a professional physician, is a volume of interconnected short stories about the lives and relationships of Fitzgerald, Ming, Chen and...
by Vincent LamVincent LamVincent Lam is a Canadian writer and medical doctor.Born in London, Ontario and raised in Ottawa, his parents came to Canada from the Chinese expatriate community in Vietnam. He attended St. Pius X High School and did his medical training at the University of Toronto, graduating in 1999... - How Happy to Be by Katrina OnstadKatrina OnstadKatrina Onstad is a noted Canadian film critic and journalist. She was the film critic for the National Post and CBC Arts Online for several years, and her work has also appeared in Toronto Life, The New York Times, The Guardian and Salon...
(2006) - Consolation by Michael RedhillMichael RedhillMichael Redhill is an American-born Canadian poet, playwright and novelist.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Redhill was raised in the metropolitan Toronto, Ontario area. He pursued one year of study at Indiana University, and then returned to Canada, completing his education at York University and the...
(2006) - Girls Fall Down by Maggie HelwigMaggie HelwigMaggie Helwig is a Canadian poet, novelist and social justice activist.-Academic career:Her early education was at Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Kingston, Ontario, graduating in 1979, then at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, where she graduated with an honours B.A...
(2008) - Barnacle Love by Anthony de SaAnthony De SaAnthony De Sa is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. His debut short story collection, Barnacle Love, was a shortlisted finalist for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize....
(2008) - Last Night in Twisted RiverLast Night In Twisted RiverLast Night in Twisted River is a 2009 novel by American writer John Irving, his twelfth. It was first published in Canada by Knopf Canada on October 20, 2009, and in the United States by Random House on October 27, 2009...
by John IrvingJohn IrvingJohn Winslow Irving is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978...
(2009) [ISBN 9780307398369] - The Victoria Nelson series by Tanya HuffTanya HuffTanya Sue Huff is a Canadian fantasy author. Her stories have been published since the late 1980s, including five fantasy series and one science-fiction series. One of these, her Blood Books series, featuring detective Vicki Nelson, was adapted for television under the title Blood...
- "The Carnivore" by Mark Sinnett (2009)
- Dragging The River by Trevor ClarkTrevor ClarkTrevor Clark is a Canadian novelist and short story writer.-Biography:Clark was born and raised in Toronto. He hitchhiked to San Francisco at 17, later dropped out of a journalism program, worked around Alberta for a year, and hitchhiked twice more through the USA before returning to school. He...
(2009) - Holding Still for as Long as Possible by Zoe WhittallZoe WhittallZoe Whittall is a Canadian poet and novelist. She has published three novels and three poetry collections. Her latest novel, The Middle Ground, is a short novel for adults with low literacy skills...
(2009) - The Charlie Salter mysteries by Eric WrightEric Wright (writer)Eric Wright is a professor and Canadian writer of mystery novels.Wright was born on Kennington Park Road, in South London, England. He is the son of seamstress Caroline , and carter Joseph Wright. Wright was born to a large poor family of ten children...
- The Jane Yeats mystery series by Liz Brady
- Ghosted by Shaughnessy Bishop-StallShaughnessy Bishop-StallShaughnessy Bishop-Stall is a Canadian journalist, best known for his 2004 book Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-City Shantytown...
(2010) - Old City HallOld City Hall-United States:*District of Columbia City Hall, Washington, D.C., also known as Old City Hall*Old City Hall and Engine House, Annapolis, Maryland*Old City Hall , now the Whatcom Museum of History and Art*Old City Hall...
by Robert RotenbergRobert RotenbergRobert Rotenberg is a Canadian criminal lawyer and writer, based in Toronto. His extensive experience as a criminal defence lawyer informs his critically acclaimed first novel, Old City Hall. He currently practices as part of the association of Rotenberg Shidlowski Jesin...
(2010) - Love On The Killing Floor by Trevor ClarkTrevor ClarkTrevor Clark is a Canadian novelist and short story writer.-Biography:Clark was born and raised in Toronto. He hitchhiked to San Francisco at 17, later dropped out of a journalism program, worked around Alberta for a year, and hitchhiked twice more through the USA before returning to school. He...
