Howells, C. A., ed. (2004) Where are the voices coming from? Canadian culture and the legacies of history. Rodopi, Amsterdam, pp266. ISBN 9789042016231

Howells, C. A. (2004) Writing by women. In: Kröller, E.-M. (ed.) The Cambridge companion to Canadian literature. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9780521891318

Howells, C. A. (2004) The telling of secrets. Open Letter, 11 (9) - 1. pp. 39-54. (special issue 'Alice Munro')

Howells, C. A. (2003) Contemporary Canadian women's fiction: refiguring identities. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp240. ISBN 9780312239008

Howells, C. A. (2003) 'The Robber Bride'; or, who is a true Canadian? In: Wilson, S. R. (ed.) Margaret Atwood’s textual assasinations: recent poetry and fiction. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, OH, USA, pp. 88-101. ISBN 0814209297

Howells, C. A. (2003) Sites of desolation. In: Turcotte, G. (ed.) Entering the labyrinth: 'The blind assasin'. University of Wollongong Press, Wollongong, pp. 31-46.

Howells, C. A. (2002) Alice Munro. In: New, W. H. (ed.) Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, pp. 769-772. ISBN 9780802007612