Poetry •
Riel: A Poem For Voices. Fiddlehead Poetry Books: Fredericton, 1968; and Van Nostrand Reinhold: Toronto, 1972. •
The Village Within. Fiddlehead: Fredericton, 1970. •
Death at Quebec and Other Poems. Fiddlehead: Fredericton, 1971. • "Perspectives: Poems Toward a Biography." Pennywise Press, London, Ontario, 1971. •
Saying Grace: An Elegy. Fiddlehead: Fredericton, 1972. •
Coppermine: The Quest For North. Oberon: Ottawa, 1973. •
Borderlands. Oberon: Ottawa, 1975. •
Tecumseh. Oberon: Ottawa, 1976. •
A True History of Lambton County. Oberon: Ottawa, 1977. • ''God's Geography''. Brick Books: London, 1982. •
The Exiled Heart; Selected Narratives. Oberon: Ottawa, 1986. •
Love in the Wintertime. Oberon: Ottawa, 1990. • ''Flute Music in the Cello's Belly''. Moonstone: Goderich, 1997. •
Bloodlines. Oberon: Ottawa, 2001. •
Something More Miraculous. Oberon: Ottawa, 2004. •
Still Magical. Oberon: Ottawa, 2007. •
Coming Home. Oberon: Ottawa, 2011. •
The Way It Was. Friesen Press: Vancouver, 2014. •
Tidings. Black Moss Press: Windsor, 2015. •
Peripheries. (ebook) -privately printed 2016. •
Inundations. Hidden Brook Press: Brighton, 2016. •
The Blue Flow Below. Black Moss Press: Windsor, 2017. •
The Sands of Canatara (ebook) privately printed, 2017. • Inklings: Black Moss Press: Windsor, 2017. • The Village Within (re-issue, ebook)) First Choice Books: Victoria, 2017. • Cameron Lake (ebook) privately printed, 2018. • Home Ground: Hidden Brook Press, 2018. • "
Two Dozen for Anne, First Choice books, Victoria, 2018 • "Bereft: Poems for my Beloved," privately printed, 2018. • "Another Poem For Anne," privately printed, 2018. • "Days Worth the Telling," Black Moss Press, Windsor, 2018. • "The Breath of My Being," privately printed, 2018. • "Foster's Pond," Borealis, Ottawa, 2019 • "The Star-Brushed Horizon,' Hidden Brook Press, 2019. • "Mara's Lamp," Black Moss Press. 2019. • Impious Whims: Selected Poems." Borealis Press, 2019. • "In the Rarefied Regions of the Heart". Hidden Brook Press, 2020. • "Point Taken: Collected Poems 2014-2020." Hidden Brook Press, 202 • "By and By". With John B. Lee. Hidden Brook Press 2020. • "The Derelict Heart". Hidden Brook Press: 2020. • "Invincible Ink." Hidden Brook Press, 2020. •
"Into the Milkweed Meadow." Hidden Brook Press, 2021. •
"Where Rivers Run Deep." Hidden Brook Press, 2021. •
"More Boding Than Blood." Hidden Brook Press, 2021. . "
The Ardent Dark," Hidden Brook Press, 2021. → "
Masters of the Craft." Hidden Brook Press:2021. " ''Lover's Moon''" Hidden Brook Press: 2022 . "
The Home We Never Leave" Wet Ink Books: 2022 . "
Kingdom Come and Other Poems: Wet Ink Books: 2022 • "Trawling For Truths": Wet Ink Books: 2022 . "
A Fine-Tuned Heart" Wet Ink Books: 2023
Fiction •
Bus-Ride. Nairn publishing: Nairn, 1974. •
All in Good Time. Black Moss: Windsor, 1980. •
St. Vitus Dance. Drumlin: London, 1986. • ''Shaman's Ground''. Drumlin: London, 1988. •
How the World Began. Moonstone: Goderich, 1991. • ''Summer's Idyll''. Oberon: Ottawa, 1993. • ''Winter's Descent''. Oberon: Ottawa, 1996. •
Bewilderment. Borealis: Ottawa, 2000. •
The Perilous Journey of Gavin the Great. Borealis Press: Ottawa, 2010. •
The Rebellion Mysteries.
Simon and Schuster: Toronto, 2012. • ''Lily's Story''.(e-book). Bev Editions: Toronto, 2013 (Print edition 2014) •
Constable Garrett and the Dead Ringer. Tellwell: Victoria, 2016 •
Lily Fairchild - Tablo publishing 2019.
