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The article provides information about several of Atlantic-Canadian literature as well as presents a variety of themes that are being presented by authors in their works. It discusses the way Canada's East Coast and places within the region are characterized in the manuscripts in terms of its political, economic and cultural dynamics based on the postmodern era. In addition, it relates the development and growth in the of Canadian writers, as they continue to write about the national culture and tradition of the country.

This essay focuses on the book "When Alice Lay Down with Peter" by Margaret Sweatman. The book focuses on a pair of Scottish settlers and their descendants in the Canadian West and is preoccupied with the fraudulence of their presence, using ghosts to raise postcolonial questions about claims to the land. The book illustrates Sweatman's belief that ghosts, as reminders of change, of mortality, of the hazards of political fanaticism, are allies of people in a struggle against a political and historiographical absolutism that has only deepened repressed rather than resolved.

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.

Examines the use of italics in Timothy Findley's novels. Findley's contribution to the development of postmodern textual strategies characteristics of Canadian fiction; Appropriateness of calling Findley a postmodernist; Contribution of italics to the misgivings of his readers; Significant of italics in Findley's works.

The article presents information on neoliberalism, austerity and the academy in Canada. Topics discussed include social and economic inequality, global financial crisis, and profitable international trading. Also discussed are increasing corporatization of academic institutions, rising tuitions, and viability of the social science and humanities.

This article points out that the financial crisis a result of decades of neoliberalism and that this could substantially affect the future of Canadian literature. It is observed that whether or not the neoliberalist ideology will continue to prevail will affect Canadian literature. It is argued that it will affect what will be taught and researched. It will also affect Canadian literature's social, political and economic aspects. It will also influence how and where it will be taught.