Howells, C. A. (2004) The telling of secrets. Open Letter, 11 (9) - 1. pp. 39-54. (special issue 'Alice Munro')
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. (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
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. (2003) Contemporary Canadian women's fiction: refiguring identities. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp240. ISBN 9780312239008