Carole Gerson
June 16th, 2026
In Literary Life After Death (Concordia U. Press $34.95), SFU professor emerita, Carole Gerson considers the ways in which Canadian writers have been commemorated. She looks at the serious and official, as well as the commercial and tourist kitsch, and also the literary forms of commemoration—where writers commemorate past writers. Coins, stamps, trinkets and the public art of statues, or named streets, parks and writers’ houses/history museums are all discussed. Includes E. Pauline Johnson’s grave marker in Stanley Park, Historic Joy Kogawa House, the house museum and statues of Emily Carr, and awards like the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award that is administered by BC BookWorld and VPL staff. 9781988111667
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