Reading Writers Reading: Canadian Authors' Relections: Currents in Canadian Literature

“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.