Despite being a two-time recipient of a Governor-General's Literary Award and the author of Earth and High Heaven - the acclaimed wartime novel that soared to number one on the New York Times bestseller list - Gwethalyn Graham slipped into relative obscurity. In this compelling biography, Barbara Meadowcraft seeks to restore Graham to her rightful place in the annals of Canadian literary and cultural history. Writer, feminist, and social activist, and at the heart of Montreal's intellectual community in the 1930s and '40s, Graham was outspoken in her exploration of such issues as racial intolerance and anti-Semitism at a time when few other Canadian writers dared to be. She was also enthusiastic about Quebec's ""revolution tranquille,"" insisting that English Canada must strive to accommodate the aspirations of the Quebecois. Sadly, Graham's promising career was cut short by her death from brain cancer at age 52. This discerning and engaging look at Graham's life and work captures the essence of this remarkably accomplished and inspired woman who defied convention, fought for social justice, and fearlessly challenged contemporary prejudicial thinking.

Gwethalyn Graham: A Liberated Woman in a Conventional Age (Women Who Rock)

Biographies & Memoirs

Meadowcroft, Barbara

Arts & Literature

Canadian Scholars Pr

Painting Friends tells the story of ten Montreal women who met at art school in the early 1900s and formed friendships that lasted all their lives. They had successful professional careers exhibiting with the Group of Seven and at international exhibitions during the 1920s and 1930s. Despite their achievements they had been largely overlooked by art historians but are now being appreciated as a result of Barbara Meadowcroft's ground-breaking book published in 1999.Painting Friends is the first book-length study of these gifted painters: Nora Collyer, Emily Coonan, Prudence Heward, Mabel Lockerby, Mabel May, Kathleen Morris, Lilias Torrance Newton, Sarah Robertson, Anne Savage, and Ethel Seath. Painting Friends is back in print to coincide with 4 major exhibitions of the Beaver Hall Women Painters beginning with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (October 24, 2015 - January 31, 2016, then travelling to the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Art Gallery of Windsor, and the Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

Painting Friends: The Beaver Hall Woman Painters

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Véhicule Press

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