book cover: In Flanders Fields 100 YearsA collection of essays commemorating the 100th anniversary of Canada’s most famous poem is the Campus Bookstore’s book of the week.

Book commemorates anniversary of WWI poem

The Campus Bookstore has selected a collection of essays on war, loss and remembrance commemorating the 100th anniversary of the writing of Canada’s most famous poem as its Book of the Week.

In Flanders Fields: 100 Years brings together 13 contributors—historians, novelists and poets—to contemplate the evolving meaning of John McRae’s 1915 poem; the man who wrote it and the World War I setting from which it emerged; its themes of valour, grief and remembrance; and the iconic image of the poppy.

Designed in full colour with archival and contemporary images, In Flanders Fields: 100 Years will reflect and illuminate the importance of art in how we process war and loss. Originally priced at $35, it will sell this week for $25.