(2010)
Graphic Novels
- Scott PilgrimScott PilgrimScott Pilgrim is a graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O'Malley. It consists of six digest size black-and-white volumes, released between August 2004 and July 2010, by Portland-based independent comic book publisher Oni Press. It was later republished by Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins...
by Bryan Lee O'MalleyBryan Lee O'MalleyBryan Lee O'Malley is a Canadian cartoonist. He is best known for the Scott Pilgrim series, but is also a musician using the alias Kupek.-Career:...
(2004-2010) - SkimSkim (graphic novel)Skim is a Canadian graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki and drawn by Jillian Tamaki. Set in 1993, in a Toronto Catholic girls high school, it is about an outsider girl called Skim.-Plot:...
by Mariko Tamaki (2008)
Short stories
- Toronto Short Stories by Morris Wolfe and Douglas Daymond (1977)
- Streets of Attitude: Toronto Stories by Cary FaganCary FaganCary Fagan is a Canadian writer who has published novels, short stories and books for children. His most recent adult novel, Valentine's Fall, was nominated for the 2010 Toronto Book Award. Since publishing his first original children's book in 2001, he has published 12 children's...
and Robert MacDonaldRobert MacDonaldRobert MacDonald may refer to:*Robert David MacDonald , Scottish playwright, translator and theatre director*Robert W. "Bob" MacDonald, insurance executive*Robert MacDonald , British Member of Parliament for Glasgow Cathcart, 1923–1929...
(1990) - This Ain't No Healing Town by Barry CallaghanBarry CallaghanBarry Morley Joseph Callaghan is a Canadian author, poet and anthologist. He is currently the editor-in-chief of Exile Quarterly.Born in Toronto, Ontario, he is the son of late Canadian novelist and short story writer, Morley Callaghan...
(1995) - Canada Geese and Apple Chatney by Sasenarine PersaudSasenarine PersaudSasenarine Persaud is an essayist, novelist, short story writer, and poet. He is the author of eleven books: eight poetry collections, two novels, and a book of short stories. His latest books are, Lantana Strangling Ixora, TSAR Books and In a Boston Night, TSAR Publications...
(1998) - Concrete Forest by Hal NiedzvieckiHal NiedzvieckiHal Niedzviecki is a Canadian novelist and cultural critic.Born into a Jewish family, he was raised in Ottawa, Ontario and Potomac, Maryland, did his undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto and his graduate studies at Bard College...
(1998) - Natasha and Other Stories by David BezmozgisDavid BezmozgisDavid Bezmozgis is a Canadian writer and filmmaker.Born in Riga, Latvia, he came to Canada with his family when he was six. He graduated with a B.A. in English literature from McGill University. Bezmozgis received an M.F.A. from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television....
(2004)
TV series
- Being Erica
- Billable HoursBillable HoursBillable Hours is a Canadian comedy series, which airs on Showcase.Set in the fictional Toronto law firm of Fagen & Harrison, the series focuses on three young lawyers struggling to balance their expectations in life with the difficult realities of building a career in law.The series debuted on...
- Blood Ties (TV series)Blood Ties (TV series)Blood Ties is a Canadian television series based on the Blood Books by Tanya Huff; the show was created by Peter Mohan. It is set in Toronto, Canada and has a similar premise to an earlier series also set in Toronto, Forever Knight, in which a Vampire assists Police in dealing with crime...
- Blue Murder (Canadian TV series)
- The Border (TV series)The Border (TV series)The Border is a Canadian drama airing on CBC Television and 20 other TV networks worldwide. It was created by Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole of White Pine Pictures. The Executive in Charge of Production is Janice Dawe. Episodes in the first season were directed by...
- Da Kink in My Hair (TV series)Da Kink in My Hair (TV series)'da Kink in My Hair is a Canadian television sitcom. Based on the play of the same name by Trey Anthony, the story was adapted into a television show currently airing on Global.-Cast:...
- Degrassi, including:
- The Kids of Degrassi StreetThe Kids of Degrassi StreetThe Kids of Degrassi Street is a Canadian children's TV show which aired from 1979 to 1986, and is the first in the Degrassi series, aboutthe lives of a group of children living on Degrassi Street in Toronto, Canada...
