Mixing prose, poetry, and drama, and including the work of established writers and new voices, writing in English as well as French (in translation here), Eyeing the North Star is a varied and vibrant overview of the recent evolution of African-Canadian Literature.

Austin Clarke -- Gérare Etienne -- Claire Harris -- Frederick Ward -- Olive Senior -- Pamela Mordecai -- Althea Prince -- M. Nourbese Philip -- H. Nigel Thomas -- Archibald J. Crail -- Dionne Brand -- Dany Laferrière -- Cecil Foster -- Makeda Silvera -- Paul Tiyambe Zeleza -- André Alexis -- Diana Braithwaite -- Lawrence Hill -- George Elliott Clarke -- David N. Odhiambo -- Suzette Mayr.