Knopf Canada is proud to be the Canadian publisher of The Myths. Launched in 2005, The Myths gathers a diverse group of the finest writers of our time to provide a contemporary take on our most enduring myths. Knopf Canada has published six books in the series so far, with two more fantastic books coming in 2008 — from the acclaimed Chinese writer Su Tong and the incomparable British writer Ali Smith.  The series has been embraced by the critics. Here's a small sample of what is being said about the books now available in Canada.

A Short History of Myth (Fall 2005)
"Armstrong has the gift of being able to compress a lot of information into a small space without losing focus or clarity...and she succeeds admirably here."
—Edmonton Journal

The Penelopiad (Fall 2005)
"The Penelopiad is a brilliant tour de force that takes an aspect of the Odyssey and opens up new vistas...This is just the kind of thing that a retelling of a myth should do."
—National Post

Weight (Fall 2005)
"Besides writing with immense energy, Winterson has an uncanny sense of how words and phrases sound, not just how they look on the page: perfect for dealing with myths as all the ancient ones were based on sound, not sight. And she has the monumental sense of self required to fight successfully with the ancient giants."
—The Globe and Mail
                                                                            
Helmet of Horror (Fall 2006)
"[I]magine Douglas Coupland successfully channelling Samuel Beckett and Philip K. Dick while trading set-pieces with Kurt Vonnegut and Nikolai Gogol. . . . [Victor] Pelevin is the foremost fiction writer to have emerged in Russia since the collapse of communism and the rise of post-Soviet consumer capitalism."
—The Globe and Mail

Lion’s Honey (Fall 2006)
"Samson, in Grossman’s telling, has the eye of an artist and the tongue of a poet."
—The Globe and Mail

Dream Angus (Fall 2006)
"McCall Smith is simple, precise, euphonious . . . [and] breezily brings Angus into our lifetimes by interweaving among the medieval materials a series of connected stories set in modern Scotland. . . . [Dream Angus is] true to its origin and filled with natural progressions and seemingly effortless improvisation."
—The Globe and Mail

Girl Meets Boy (Spring 2008)
"The great thing about stories is that they can build their own walls and then let us walk right through them.
Girl Meets Boy is a joyful celebration of life in all its strange shapes, on all sides of the wall."
–Jeanette Winterson, The Times