- Degrassi Junior HighDegrassi Junior HighDegrassi Junior High is a Canadian CBC Television teen drama series that was produced from 1987-1989 as part of the Degrassi series. The show followed the lives of a group of students attending the titular fictional school...
- Degrassi HighDegrassi HighDegrassi High is the third television show in the Degrassi series of teen dramas about the lives of a group of kids living on or near De Grassi Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It first aired from 1989 to 1991 and followed the kids from Kids of Degrassi Street and Degrassi Junior High through...
- Degrassi: The Next GenerationDegrassi: The Next GenerationDegrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian teen drama television series set in the Degrassi universe, which was created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1979. Degrassi is the fourth fictional series in the Degrassi franchise, and follows The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, and...
- The Kids of Degrassi Street
- Drop the BeatDrop the BeatDrop the Beat was a Canadian television series produced by Back Alley Films, which aired on CBC Television in 2000. A short run dramatic series, the show was one of the first television series ever built around hip hop music and culture....
- Flashpoint
- Hangin' InHangin' InHangin' In is a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC from 1981 to 1987. It also aired briefly in syndication in the United States. Canadian producer Jack Humphrey developed Hangin' In and served as executive producer for the show.-Synopsis:...
, 1981–1987 - King of KensingtonKing of KensingtonKing of Kensington was a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1980.The show starred Al Waxman as Larry King, a convenience store owner in Toronto's Kensington Market who was known for helping friends and neighbours solve problems. His multicultural group of friends...
, 1975–1980 - Material World (TV series)Material World (TV series)Material World was a Canadian television sitcom, which aired on CBC Television from 1990 to 1993. In its first season, the show was a conventional sitcom, shot on videotape with a laugh track, but in subsequent seasons the show adopted a comedy-drama format.The show starred Laura Bruneau as Kitty,...
- Metropia (TV series)
- Murdoch MysteriesMurdoch MysteriesMurdoch Mysteries is a Canadian drama television series that airs on Citytv, featuring Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario in the 1890s. The television series is based on the Detective Murdoch series of novels by Maureen Jennings. The fifth season was...
- The NewsroomThe NewsroomThe Newsroom is a Canadian television comedy-drama series which ran on CBC Television in the 1996-97, 2003–04 and 2004-05 seasons. A two-hour television movie, Escape from the Newsroom, was broadcast in 2002....
- Rookie Blue
- Riverdale (TV series)Riverdale (TV series)Riverdale is a Canadian prime time soap opera which ran for three seasons .The series was set in the Toronto community of Riverdale, which had the reputation of being home to many CBC employees at the time. It focused on a variety of characters and their interactions in everyday life...
- Seeing Things (TV series)
- Side Effects (TV series)Side Effects (TV series)Side Effects was a Canadian television series, which aired from February, 1994 to January, 1996 on CBC Television.A hospital-themed drama created by Brenda Greenberg and Guy Mullally, the cast included Elizabeth Shepherd, Albert Schultz, Joseph Ziegler, Jovanni Sy and Arsinée Khanjian....
- Street Legal (TV series)Street Legal (TV series)Street Legal is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994.-Synopsis:A spinoff from the 1985 television movie Shellgame, Street Legal focused on the professional and private lives of the partners in a small Toronto, Ontario law firm, Barr, Robinovitch and Tchobanian...
- The ListenerThe ListenerThe Listener was a weekly magazine established by the BBC in January 1929 which ceased publication in 1991. The entire digitised catalogue was made available online to libraries, educational and research institutions in 2011....
- This Is WonderlandThis Is WonderlandThis Is Wonderland was a Canadian television series which aired on CBC Television. The series is a legal drama with comedic elements, or a comedy-drama. It was created by playwright George F...
- Traders (TV series)Traders (TV series)Traders is a Canadian television drama series, which was broadcast on Global Television Network from 1995 to 2000.-Overview:Although Global had locked up most of NBC's "Must See Thursday" situation comedies for their Thursday night broadcasts, they lost the rights to broadcast the medical drama ER...
- Train 48Train 48Train 48 was a Canadian television soap opera, broadcast on Global Television Network or CH airing from 2003 until 2005.Train 48 was based on the format of an Australian television program called Going Home....
