Best Canadian Essays 2025 - by Emily Urquhart (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Selected by editor Emily Urquhart, the 2025 edition of Best Canadian Essays showcases the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in 2023.

Featuring:

Katherine Ashenburg - James Cairns - Mitchell Consky - Michelle Cyca - Sadiqa de Meijer - Ariel Gordon - Lana Hall - Helen Humphreys - Rebecca Kempe - Jiin Kim - Christine Lai - Jessica Moore - Tom Rachman - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson - Vance Wright

Review Quotes

Praise for the Best Canadian Series

"The wide range of writers, forms and themes represented here make it a great jumping-off point for readers who might be interested in Canadian poetry but are unsure about where to start."
-Globe and Mail

"One of the best things about the end of the year is having a chance to look back. The three Best Canadian volumes ... are a snapshot of some of the finest in Canadian writing this year."
--Robert J. Wiersema, Toronto Star

"A superb collection of national thinkers, crackling with insight on the issues of the age."
--Chatelaine

"[Best Canadian Essays 2025] occupies a space between identity, experience, and self-discovery. The themes may not be new, but by weaving personal narratives of Canadians into the collective consciousness, each essay amplifies a distinct voice; tells a story; and transforms the ordinary into something novel through an infusion of personality . . . Through its exploration of place, identity, and community, the anthology gestures 'northward' to a Canada rooted in renewal, responsibility, and hope--a signal we all ought to follow."
--The Varsity

"The arrival, late in the fall each year, of [this] collection is always cause for fanfare."
--Quill & Quire

"Each of the authors in Best Canadian Essays 2024 offers a particular style and perspective, but the essays work together to provide a picture of some of the issues Canadians have been facing. Many readers are likely to find something to interest them in this short collection of essays."
--Winnipeg Free Press

About the Author

Emily Urquhart is the author of three books of nonfiction including the essay collection, Ordinary Wonder Tales, a finalist for the 2023 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. She has a background in journalism and a doctorate in folklore and draws on both in her writing. She is a five-time National Magazine Award nominee for her journalistic work and has won gold and silver. She lives in Kitchener, Ontario with her husband and two children where she is a nonfiction editor for The New Quarterly and teaches creative writing and science communication at the University of Waterloo.