Since 1985, Elaine has contributed over 400 pieces in a variety of periodicals and scholarly works, Canadian and international, including the Montreal Gazette, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, National Post, Vancouver Sun, Jerusalem Post, Saturday Night, Queen's Quarterly, Books in Canada, Quill & Quire, Poets & Writers, Lilith, Contemporary Literary Criticism, The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature (Rev. ed), Canadian Children's Literature, Canadian Author, Prairie Fire, Matrix, Canadian Living, Homemaker's, Viewpoints, McGill News, Canadian Jewish News, Múlt és Jövö [Past and Future] (Budapest), Szombat [Sabbath](Budapest), etc.
Articles/Essays/Fiction
- Silent Witness, The Walrus April 10, 2020
- Palacsinta Torta: A Memoir, carte blanche, Winter 2014
- Notman Trial Captivated Montreal in 1868, Book Excerpt, The Gazette, Nov 30, 2013
- Writing What I Don't Know, feature for Quebec Writes, October 28, 2013
- Photographer to the queen, feature story about William Notman, The Gazette, February 19,2012
- Demitasse, personal essay, objetdailleurs.com, June 2011
- Lifting the Veil, essay, Quill and Quire, January 2004
- Julia's List, fiction, anthologized in Telling Stories: New English Stories from Quebec, 2002
- Hair, personal essay, Saturday Night, May 1998
- The Unworn Shroud, personal essay, Prairie Fire, Fall 1996
- Tears: A Yom Kippur Story, short story, Lilith Magazine, Fall 1990
Interviews/Reviews
- Goldie Morgentaler in Conversation with Elaine Kalman, April 27, 2021
- Family Ties & Family Spies, interview with Shelagh Plunkett, Montreal Review of Books, Fall 2013
- An Inspiring Affirmation of Life After Loss: Ann Charney's Life Class, review, The Gazette, Nov 2, 2013
- Brave Crusader Fought for the Earth: New Biography of Rachel Carson, review, The Gazette, Oct 20, 2012
- A Tale of Aristotle's Daughter: Annabel Lyon's New Novel Gives Voice to Pythias, review, The Gazette, Sept 22, 2012
- Anouk Markovits's Satmar saga explores the comforts and costs of belonging, review, The Gazette, May 17, 2012
- "Novels Begin In Thinking, Not Writing," Interview with Joyce Carol Oates, The Gazette, April 14, 2012
- Memories of parents Sustained him, review, The Gazette, March 24, 2012
- Three Historical Novels about War for Young Readers, review The Gazette, February 19, 2012
- A Fascinating Look at Tolstoy, review, The Gazette, January 21, 2012
- A Catalogue of Brutality, review, The Gazette, November 26, 2011
- In Ami McKay's new novel, 'girls sold matches ... then themselves, review, The Gazette, November 11, 2011
- Talented Young Writer Makes His Debut, review, The Gazette, August 13, 2011
- Chronicles of Ordinary Lives, review, The Gazette, May 21, 2011
- Six from Six Million: Daniel Mendelsohn Interviewed, interview, Queen's Quarterly, Spring 2008
- Talking with A.B. Yehoshua, interview, Queen's Quarterly, Spring 2005
- Yiddish Angels in the London Fog, review, Globe and Mail, January 20, 2004
- A Child of War and Woe, review, Globe and Mail, November 27, 2004
- Interview: Lillian Nattel, interview, The Gazette, March 27, 1999
Source: RadioCanada.ca
Radio Documentaries
- William Notman of Montreal, a documentary for CBC Ideas about William Notman, Canada's most successful photographer
- Plunged into History/Plongée dans l’histoire, Essay for series Remembering the October Crisis/Souvenirs de la Crise d’Octobre, CBC/Radio-Canada special
- The Godfather of Canadian Literature, two-hour documentary for CBC Ideas about Robert Weaver, Canada’s great literary impresario, editor, and anthologist, first aired February 12 and 13, 2008
- The Tree of Life: A Portrait of Chava Rosenfarb, two-hour CBC Ideas documentary, first aired February 6 and 13, 2001
- Journey to Vaja, radio adaptation of the book, Journey to Vaja, for CBC Ideas, first aired September 23, 1996
