Embark on an ecstatic journey through literary space with acclaimed author Andre Alexis.

In this intrepid and brilliant memoir, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent travelling through Burma, using as a compass the life and work of George Orwell.

This is a landmark collection of prose pieces from a major writer whose worldwide readership is in the millions, and whose work has influenced and entertained generations.

The fifty essays in this collection span twenty years and reveal Margaret Atwood's views on feminism, Canadian literature, the creative process, nationalism, sexism, as well as critical commentary on a wide array of writers.

In a prose style of inimitable wit and rare candour, distinguished editor Diana Athill recounts tales from a long life in publishing, including her reflections on editing writers such as V. S. Naipaul, Jean Rhys and Mordecai Richler.

Northrop Frye's 1962 CBC Massey Lectures provide a wonderful and concise introduction to his theories of literature and literary education.

In his 1997 CBC Massey Lectures Hugh Kenner examines Western culture's insatiable need for stimulation encountered elsewhere, from the eighteenth century's Grand Tour, to the self-imposed exile of modernist writers, to the disembodied global journeys the Internet offers us today.

In his 1999 CBC Massey Lectures, Robert Fulford reveals to us the mystery, power, and importance of story in all our lives.

In his 2003 CBC Massey Lectures, award-winning author Thomas King illuminates North America's relationship with its Aboriginal peoples.

A set of 5 Audio CDs of CBC's Ideas broadcast lectures of Thomas King's bestseller, The Truth About Stories. Read by the author and produced by CBC Audio.