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\"This book explores the role of literary fantasy in contemporary women's diasporic narratives to unsettle hegemonic notions of home and to construct their identity. Fantasy in their works plays a subversive function of bringing the unseen culture and unheard voices of the marginalized people\"-- Provided by publisher.

Established and emerging scholars offer timely discussions of \"diasporic Chinese studies,\" drawing on transnational, postcolonial, globalisation, and racialisation theories. The collection examines what is at stake in the consideration of diasporic literatures and the connections and fissures emerging in these new critical terrains.

When her 1912 story collection, Mrs. Spring Fragrance, was rescued from obscurity in the 1990s, scholars were quick to celebrate Sui Sin Far as a pioneering chronicler of Asian American Chinatowns. Newly discovered works, however, reveal that Edith Eaton (1865-1914) published on a wide variety of subjects - and under numerous pseudonyms - in Canada and Jamaica for a decade before she began writing Chinatown fiction signed \"Sui Sin Far\" for US magazines. Born in England to a Chinese mother and a British father, and raised in Montreal, Edith Eaton is a complex transnational writer whose expanded oeuvre demands reconsideration. Becoming Sui Sin Far collects and contextualizes seventy of Eaton's early works, most of which have not been republished since they first appeared in turn-of-the-century periodicals. These works of fiction and journalism, in diverse styles and from a variety of perspectives, document Eaton's early career as a short story writer, \"stunt-girl\" journalist, ethnographer, political commentator, and travel writer. Showcasing her playful humour, savage wit, and deep sympathy, the texts included in this volume assert a significant place for Eaton in North American literary history. Mary Chapman's introduction provides an insightful and readable overview of Eaton's transnational career. The volume also includes an expanded bibliography that lists over two hundred and sixty works attributed to Eaton, a detailed biographical timeline, and a newly discovered interview with Eaton from the year in which she first adopted the orientalist pseudonym for which she is best known. Becoming Sui Sin Far significantly expands our understanding of the themes and topics that defined Eaton's oeuvre and will interest scholars and students of Canadian, American, Asian North American, and ethnic literatures and history.

Examining nine Asian Canadian and Asian American narratives, Eleanor Ty explores how authors empower themselves, represent differences, and re-script their identities as 'visible minorities' within the ideological, imaginative, and discursive space given to them by dominant culture. In various ways, Asian North Americans negotiate daily with 'birthmarks,' their shared physical features marking them legally, socially, and culturally as visible outsiders, and paradoxically, as invisible to mainstream history and culture. Ty argues that writers such as Denise Chong, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, and Wayson Choy recast the marks of their bodies and challenge common perceptions of difference based on the sights, smells, dress, and other characteristics of their hyphenated lives. Others, like filmmaker Mina Shum and writers Bienvenido Santos and Hiromi Goto, challenge the means by which Asian North American subjects are represented and constructed in the media and in everyday language. Through close readings grounded in the socio-historical context of each work, Ty studies the techniques of various authors and filmmakers in their meeting of the gaze of dominant culture and their response to the assumptions and meanings commonly associated with Orientalized, visible bodies.

