'This composite narrative of print culture in Canada is imaginative, well researched, and scrupulously chronicled. It can be read by both scholars and the educated public alike.' -- Carl Spadoni, Fine Books and Collections 'The publication of this series is a remarkable scholarly event, putting Canadian scholarship at the forefront of a growing international field of study. It is essential reading for the literary and cultural historian of Canada and for book historians everywhere.' -- Bill Bell, General Editor, A History of the Book in Scotland 'One of those foundational texts that, a decade from now, you will imagine was always there.' -- Christopher Wiebe, Vue Weekly 'Ranging from rock painting to the modern newspaper, this broad history of textual communication in Canada is a great scholarly achievement. It gives the reader a genuine insight into the historical complexities of Canada's polycultural society. The rich and tantalizing glimpses it provides of readers at all levels of society are especially welcome.' -- Martyn Lyons, Executive Editor, History of the Book in Australia 'This is a reference book par excellence.' -- Margaret Goldik, Montreal Review of Books 'The scholarship throughout is scrupulous ... This pioneering work immediately becomes an essential reference and sets an admirable standard for the volumes to come.' -- Roy MacSkimming, Globe and Mail 'This is a reference book that every library and anyone interested in Canadian history will want to have.' -- Pat Donnelly, Montreal Gazette 'Likely to be a foundational text in Canadian literary study ... It is an essential text for any Canadian college or university library, and for anyone interested in how Canadians and Canada came to be narrated and documented into being.' -- Cynthia Sugars, Books in Canada
Yvan Lamonde is a professor in the Department of French Language and Literature at McGill University. Patricia Lockhart Fleming is a professor in the Faculty of Information Studies and the Collaborative Program in Book History and Print Culture at the University of Toronto. Fiona A. Black is the director of the School of Library and Information Studies at Dalhousie University.
This is a reference book that every library and anyone interested in Canadian history will want to have.' Pat Donnelly, Montreal Gazette
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