CBC’s week-night sometimes thought-provoking Ideas is running a 10 episode program on the Literary Atlas of Canada, hosted by Noah Richler. It focuses on the impact of Canadian fiction writers on the Canadian view of place - in the broad and specific sense. I think this series has been running for a while because I recall hearing bits and pieces of The Company Town episode. A book of the same title is scheduled to appear in January of 2006, published by McClelland and Stewart. I daresay the focus is more on the literary aspect than the atlas. One wonders how many maps will appear in the book.