- Twitch CityTwitch CityTwitch City is a Canadian sitcom produced by CBC Television. The series aired as two short runs in 1998 and 2000. The series also aired in the United States on Bravo, and in Australia....
Overviews
- Greg Gatenby's Toronto: A Literary Guide (McArthur, 1999) provides an encyclopaedic literary tour of Toronto places.
- Robert Fulford’s lecture from 1996 called: “The Invention of Toronto”.
- Amy Lavender Harris' Imagining Toronto (Mansfield, 2010), a comprehensive study of literary representations of Toronto.
Novels
- Toronto je t’aime by Didier LeclairDidier LeclairDidier Leclair is a Canadian francophone fiction writer currently based in Toronto. He has lived in various countries in Africa, and has studied at Laurentian University in Sudbury and Toronto's Glendon College....
(2000) - Ce pays qui est le mien by Didier LeclairDidier LeclairDidier Leclair is a Canadian francophone fiction writer currently based in Toronto. He has lived in various countries in Africa, and has studied at Laurentian University in Sudbury and Toronto's Glendon College....
(2003)
Novels
- Sun BoSun BoSun Bo is a senior editor of newspaper and writer in Toronto, Canada. He is a member of Chinese Pen Society of Canada . He is also a member of the Toronto Chinese Writers' Association.- Bibliography :...
(孙博)，《男人三十》 (Nanren sanshi) (Men in 30's)。北京：文化艺术，2000. [ISBN 9787503919350] - Yu Xi 余曦，《安大略湖畔》 (Andalue hupan) (The Shores of Lake Ontario)。北京：作家，2005. [ISBN 9787506331623]
- Zhang LingZhang Ling (author)Zhang Ling is a senior audiologist and fiction writer in Canada. She was born in Wenzhou, China and came to Canada in 1986 to pursue her MA in English at University of Calgary. She obtained her second MA degree in Communication disorders at the University of Cincinnati...
张翎，《邮购新娘》(Dougou xinniang) (Mail order wife) 北京：作家，2004. [ISBN 9787506328180]
Short stories
- Zhang LingZhang Ling (author)Zhang Ling is a senior audiologist and fiction writer in Canada. She was born in Wenzhou, China and came to Canada in 1986 to pursue her MA in English at University of Calgary. She obtained her second MA degree in Communication disorders at the University of Cincinnati...
张翎，《雁过澡溪》(Yan guo zaoxi) (四川成都：成都时代，2006. - Zhang LingZhang Ling (author)Zhang Ling is a senior audiologist and fiction writer in Canada. She was born in Wenzhou, China and came to Canada in 1986 to pursue her MA in English at University of Calgary. She obtained her second MA degree in Communication disorders at the University of Cincinnati...
张翎，《盲约》(Mang yue)。广东广州：花城，2005. [ISBN 9787536043923] - Zhang LingZhang Ling (author)Zhang Ling is a senior audiologist and fiction writer in Canada. She was born in Wenzhou, China and came to Canada in 1986 to pursue her MA in English at University of Calgary. She obtained her second MA degree in Communication disorders at the University of Cincinnati...
张翎，《尘世》(Chen shi) (The world of flesh)。广西南宁：广西人民，2004. [ISBN 9787219050132]
Movies
- Bollywood/HollywoodBollywood/HollywoodBollywood/Hollywood is a 2002 film by Indo-Canadian director Deepa Mehta. It is lighthearted, humorous, and family-oriented in nature, as opposed to Mehta's other films , which feature very serious themes and focus on social issues.The film pokes fun at traditional Indian stereotypes, as well as at...
. Deepa MehtaDeepa MehtaDeepa Mehta, LLD is a Genie Award-winning Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire , Earth , and Water , among which Earth was submitted by Indian government for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
, 2002. - Kismat KonnectionKismat KonnectionKismat Konnection is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Aziz Mirza who previously directed films like Yes Boss , Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and Chalte Chalte . The film stars Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan in the lead roles with Juhi Chawla in a supporting role. Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan is...
. Aziz MirzaAziz MirzaAziz Mirza is an Indian film director and writer.-Biography:Mirza started his career in 1985 when he joined his brother Saeed Mirza and veteran director Kundan Shah to set a new production company called Iskra....
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