The Bookmarks
The Bookmarks
The Bookmarks
The Bookmarks
Read Your Way Across Canada
Canada is a nation of stories and storytellers—from St. John’s harbour to the islands of Haida Gwaii, from our populous southern border to the land above the treeline. Project Bookmark Canada exists to mark our stories in our spaces, by placing fiction and poetry in the exact Canadian locations where literary scenes are set.
What do you see when you visit a Bookmark? Up to 500 words from a story or poem on a poster-sized plaque that you read while standing in the characters’ footsteps.
Project Bookmark Canada is the only national, site-specific literary exhibit in the world. It’s a one-of-a-kind Canadian innovation—a nation-wide trail of our country’s literature, so that you can read your way across Canada.
Explore the Bookmarks
#21 “The Gable Window,” by L.M. Montgomery
Cavendish, Prince Edward Island
The Macneill Homestead, Cavendish Road
From The Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery,
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
#20 The City Still Breathing, by Matthew Heiti
Sudbury, Ontario
Townehouse Tavern, Elgin and Grey Streets
Coach House Books
#19 Barometer Rising, by Hugh MacLennan
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Citadel Hill
McClelland & Stewart
#18 The Convict Lover, by Merilyn Simonds
Kingston, Ontario
Garrigan Park, Church Street
ECW Press
#17 The Cat and the Wizard, by Dennis Lee,
with Illustrations by Gillian Johnson
Toronto, Ontario
Casa Loma
HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd.
#16 The Fishers of Paradise, by Rachael Preston
Hamilton, Ontario
Desjardins Trail, harbour side, at the edge of the floating bridge
Wolsak and Wynn
#15 Any Known Blood, by Lawrence Hill
Oakville, Ontario
King and Navy Streets
HarperCollinsPublishersLtd.
#14 No Great Mischief, by Alistair MacLeod
Port Hastings, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Visitor Centre
McClelland & Stewart
#13 The Republic of Love, by Carol Shields
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Intersection of River and Osborne, at The Gas Station Arts Centre
Random House of Canada, Ltd.
#12 The Jade Peony, by Wayson Choy
Vancouver, British Columbia
Intersection of Pender and Gore, in the heart of Chinatown
Douglas & McIntyre
#11 "The Sea Breeze Lounge," by Al Pittman
Woody Point (in Gros Morne National Park), Newfoundland
Seaside Suites, adjacent to the harbour
From Thirty-for-Sixty, Breakwater Books
#10 Sailor Girl, by Sheree-Lee Olson
Port Colborne, Ontario
Lock 8 Park, Welland Canal
The Porcupine’s Quill
#9 "Giants," by John Terpstra
Hamilton, Ontario
Sam Lawrence Park
From Two or Three Guitars, Gaspereau Press
#8 The Queen of Unforgetting, by Sylvia Maultash Warsh
Midland, Ontario
Little Lake Park
Cormorant Books
#7 "Song for the Field Behind Mississauga Valley Public School," by Jeff Latosik
Mississauga, Ontario
Mississauga Valleys Park footpath (east end) near Central Parkway East and Bloor Street
From Tiny, Frantic, Stronger, Insomniac Press
#6 Fugitive Pieces, by Anne Michaels
Toronto, Ontario
College and Manning Streets
McClelland & Stewart
#5 Garbo Laughs, by Elizabeth Hay
Ottawa, Ontario
Bronson Place, West side (near Fulton) at Colonel By Drive
McClelland & Stewart
#4 "Essentialist," by Ken Babstock
Toronto, Ontario
St. George and Bloor Streets, opposite the subway station
From Airstream Land Yacht, House of Anansi
#3 "Mexican Sunsets," by Bronwen Wallace
Kingston, Ontario
Princess and Clergy Streets
From Common Magic, Oberon Press
#2 Rogues' Wedding, by Terry Griggs
Owen Sound
Waterfront Trail
Random House of Canada, Ltd.
#1 In the Skin of a Lion, by Michael Ondaatje
Toronto, Ontario
Bloor Street Viaduct
McClelland & Stewart
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A Great Canadian Legacy
Project Bookmark Canada gratefully accepts undesignated gifts and designated gifts.
Undesignated contributions are vital to create the organizational infrastructure to support this great big, country-wide initiative. Make a gift today to blaze Canada’s literary trail.
Designated gifts are directly used to build the Bookmarks.
Either way, when you make a gift to Project Bookmark Canada, you’re joining an inspired group of readers and trailblazers who are building a legacy for all Canadians.
Project Bookmark Canada is a nationally registered charitable organization, CRA #82725 7569 RR0001.
Charitable tax receipts are issued for all donations of $50 or more.
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Project Bookmark Canada is adding stops on Canada’s literary trail – and you can help! Explore our current campaigns to make an investment in an upcoming Bookmark. Project Bookmark Canada is a nationally registered charitable organization, CRA #82725 7569 RR0001.
Toronto LAKESHORE, Ontario
Love Enough, by Dionne Brand
Join Project Bookmark and Dionne Brand for an intimate evening at the Jazz Bistro in Toronto, on September 13, 2018.
Help us to build a new Bookmark for Toronto for Love Enough, marking a passage set on the Lakeshore in South Parkdale, to be installed later this fall.
A recipient of this year's Order of Canada, Brand is one of this nation’s most accomplished contemporary writers.
“From our acclaimed poet and novelist: a gem of a novel that sizzles about love — between lovers, between friends, and for the places we live in — and pays homage to each moment of experience.”
~ Love Enough Publisher, Vintage Canada
Photo credit: Jason Chow
Project Bookmark Canada is a nationally registered charitable organization, CRA #82725 7569 RR0001. Charitable tax receipts are issued for all donations of $50 or more.