List of fiction set in Toronto
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A list of fiction set in Toronto, Canada, in whole or in part.
Contents
English
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)
- 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)
- "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:
- 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 (TV series)
- 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)
- 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.
French
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)
Chinese
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]
Hindi
Films
- Bollywood/Hollywood. Deepa Mehta, 2002.
- Kismat Konnection. Aziz Mirza, 2008.
Tamil
Films
- Arasangam (2008)
References
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