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Presents an interview with Jane Urquhart, one of Canada's most prominent contemporary writers. Rooted in rural southern Ontario, but reaching out to embrace the landscapes of West Ireland, France, and Yorkshire, her work explores themes of memory, cultural and familial heritage, and artistic and romantic obsession. She has been writer-in-residence at several Canadian universities, including the University of Ottawa, Memorial University, and the University of Toronto. Her first novel, "The Whirlpool," earned her the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in France in 1992. She followed this with "Changing Heaven" and "Away," a novel about Irish immigrants coming to Upper Canada in the mid-nineteenth century that was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and won the Ontario government's Trillium Prize.

Discusses the place of Canadian literature in the 21st century. Details on Canadian literature in the latter part of the twentieth century; Technological developments that influenced the production of literature in the late twentieth century; Characteristics of Canadian literature as an academic field.

Focuses on the postcolonial and historiographical implications of Guy Vanderhaeghe's narrative strategies in `The Englishman's Boy,' that presents the writing of history as an intense ideological struggle. Novel's provision of a compelling postcolonial reworking of the history of the west; Production of the most challenging and culturally engaged fiction in Canada by writers of historical fiction.

Provides information on the issues of regionalism in Canadian literature. Reference to George Woodcock's book entitled `The Meeting of Time and Space'; Information on the recognition of regionalism; Criticism of Woodcock's work; Conclusion reached on the issues.