Description
“A superb collection of national thinkers, crackling with insight on the issues of the age.”—Chatelaine
Selected and introduced by Deborah Dundas, Best Canadian Essays 2027 provides a unique perspective on what constitutes the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in the previous year. Featuring insights on the impact and aftermath of COVID, battling wildfires and understanding Indigenous fire stewardship, a life before and after trauma, condo-buying, dead mall tours, difficult family histories, and more, these fifteen essays negotiate the zone between then and now, and take readers straight to the heart of the matter.
Featuring:
Darcy Ballantyne • Melinda Burns • Claire Cameron • Kathy Chow • Dane de Souza • Hilary Fair • Lana Hall • Tanis MacDonald • Stephen Marche • Soraya Roberts • Lisa Robertson • Julie Salverson • Cora Siré • Moez Surani • Erika Thorkelson
Praise for the Best Canadian Series
“Compelling pieces that take on pressing issues: the climate crisis, medical assistance in dying, voluntary childlessness, addiction . . . In his introduction, Bethune writes, ‘The most entrancing essays are intensely personal.’ For them to reach a broader audience, however, they must also find meaning in individual experiences. These pieces do just that.”
—Jadine Ngan, Literary Review of Canada
“One of the best things about the end of the year is having a chance to look back. The three Best Canadian volumes . . . are a snapshot of some of the finest in Canadian writing this year.”
—Robert J. Wiersema, Toronto Star
“A superb collection of national thinkers, crackling with insight on the issues of the age.”
—Chatelaine
“Each of the authors in Best Canadian Essays 2024 offers a particular style and perspective, but the essays work together to provide a picture of some of the issues Canadians have been facing. Many readers are likely to find something to interest them in this short collection of essays.”
—Susan Huebert, Winnipeg Free Press
“The arrival, late in the fall each year, of [this] collection is always cause for fanfare.”
—Quill & Quire
