Douglas Gibson

Stories About Storytellers (eBook, ePUB)

Publishing W. O. Mitchell, Mavis Gallant, Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, Pierre Trudeau, Hugh MacLennan, Barry Broadfoot, Jack Hodgins, Peter C. Newman, Brian Mulroney, Terry Fallis, Morley Callaghan, Alistair MacLeod, and Many More

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Douglas Gibson, arguably the editor behind Canada's greatest literary talents, is a terrific storyteller himself. Through his recollections we get an inside view of Canadian politics and publishing that rarely gets told, from Jack Hodgins' Vancouver Island to Harold Horwood's Labrador, from Alice Munro's Ontario to James Houston's Arctic. Doug Gibson takes us on an unforgettable literary tour of Canada, going behind the scenes and between the covers, and opening up his own story vault for all to read and enjoy.

This new format edition includes the Stories About Storytellers Book Club: intriguing questions (laced with Gibson's own analysis and behind-the-scenes insight) about each of five celebrated Canadian works of fiction discussed in Stories About Storytellers: Alice Munro's The Progress of Love, Mavis Gallant's Home Truths, Hugh MacLennan's The Watch That Ends the Night, Robertson Davies' What's Bred in the Bone, and Alistair MacLeod's No Great Mischief.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: ECW Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781770905375
• Artikelnr.: 40657562

Autorenporträt

Douglas Gibson: Douglas Gibson worked as an editor and publisher from 1968 until he retired from McClelland & Stewart in 2009. His Douglas Gibson Books was Canada's first editorial imprint and lives on. He travels widely from his Toronto, ON, base.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction by Alice Munro 1. Stephen Leacock 1869–1944: Professor
Humorist
and Immigration Agent 2. Hugh MacLennan 1907–1990: Teacher
Novelist
Essayist
and Cottager 3. R.D. Symons 1898–1973: Cowboy
Writer
Artist
and Conservationist 4. Harold Horwood 1923–2006: Newfoundlander
Novelist
Naturalist
and Neglected Genius 5. Barry Broadfoot 1926–2003: Newspaper Guy
and Oral Historian 6. Morley Callaghan 1903–1990: Novelist
Short Story Writer
and Torontonian 7. W.O. Mitchell 1914–1998: Character
and Creator of Characters 8. Robertson Davies 1913–1995: Man of Letters
Oracle
and Ugly Duckling 9. Jack Hodgins 1938–: Islander
Teacher
and Inventor of Worlds 10. James Houston 1921–2005: Artist
Author
Hunter
and Igloo Dweller 11. Charles Ritchie 1906–1995: Diplomat
Diarist
and Charming Dissembler 12. Pierre Trudeau 1919–2000: Prime Minister
Author
and Haunting Icon 13. Mavis Gallant 1922–: Short Story Writer
Canadian
and Parisienne 14. Peter C. Newman 1929–: Refugee
Journalist
and Power-Seeking Missile 15. Brian Mulroney 1939–: Boy from Baie Comeau
Prime Minister
and Author 16. Robert Hunter 1941–2005: Greenpeace Founder
Writer
and Very Merry Man 17 Alistair MacLeod 1936–: Teacher
Fiction Writer
Stone Carver
and Dancer 18. Paul Martin 1938–: Successful Businessman
Very Successful Finance Minister
and Prime Minister 19. Peter Gzowski 1934–2002: Writer
and Voice 20. Val Ross 1950–2008: Journalist
Author
and Maker of Rules 21. Alice Munro 1931–: Not Bad Short Story Writer Epilogue: “What Happens After My Book Is Published?” Afterword and Acknowledgements