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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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""Gibson is a gossip of the first order, the kind who tells all, or at least enough, about his subjects' foibles, but always in a way that delights in their eccentricities. He writes with charming exuberance."" -- The Walrus ""Gibson is an engaging and on the whole a modest figure and a very fine raconteur. He, too, has had a hell of an interesting life. His book makes for good reading, and he makes his life in publishing sound like great fun."" -- Globe and Mail

Gibson is a gossip of the first order, the kind who tells all, or at least enough, about his subjects' foibles, but always in a way that delights in their eccentricities. He writes with charming exuberance. -- The Walrus Gibson is an engaging and on the whole a modest figure and a very fine raconteur. He, too, has had a hell of an interesting life. His book makes for good reading, and he makes his life in publishing sound like great fun. -- Globe and Mail

Gibson is an engaging and on the whole a modest figure and a very fine raconteur. He, too, has had a hell of an interesting life. His book makes for good reading, and he makes his life in publishing sound like great fun. -- Globe and Mail

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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. With 21 illustrations by Anthony Jenkins.

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