29 min
Canada's Greatest Storytellers: 2000-2010 douglasgibsonliterarytalks
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Alistair MacLeod's long awaited first novel, No Great Mischief, drew me to his Windsor home to grab his manuscript in what he called "a home invasion". It went on to win the IMPAC Award and gain a headline in the local paper in Eigg, Scotland which the MacLeod's left in 1790 to sail for Cape Breton, "EIGG MAN WINS PRIZE".
Alan Fry's brave 1970 book, How A People Die, showed me the extent of what we called "the Indian problem". Since then I have been pleased to support the rise of exciting new Indigenous writers, notably Thomas King and my friends Richard Wagamese and Eden Robinson, and my Cree friend from Saskatchewan, Harold Johnson. Meanwhile this decade recognises the huge contribution of Marie Claire Blais who has been a major figure on the Quebec scene over six decades. Finally we recognise Wayne Johnson and the remarkable group of Newfoundland writers- including Joey Smallwood pacing around my small office, orating.
Alistair MacLeod's long awaited first novel, No Great Mischief, drew me to his Windsor home to grab his manuscript in what he called "a home invasion". It went on to win the IMPAC Award and gain a headline in the local paper in Eigg, Scotland which the MacLeod's left in 1790 to sail for Cape Breton, "EIGG MAN WINS PRIZE".
Alan Fry's brave 1970 book, How A People Die, showed me the extent of what we called "the Indian problem". Since then I have been pleased to support the rise of exciting new Indigenous writers, notably Thomas King and my friends Richard Wagamese and Eden Robinson, and my Cree friend from Saskatchewan, Harold Johnson. Meanwhile this decade recognises the huge contribution of Marie Claire Blais who has been a major figure on the Quebec scene over six decades. Finally we recognise Wayne Johnson and the remarkable group of Newfoundland writers- including Joey Smallwood pacing around my small office, orating.
29 min