Reading Writers Reading: Canadian Authors' Reflections

by Danielle Schaub (Editor), Russell Morton Brown (Foreword)

"I am a writer because I was a reader first." Alison Gordon. "Nobody has ever written who never read." Mavis Gallant. "Reading is a connection, at once a way and a goal, a liberating destiny." Robert Kroetsch. Over 160 Canadian writers, in English and French, write about their experiences of reading. With striking photographs of each writer, Reading Writers Reading offers a sublime voyage into the heart of literary creation.

368 pages, Hardcover

First published August 13, 2002

Reviews

[Itisme · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lovely large book of musings about reading by many Canadian writers. It was a delight to come across authors I had discovered through my own exploration of short story reading and through my BA research.

Alas this lovely book is a library loan I will begrudgingly be returning this afternoon








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