"HarperCollins Canada announced it was jumping on the nationalism bandwagon by releasing a specially branded series of Canadian reprints, titled HarperCollins Canadian Classics, on May 5, 2026."
"The books included in this selection are The Wonder by Emma Donoghue, Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan, By Chance Alone by Max Eisen, and others."
"There is every reason to be wary when a foreign-owned corporation stakes a claim to defending Canada's cultural sovereignty, but the case of HarperCollins calls for particular skepticism."
"Before Avie Bennett sold 25 percent of the company to Random House Canada in 2000, M&S set the agenda for Canadian literature under its iconoclastic firebrand publisher Jack McClelland."
HarperCollins Canada announced the release of HarperCollins Canadian Classics, a series of seven reprinted books, on May 5, 2026. This initiative follows a trend among publishers responding to discussions about Canadian nationalism. The selected titles include works by notable authors such as Emma Donoghue and Esi Edugyan. Concerns arise regarding foreign corporations claiming to protect Canadian cultural sovereignty, especially when compared to domestic publishers like McClelland & Stewart, which has a significant history in shaping Canadian literature.
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