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Series Editor:
Benjamin Lefebvre
Series Advisory Board:
Andrea Cabajsky, Département d’anglais, Université de Moncton
Carole Gerson, Department of English, Simon Fraser University
Cynthia Sugars, Department of English, University of Ottawa
Forthcoming
- Recollections of a Forest Life: The Life and Times of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, by George Copway, afterword by Deanna Reder
- The New Race, by William H.H. Johnson, afterword by Jade Ferguson
Available Now
- Argimou: A Legend of the Micmac, by S. Douglass S. Huyghue, afterword by Gwendolyn Davies
- In Due Season, by Christine van der Mark, afterword by Carole Gerson and Janice Dowson
- The Flying Years, by Frederick Niven, afterword by Alison Calder
- The Forest of Bourg-Marie, by S. Frances Harrison, afterword by Cynthia Sugars
- The Seats of the Mighty, by Gilbert Parker, afterword by Andrea Cabajsky
- The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation, by George Copway, afterword by Shelley Hulan
- Painted Fires, by Nellie L. McClung, afterword by Cecily Devereux
- The Foreigner: A Tale of Saskatchewan, by Ralph Connor, afterword by Daniel Coleman
Official series page at Wilfrid Laurier University Press website
Blog posts on Early Canadian Literature Series
The Lucky Seven Interview, with Benjamin Lefebvre