The Journey Prize Anthology 13 Short Fiction from the Best of Canada's New Writers

by VARIOUS

• ISBN13: 9780771044229
• ISBN10: 0771044224
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-02
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart

Summary

The Journey Prize Anthologypresents the best new Canadian writers from coast to coast. Many of today's high-profile writers had early work in this anthology, including Andre Alexis, David Bergen, Dennis Bock, Elizabeth Hay, Elise Levine, Timothy Taylor, and M.G. Vassanji. The final selection to appear in the anthology will be made from a total of 85 stories, submitted by the editors of literary journals across the county.

Table of Contents

Karaoke Mon Amour (from The New Quarterly)	1	(21)
Mike Barnes
Watch (from The New Quarterly)	22	(16)
Tim Rogers
Little Suitcase (from This Magazine)	38	(7)
Heather O'Neill
In the Chambers of the Sea (from TickleAce)	45	(12)
Susan Rendell
Fishes (from Event)	57	(7)
Annabel Lyon
The Cane Field (from Event)	64	(20)
Kevin Armstrong
The Present Perfect (from Matrix)	84	(19)
Heather Birrell
Anything That Wiggles (from Prairie Fire)	103	(11)
Vivette J. Kady
Dream Dig (from The New Orphic Review)	114	(8)
Margrith Schraner
Machaya (from Prism international)	122	(21)
Heather Birrell
The Gun (from filling Station)	143	(9)
Craig Boyko
The Way the Light Is (from The Malahat Review)	152	(16)
Lisa Moore
You're Taking All the Fun Out of It (from This Magazine)	168	(13)
Billie Livingston
About the Authors	181	(3)
About the Contributing Journals	184	(5)
List of Previous Contributing Authors	189