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In his archly titled Surveillance Studies: An Overview, David Lyon points to how 'Surveillance in modern times has become a phenomenon that affects everyday life and thus it has also [...]

Maria Jesus Hernaez Lerena, ed. Pathways of Creativity in Contemporary Newfoundland and Labrador. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4438-7745-9 Pathways of Creativity in Contemporary Newfoundland and [...]

IN TAKING STOCK of the present state of literature in Newfoundland and Labrador, a crucial development over the last twenty years is evident the emergence of a palpably cosmopolitan and [...]

TOURISM, OBSERVES NEWFOUNDLAND WRITER Edward Riche in a recent interview, 'is a kind of pollution:' '[A] s something that one has to rely upon for economic survival;' he adds, 'it [...]

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO HERE is trace a path, in broad strokes, from neoliberalism writ large to the current regime of austerity, with its attendant effects on the [...]

Michael Winter, The Death of Donna Whalen. Toronto: Hamish Hamilton Canada, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-670-0663-6. EARLIER IN HIS CAREER, Michael Winter frequently ran into trouble over the autobiographical quality of his [...]

To ask where the field of Canadian literature should be going in the next fifty years implies a greater deal of choice and agency than the future might offer. Indeed, [...]

An interview with screenwriter, novelist and playwright Edward Richie is presented. When asked about how does his versatility play an important role in shaping his career, he asserts that it made him do more literary works and take them to a whole new level. He considers tourism as a kind of pollution and an act that shows desperation. He also relates that the impact of tourism on the Newfoundland culture is terrible.

This article discusses the novel "Strange Heaven," by Lynn Coady. The novel, suggestive of the increasing and subversive self-consciousness of the Atlantic-Canadian literature, is about a Cape Breton teenager who has undergone psychiatric therapy after giving up her baby for adoption. The novel builds on the conflicts arising from the social mores of a small town. The author concludes that Coady explores such complexities with a dark and combative humor just like any East Coast writers.

Discusses the use of magic realism by author Louis de Bernieres. Development of magic realism in conjunction with a vertiginous modernization in postcolonial societies; Dramatization of the legacy of colonization and progress in predominantly rural developing societies.

Discusses the metaphors that come to mind when thinking of multiculturalism in North America. Literary criticism; Information on the radio program `Dead Dog Cafe Comedy Hour'; Examination of the novel `Green Grass, Running Water,' by Thomas King; Debates about multiculturalism and the politics of interpretation.

An introduction is presented which discusses changes in the editorial staff of the journal, acknowledges the work of previous staff members, and previews special issues to appear in 2014 and 2015.