2008 in Canadian literature explained
This is a summary of the year 2008 in Canadian literature.
Events
Books
Fiction
- David Adams Richards, The Lost Highway
- André Alexis, Asylum
- David Bergen, The Retreat
- Joseph Boyden, Through Black Spruce
- Austin Clarke, More
- Anthony De Sa, Barnacle Love
- Cory Doctorow, Little Brother
- Emma Donoghue, The Sealed Letter
- Marina Endicott, Good to a Fault
- Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo
- Bill Gaston, The Order of Good Cheer
- Rawi Hage, Cockroach
- Kenneth J. Harvey, Blackstrap Hawco
- Maggie Helwig, Girls Fall Down
- Mark Anthony Jarman, My White Planet
- Ibi Kaslik, The Angel Riots
- Patrick Lane, Red Dog, Red Dog
- Pasha Malla, The Withdrawal Method
- Andrew Pyper, The Killing Circle
- Paul Quarrington, The Ravine
- Nino Ricci, The Origin of Species
- Robert J. Sawyer, Identity Theft and Other Stories
- Mary Swan, The Boys in the Trees
- Miriam Toews, The Flying Troutmans
Non-fiction
Poetry
Deaths