what rights did she advocate?
The rights of Canadian writers
Marian Engel
Engel was a passionate activist for the rights of Canadian writers on the national and international stage.
who wrote the novel, bear? Marian Engel where is the novel set? District of Algoma in northeastern Ontario. who is the main character? Lou (who is a 27-year-old librarian) any other characters? Homer Campbell, Lucy Leroy could you please summarize the plot in a few words? A lonely librarian in northern Ontario who enters into a sexual relationship with a bear. how was this received ? The most controversial novel ever written in Canada; mostly received well by critics;  Engel's writing craft was admired could you mention a few other works by her? No Clouds of Glory, Inside the Easter Egg, The Tattooed Woman, Adventures of Moon Bay Towers what themes did her works focus upon? Day to day experiences of women; the relationships between mothers and daughters
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Marian Engel [SEP] Writers' rights advocacy
Engel was a passionate activist for the rights of Canadian writers on the national and international stage. She was the first chair of the Writers' Union of Canada, established in 1973, with early meetings taking place in her Toronto home. Engel also helped instigate the Public Lending Right Commission as a trustee on the Toronto Public Library Board from 1975-1978 . Pensions for writers and royalties from library loans were two of the issues Engel championed. In a 1974 "Maclean's" editorial "Our Authors are Being Ripped Off", Engel outlined a vision for author compensation based on library circulation statistics. She argued that authors are expected "to live off that vapourous substance "prestige"" and suggested that the uncompensated use of Canadian writers' work is a violation of copyright.