OBERON PRESS, 1994 | OUT OF PRINT

Winner of the Ottawa-Carleton Book Award for Fiction; stories included were originally published in multiple Canadian and U.S. journals and magazines.

“…heart-stopping….Mesmerizing….Sings with emotional authenticity….A rich and rewarding [collection], wide-ranging and resonant in its awareness of nature and human nature, and attentive to the poetic currents that run through both.” — Montreal Gazette

“…excellent….Exposes us to ourselves in a compelling, often painful, fashion….Highly recommended.” — Canadian Materials

“…wonderful – sparkling prose, subtle, and important….A very fine narrative not just in terms of its content but because of Itani’s wonderful control of concrete detail and the emotional experience.” — Canadian Literature

OBERON PRESS, 1989 | OUT OF PRINT

Stories included were published in multiple journals and magazines; several were broadcast on CBC’s Anthology; “After the Rain” won the Annual Contributor’s Prize for Best Short Story in 1987, Canadian Fiction Magazine.

“…an economy and a craftsmanship rarely present in each and every story of a collection….Worth reading again and again.” — Ottawa Citizen

“[Itani] has a knack for describing isolation in vivid and memorable terms…” — New Maritimes

“Perhaps [Itani’s] greatest gift is an ability to probe into all of the subtle things that cannot be said, all of the feelings that go beyond words. Each story dips below language into that realm of communication where human lives intersect, where the world changes and shifts, where individual integrity is tested and found wanting and tested again. Like all good writing these stories challenge the reader as well as the characters.” — Common Ground

OBERON PRESS, 1989 | OUT OF PRINT

Stories. Shortlisted for the Ottawa-Carleton Book Award; stories included published in many journals and magazines including Best Canadian Stories; several were broadcast over CBC’s State of the Arts and CBC’s Anthology. “Songs for the Children” won 3rd prize in the 1984 CBC Literary Competition.

“This short fiction collection is one of the best I have ever read. Itani is a writer whose work I shall be seeking out in the future.” — Canadian Book Review Annual

“…recalls the powerful work of Marguerite Yourcenar … Itani’s writing is consistently muscular, her characters charming and defined…her decision to celebrate life and its joys against the sorrows fate brings shines with honesty and daring.” — Books in Canada

“Frances Itani has drawn these lives with skill and compassion.” — Ottawa Citizen

QUARRY PRESS, 1983 | OUT OF PRINT

RENTEE BAY: Poems from the Bay of Quinte (1785-89)

Poetry. Cover art by Shizuye Takashima

BRUNSWICK PRESS, 1979 | OUT OF PRINT

Children’s Picture Book. Illustrations by Canadian artist Molly Lamb Bobak

Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1978 | OUT PRINT

Cover design and illustrations by Shizuye Takashima