Canlit

American

[kan-lit] / ˈkænˌlɪt /

noun

Canadian Informal.

literature, usually in English, written by Canadians or written in or about Canada.

CanLit British

/ ˌkænˈlɪt /

acronym

Canadian Literature

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Etymology

Origin of Canlit

Can(adian) lit(erature)

Example Sentences

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Ms. Mendelson’s version of the bar was so good that the novelist Margaret Atwood included it in her “Canlit Foodbook,” which compiled writing and recipes from Canadian authors.

From New York Times

An anonymously created email list called CanLit Janitors started circulating in October to alert women in the Canadian literary community to male writers and editors who were said to have behaved inappropriately.

From New York Times

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