Writing Life: Celebrated Canadian and International Authors on Writing and Life (Signed)
Rook, Constance (Editor). (Signed by Jane Urquhart, Susan Swan, Andre Alexis)
Language: English
Published by McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, ON, 2006
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This copy is in near fine condition and is the first printing of the soft cover edition. Signed on the contents page by Andre Alexis, Jane Urquhart and Susan Swan. Light bumping to corners of the book only.
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- Title
- Writing Life: Celebrated Canadian and International Authors on Writing and Life (Signed)
- Author
- Rook, Constance (Editor). (Signed by Jane Urquhart, Susan Swan, Andre Alexis)
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, ON
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0771076258
- ISBN 13
- 9780771076251
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
In Writing Life, fifty celebrated authors reveal surprising truths about what it means to be a writer, and about the sparks that can result when writing and life intersect &; and sometimes collide. Provocative, candid, often very funny, personal, and passionately engaged, this inspired collection will take readers deep into the heart of the writing life.
Margaret Atwood revisits how she came to write five of her novels; Russell Banks reveals why he doesn&;t do research; John Berger and Michael Ondaatje discuss gate-crashing characters and the magical instant when a work begins; Joseph Boyden takes time out from promoting his first novel to go moose-hunting; Margaret Drabble considers the &;wickedness&; of stealing material from real life; Howard Engel describes the stroke that took away his ability to read, and where that left him as a writer; Yann Martel reflects on the impossible, necessary challenge of writing about the Holocaust; Lisa Moore shows how crucial the mess and vitality of family life are to her writing; Alice Munro shares why she might &;give up&; writing; Rosemary Sullivan negotiates the risks and responsibilities that come with telling the story of a life; Susan Swan wrestles with historical fact, fiction, and Casanova.
Proceeds from this volume will go to PEN Canada in support of its vital work on behalf of writers in prison around the world and in defence of freedom of expression both in Canada and abroad.
Writing Life Contributors List
André Alexis
Margaret Atwood
Russell Banks
David Bergen
John Berger
George Bowering
Marilyn Bowering
Joseph Boyden
Di Brandt
Barry Callaghan
Lynn Coady
Susan Coyne
Michael Crummey
Margaret Drabble
Bernice Eisenstein
Howard Engel
Damon Galgut
Jonathan Garfinkel
Greg Gatenby
Camilla Gibb
Charlotte Gray
Elizabeth Hay
Michael Helm
Sheila Heti
Annabel Lyon
David Macfarlane
Alistair MacLeod
Margaret MacMillan
Alberto Manguel
Yann Martel
Anne Michaels
Rohinton Mistry
Lisa Moore
Shani Mootoo
Alice Munro
Susan Musgrave
Michael Ondaatje
Anna Porter
Eden Robinson
Marilynne Robinson
Peter Robinson
John Ralston Saul
Shyam Selvadurai
Russell Smith
Rosemary Sullivan
Susan Swan
Madeleine Thien
Jane Urquhart
Michael Winter
Patricia Young
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