Erna Paris is the author of seven books and has contributed to ten other works, for which she has received many awards and honours. She has also made a significant volunteer contribution to the Canadian literary community.

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The Presence of Excellence/ Vingt-Cinq Ans d'Excellence: Twenty-Five Years of Selections from the National Magazine Awards, National Magazine Awards Foundation, 2003

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The "Nabes": Toronto's Wonderful Neighbourhood
Movie Houses
Mosaic Press, 2001

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To Arrive Where You Are: Literary Journalism
from the Banff Centre for the Arts
The Banff Centre Press, 2000

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Prairie Fire: A Canadian Magazine of New Writing
Poetry, Autumn 1996

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Beyond Imagination: Canadians Write about
the Holocaust
McClelland & Stewart, 1995

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Best Canadian Essays
Fifth House Press, 1990
("The Boat People")

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The Spice Box: An Anthology of Jewish-Canadian Writing
Lester and Orpen Dennys, 1981

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Shaping Identity in Canadian Society
Prentice Hall, 1978

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The Toronto Book
Macmillan of Canada, 1975

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Her Own Woman: Profiles of Canadian Women
Macmillan of Canada, 1975