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List of fiction set in Toronto

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A list of fiction set in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in whole or in part.

Contents

Novels

  • Lovers and Strangers by Joyce Marshall (1957)
  • The Meeting Point by Austin Clarke (1967)
  • Cabbagetown by Hugh Garner (1968)
  • The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood (1969)
  • Cabbagetown Diary: A Documentary by Juan Butler (1970)
  • A Fine and Private Place by Morley Callaghan (1975)
  • The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies (1981)
  • The Martyrology Book 5 by bpNichol (1982)
  • Fables of Brunswick Avenue by Katherine Govier (1985)
  • In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje (1987)
  • Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (1988)
  • Born To Lose (novella and stories) by Trevor Clark (author) (1989)
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (1989)
  • Barking Dogs by Terence M. Green (1989)
  • "Losing Joe's Place" by Gordon Korman (1991)
  • Murther and Walking Spirits by Robertson Davies (1991)
  • No New Land by M. G. Vassanji (1991)
  • Headhunter by Timothy Findley (1993)
  • The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood (1993)
  • The Innocence of Age by Neil Bissoondath (1993)
  • The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies (1994)
  • How Insensitive by Russell Smith (1994)
  • Deadly by Nature by Meredith Andrew (1995)
  • The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer (1995)
  • Moonlit Days and Nights by D. H. Toole (1995)
  • Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (1996)
  • Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels (1996)
  • To Dance At The Palais Royale by Jane McNaughton (1996)
  • Blue Limbo by Terence M. Green (1997)
  • Buying On Time by Antanas Sileika (1997)
  • Where She Has Gone by Nino Ricci (1997)
  • "1978" by Daniel Jones (1998)
  • Brown Girl in the Ring Nalo Hopkinson (1998)
  • Factoring Humanity by Robert J. Sawyer (1998)
  • Noise by Russell Smith (1998)
  • Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmask by Jim Munroe (1999) [ISBN 9780380810437]
  • A Witness to Life by Terence M. Green (1999)
  • Sanctuary & Other Stories by Jennifer Duncan (1999)
  • Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer (2000) [ISBN 0812580354]
  • Courage My Love by Sarah Dearing (2001)
  • Thirsty by Dionne Brand (2001)
  • Margery Looks Up by Meredith Andrew (2002)
  • Back Flip by Anne Denoon (2002)
  • Making a Killing by Warren Dunford (2002)
  • The Neanderthal Parallax by Robert J. Sawyer
  • Hominids (2002)
  • Humans (2003)
  • Hybrids (2003)
  • Cat's Crossing by Bill Cameron (2003)
  • The Double by Philip Quinn (2003)
  • Doctor Bloom's Story by Don Cole (2004)
  • Death in the Age of Steam by Mel Bradshaw (2004)
  • An opening act of unspeakable evil by Jim Munroe (2004) [ISBN 9780968636336]
  • The City Man by Howard Ackler (2005)
  • Gently Down the Stream by Ray Robertson (2005)
  • What We All Long For by Dionne Brand (2005)
  • Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)(available online)
  • The Secret Mitzvah of Lucio Burke by Steven Hayward (2005)
  • Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
  • How Happy to Be by Katrina Onstad (2006)
  • Consolation by Michael Redhill (2006)
  • Girls Fall Down by Maggie Helwig (2008)
  • Barnacle Love by Anthony de Sa (2008)
  • Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving (2009) [ISBN 9780307398369]
  • The Victoria Nelson series by Tanya Huff
  • "The Carnivore" by Mark Sinnett (2009)
  • Dragging The River by Trevor Clark (2009)
  • Holding Still for as Long as Possible by Zoe Whittall (2009)
  • The Charlie Salter mysteries by Eric Wright
  • The Jane Yeats mystery series by Liz Brady
  • Ghosted by Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall (2010)
  • Old City Hall by Robert Rotenberg (2010)
  • Love On The Killing Floor by Trevor Clark (2010)
  • Dawn at the Royal Star by Jeff Sinasac (2011)
  • Dream Caster by Najeev Raj Nadarajah (2013)
  • The Cheese Stealer's Handbook by Shoshaku Jushaku (2014)
  • Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (2014)
  • "The Society of Experience" by Matt Cahill (2015)
  • "Ghost Pains" by Alan Michael Beau (2016)
  • Graphic Novels

