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The article discusses the work of Canadian Poet Al Purdy and Marius Barbeau and discusses some of the books which includes collection of poems. Topics discussed includes publisher in Canada, work history with National Film Board and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and unpublished biographical information of the poet.

The article provides a publishing history of the book "Forty Years in Canada," written by Samuel Benfield Steele. Steele was a former member of the North West Mounted Police and was notable for his military service in the Red River Expedition of 1870 and the second Boer War in South Africa. His exploits were covered in popular culture in Canada, the U.S., and Great Britain in the form of both fictionalized accounts of his life and through articles appearing in periodicals and newspapers. American journalist Mollie Glenn Niblett was hired in 1912 as a literary agent and editor for Steele's manuscript in Great Britain, choosing Seeley Service and Co. in London, England in 1913. The book was eventually published in 1915 by Herbert Jenkins of London, England.

The article discusses the history of the Canadian publishing industry between 1920 and 1930, taking into consideration the Canadian Copyright Act of 1921 and the relationship between publishers and authors in Toronto, Ontario focusing especially on the firms of McClelland and Stewart, Ryerson Press, and the Macmillan Company of Canada. Topics explored include the rise of a unique Canadian identity, the impact of World War I on Canadian society and culture, and the field of Canadian textbooks and studies.

The article presents the history of the Canadian Free Library for the Blind, from its founding in Toronto, Ontario in 1906 until its January 1, 1919 merger with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. An overview of the history of typesets such as Moon Type, Braille, and Boston Line Type used to print books for the blind from the late eighteenth-century to the early twentieth-century is presented. A discussion of the history of blind education in Canada, and the school libraries intended for the use of the blind, is explored.

The article discusses the development of medical autobiography--the life writings of physicians and allied health workers--in Newfoundland and Labrador in the 20th century, with attention to the influence on the genre of medical missionary Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1865-1940) and the local print culture he inspired. A case study is also presented, of "Snowshoe & Lancet: Memoirs of a Frontier Newfoundland Doctor, 1937-1948," published in 2000 by American physician Robert Skidmore Ecke (1909-2001).

The article discusses the writing, publication, and reception of the 1972 book "Death on the Ice: The Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914" by Cassie Brown with Harold Horwood, an account of the deaths from exposure of dozens of sealers seen as stemming from corporate indifference to their welfare. The book, an international bestseller written by and about Newfoundlanders, is seen as a landmark in Newfoundland print culture and cultural identity. Topics discussed include sealing in Newfoundland literature, Brown's early career and development as an author, and the life cycle of her book.

The article reviews the website entitled "Magazines, Travel and Middlebrow Culture in Canada, 1925–1960," jointly created by the University of Strathclyde and The Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory/ Le Collaboratoire scientifique des écrits du Canada, available at http://www.middlebrowcanada.org/.