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"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. No library descriptions found. |
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But recently I have started to take out books by other Canadian authors from the library. While reading the book above, I felt that I had a lucky chance to spend 2 or 3 minutes, or as long as I wanted to if I so chose, to meet 50 or 70 articulate authors that are literally around the corner or down the street from where I live. Now I just have to actually read some of their published works to make the experience complete.
Of course the large format makes it very easy to see the facial details of each author. Reading their stories about how they started reading and writing, mostly at a very young age, inspired me because I identify with them as a biblioholic as long as I can remember.
I received a flyer recently in the mail from the University of Alberta Press. It mentioned a number of new publications relating to literature specifically. I highly recommend their books at
http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/