  • Jellaby: Monster in the City by Kean Soo (2009)
  • Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley (2004–2010)
  • Skim by Mariko Tamaki (2008)
  • Short stories

  • Bridge In The Rain by Bianca Lakoseljac, (2010)
  • Toronto Short Stories by Morris Wolfe and Douglas Daymond (1977)
  • Streets of Attitude: Toronto Stories by Cary Fagan and Robert MacDonald (1990)
  • "People One Knows: Toronto Stories" by Daniel Jones (1994)
  • This Ain't No Healing Town by Barry Callaghan (1995)
  • Canada Geese and Apple Chatney by Sasenarine Persaud (1998)
  • Concrete Forest by Hal Niedzviecki (1998)
  • Natasha and Other Stories by David Bezmozgis (2004)
  • TV series

  • Being Erica
  • Billable Hours
  • Blood Ties (TV series)
  • Blue Murder (Canadian TV series)
  • The Border (TV series)
  • Da Kink in My Hair (TV series)
  • Degrassi, including:
  • The Kids of Degrassi Street
  • Degrassi Junior High
  • Degrassi High
  • Degrassi: The Next Generation
  • Drop the Beat
  • Flashpoint
  • Forever Knight
  • Hangin' In, 1981–1987
  • King of Kensington, 1975–1980
  • Material World (TV series)
  • Metropia (TV series)
  • Murdoch Mysteries
  • The Newsroom
  • Orphan Black
  • Rookie Blue
  • Riverdale
  • Seeing Things (TV series)
  • Side Effects (TV series)
  • Street Legal (TV series)
  • The Listener
  • This Is Wonderland
  • Traders (TV series)
  • Train 48
  • Twitch City
  • Film

  • The Adjuster (1991)
  • Blood and Donuts (1995)
  • Breakfast with Scot (2007)
  • Calendar (1993)
  • Chloe (2009)
  • Crash (1996)
  • Dead Ringers (1988)
  • Enemy (2013)
  • Exotica (1994)
  • The F Word (2013)
  • Goin' Down the Road (1970)
  • I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)
  • Last Night (1998)
  • My Life Without Me (2003)
  • Picture Day (2012)
  • One Week (2008)
  • Owning Mahowny (2003)
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
  • Take This Waltz (2011)
  • Videodrome (1983)
  • Overviews

  • Greg Gatenby's Toronto: A Literary Guide (McArthur, 1999) provides an encyclopaedic literary tour of Toronto places.
  • Robert Fulford’s lecture from 1996 called: “The Invention of Toronto”.
  • Amy Lavender Harris' Imagining Toronto (Mansfield, 2010), a comprehensive study of literary representations of Toronto.
  • Novels

  • Du vieux vin dans des bouteilles neuves by Frederick J. A. Davidson (1926)
  • Toronto je t’aime by Didier Leclair (2000)
  • Ce pays qui est le mien by Didier Leclair (2003)
  • Novels

  • Sun Bo (孙博),《男人三十》 (Nanren sanshi) (Men in 30's)。北京:文化艺术,2000. [ISBN 9787503919350]
  • Yu Xi 余曦,《安大略湖畔》 (Andalue hupan) (The Shores of Lake Ontario)。北京:作家,2005. [ISBN 9787506331623]
  • Zhang Ling 张翎,《邮购新娘》(Dougou xinniang) (Mail order wife) 北京:作家,2004. [ISBN 9787506328180]
  • Short stories

  • Zhang Ling 张翎,《雁过澡溪》(Yan guo zaoxi) (四川成都:成都时代,2006.
  • Zhang Ling 张翎,《盲约》(Mang yue)。广东广州:花城,2005. [ISBN 9787536043923]
  • Zhang Ling 张翎,《尘世》(Chen shi) (The world of flesh)。广西南宁:广西人民,2004. [ISBN 9787219050132]
  • Films

  • Bollywood/Hollywood. Deepa Mehta, 2002.
  • Kismat Konnection. Aziz Mirza, 2008.
  • Films

  • Arasangam (2008)
  • References

    List of fiction set in Toronto Wikipedia


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