Marc Edwards Mysteries •
Turncoat. McClelland and Stewart: Toronto, 2003. •
Solemn Vows. McClelland and Stewart: Toronto, 2003. •
Vital Secrets. Trinity: Saint John, 2007. •
Dubious Allegiance. Simon and Schuster: Toronto, 2012. •
Bloody Relations. Simon and Schuster: Toronto, 2013. •
Death of a Patriot. Simon and Schuster: Toronto, 2014. • ''The Bishop's Pawn''. Tablo Publishing: Melbourne, 2021; •
Desperate Acts. Tablo Publishing: Melbourne, 2021 •
Unholy Alliance. Tablo Publishing: Melbourne, 2021. •
Mnor Corruption Tablo Publishing: Melbourne, 2021 •
Governing Passion Tablo Publishing: Melbourne, 2021 • ''The Widow's Demise'' Tablo Publishing: Melbourne, 2021. The six mysteries above were also published as ebooks by Bev Editions in 2015.
Non-Fiction •
Rhetoric: A Unified Approach to Literary Curricula. OISE: Toronto, 1970 (contributor) •
Language and Expression. McClelland and Stewart: Toronto, 1970. •
The Country of the Young. The Althouse Press: London, 1978. •
Mountain and Plain. Anthology. McClelland and Stewart: Toronto, 1978. •
Rites of Passage. Anthology. McClelland and Stewart: Toronto, 1979. •
Brave Season. The Althouse Press: London, 1983. •
Incredible Journeys. The Althouse Press: London, 1986 and 1990. •
The Dimension of Delight. The Althouse Press: London, 1988. •
Stubborn Pilgrimage. Our Schools/Our Selves: Toronto, 1994. •
Teaching English. Lorimer: Toronto, 2000. •
The Myth Alive: Essays in Canadian Literature and Poetics. First Choice Books: Victoria, 2015 :. reissued as "Ploughing the Home Ground," Hidden Brook Press:
Brighton, Ontario, 2022.
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Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. VII, no. 1, February, 1973. "The Hidden Meaning Syndrome," The English Quarterly, vol IX, nos. 1 and 2. "Some Principles of Question-Design", English Journal Vol. 70 # 7 (Nov. 1981) "Truth and Consequences: Selecting Literature for Grades 7-12/OAC", indirections17, 1 (March 1992) "Teaching Canadian Literature: A Cultural Odyssey", indirections Vol. VI, no. 2 (Spring 1981) "Teaching Literature for Cognitive Development: A Double Perspective", indirections VI, 3 (Fall 1981) "Literature and Reading in the High School: The Cognitive Dimensions", indirections VII, 2 (Spring 1982) "The View from Darien: The Drama of Literature in the High School Classroom – Part 1", The English Quarterly XV, 1 (Spring 1982) "The View from Darien: The Drama of Literature in the High School Classroom, Part 2," The English Quarterly, XV 2 (Summer 1982). "Homage to the Past-Future", Brick #15 (Spring 1982) "Regions of the Heart: The Politics of Literature in Canada", HSST, Vol. 17 # 3 (Spring 1982) "Local Colour, Communal Consciousness, and
Loretta Lynn: A Recantation", Contemporary Verse II, Vol. 7 #1 (Nov. 1982) "Setting Goals for English: A Model and Several Cautions", The English Quarterly, 1983. "Shakespeare by Ear: Macbeth Through Listening and Discussion", The English Quarterly. "A Unit in Indian Mythology for Grade Seven", Classmate (MATE). "Local Culture and the National Will", Canadian Literature #100 (Spring 1984) "Old Photographs and the Documentary Archive", Canadian Literature #113 (Summer 1988) "Literature Teaching in Ontario Since 1950: A Preliminary Sketch", indirections (Jan. 1990) "The Process of Reading Fiction: A Modest Hypothesis", Indirections, 16, 3 (Sep. 1991) "Truth and Consequences: Selecting Literature for Grades 7-12/OAC; Part One: The Rudderless Arc, indirections, Vol. 17, No. 1, April 1992. "Stubborn Pilgrimage:B. C Diltz and the Ontario Tradition, Part I: His Master's Vocie, B. C. Diltz and the Literary Method 1931-1958," indirections, Vol. 17 No. 4. Stubborn Pilgrimage: B. C. Diltz and the Ontario Tradition, Part II, Cold Pastoral: The Diltzian Paradigm Before 1960," indirections, Vol. 18 No.1. "Stubborn Pilgrimage: B. C. Diltz and the Ontario Tradition, Part III, Parnassus Under Siege: Literary Method in the Age of Aquarius," indirections, Vol. 18 No.2. "Stubborn Pilgrimage: B. C. Diltz and the Ontario Tradition, Part IV: Resistance and Transformation 1969-1977," indirections Vol. 18 No. 3. "Stubborn Pilgrimage: B. C. Diltz and the Ontario Tradition, Part V: The Great Divide, 1977-84," Indirections Vol. 19 No. 1. "Education for an Unchanging Society", The OSSTF Bulletin (Dec. 1973) "Rethinking Reading: A Quiet Revolution Returns Literature to the Curriculum",
Quill & Quire (May 1983) "Five Ways to Improve High School Learning", London Free Press, 2 April 1998 "$6 Million Math, English Tests Won't Tell Us a Thing, London Free Press == Awards ==