32 Margaret Atwood has published seven books for children. 33 In the 1800s, the Manitoba printing industry met European immigrants' demand for information and literature. 34 Winnipeg remained the multilingual publishing centre for most of Western Canada for decades, producing materials including children's books. 35 The Best of All Worlds - Le meilleur monde imaginable by Dr. Gina Valle is the first multilingual book of its kind in Canada. 36 Dr. Valle received the Diamond Jubilee Medal for her work through her organization Diversity Matters. 37 The Spirit of the Dragon: The Story of Jean Lumb, a Proud Chinese Canadian, by Arlene Chan, features her mother, the first Chinese Canadian to receive the Order of Canada for her community activism. 38 Born in New Delhi, Rachna Gilmore (Lights for Gita and Group of One) was inspired by Anne of Green Gables. 39 In 2009, Rukhsana Khan's A New Life was commissioned by Canadian Heritage and used by Settlement Workers in Schools. 40 Anne Renaud's research for Pier 21: Stories from Near and Far included finding people who came through Pier 21 as youths. 41 Making Canada Home by Susan Hughes was a 2016 Ontario Library Association Best Bet. 42Raziel Reid's When Everything Feels Like the Movies won the children's category of the Governor General's Literary Awards. 43 Librarian Ken Setterington was the first Children and Youth Advocate for Library Services for the Toronto Public Library. 44 Setterington wrote Branded by the Pink Triangle and co-authored A Guide to Canadian Children's Books in English. 45 Steven Solomon, author of Homophobia: Deal With It and Turn Prejudice Into Pride, was awarded a Toronto District School Board Excellence Award, in part for helping students establish Gay-Straight Alliances in schools. 46 Robin Stevenson's Pride: Celebrating Diversity and Community is a 2017 Stonewall Honor book. 47 Rosamund Elwin, publisher and co-author of Asha's Moms, views publishing first-time writers as cultural activism. 48 Very few picture books appeared in Canada until the 1970s. 71 Isabelle Arsenault has won the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature - Illustration three times. 72 Her books, published in both English and French, have won her international recognition. 73 Barbara Reid, Canada's Queen of Plasticine, has gained international recognition for her art. 74 The New Baby Calf, written by Edith Newlin Chase, was the first book Reid illustrated using Plasticine after graduating from the Ontario College of Art and Design. 75 Andrea Beck created the Elliot Moose series, which became a television series. 88 The oldest artifacts date from 2,000 B.C.E. 89 The Osborne Collection includes the Lillian H. Smith Collection and the Canadiana Collection. 90 The Canadiana Collection houses the first Canadian picture book, An Illustrated Comic Alphabet (1859) 91 The Library and Archives Canada collection of children's literature contains more than 140,000 fiction and non-fiction books. 92 Ensuring that students learn to read fluently is the most important and fundamental aspect of teaching in formal schooling. 93 It is reading, the basic ability to get meaning from print, that is fundamental to school success. 94 Links between children's reading and the library and a librarian have been demonstrated as essential across grade levels, socio-economic levels, and across rural and urban schools. 95 In 2017, the Alberta government committed to investing $1.6 million over three years to support summer literacy camps for Indigenous kids. 96 Lieutenant Governor's Aboriginal Literacy Camps were inaugurated by the Ontario government in 2006, in collaboration with Frontier College, to provide literacy enrichment and outreach activities to Aboriginal children. 97 Average Number of Children's Books in Home Base: Parents with Children Aged 0-17 Ontario - 80, Quebec - 76, British Columbia - 65, Alberta - 88, All Others - 92 98 May Cutler founded Tundra Books in 1967, publishing titles in English and French, including The Hockey Sweater 99 Cutler is credited with revolutionizing the industry. 100 In 2016 and 2017 respectively, Kids Can Press and Groundwood Books were named North American Publisher of the Year at Bologna Children's Book Fair. 101 Scholastic is the only major publisher in Canada able to simultaneously publish children's books in both official languages. 102 Every month, Chirp, chickaDEE and OWL reach over 450,000 readers by paid distribution. 103 The majority of children aged 6-17 (86%) are currently reading or have just finished reading a book for fun. 104 Girls (38%) are more likely than boys (30%) to be frequent readers. 105 Children, particularly those who are frequent readers, gain inspiration (76%) and a sense of accomplishment (90%) from reading. 106 Ninety-four percent of children agree that their favourite books are the ones they picked out themselves. 107 Parents of children aged 0-5 cite reading books aloud, telling stories and talking together as among the most important things parents should do with their children to develop language skills. 108 Kids have read 23 books on average in the last year, with the average decreasing as children grow older. 109 Six in 10 kids under age two choose their own books at least most of the time. 110 Four in 10 kids have read an e-Book, but prefer print books. 111 1846 - Little Grace, or, Scenes in Nova Scotia by Miss Grove published in Halifax. 112 1908 - Uncle Jims Canadian Nursery Rhymes for Family and Kindergarten Use, published in Toronto - the same year as Anne of Green Gables. 113 1912-Toronto Public Library's Boys' and Girls' Division is established.