Author of the article: Eric Volmers
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In February 1978, a conference was held at the University of Calgary’s MacEwan Hall Ballroom that brought together a who’s who of CanLit luminaries.
It was called The Conference of the Canadian Novel. Mordecai Richler was there. So were Margaret Laurence and Gabrielle Roy. Poet Earle Birney showed up. Novelists Brian Moore and W.O. Mitchell were on hand, as was legendary publisher Jack McClelland.