{"product_id":"off-the-record-paperback-2","title":"Off the Record - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Metcalf\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCaroline Adderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eKristyn Dunnion\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor John Metcalf has inspired, challenged, and championed countless writers over his long career. In \u003cem\u003eOff the Record\u003c\/em\u003e, he encourages six to reveal what one rarely discusses in polite society: how they became \u003cem\u003ewriters\u003c\/em\u003e instead of radio announcers or cabinet makers. The essays collected here, each accompanied by a short story, offer fascinating insight into the relationships between writers, their editors, and their fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOff the Record\u003c\/em\u003e brings together work by six noted Canadian writers, among them the winners of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Butler Book Prize, and the Marian Engel Award: Caroline Adderson, Kristyn Dunnion, Cynthia Flood, Shaena Lambert, Elise Levine, and Kathy Page. Their essays are candid, moving, and surprisingly relatable-providing plenty of inspiration for those among us who want to write.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Metcalf\u003c\/b\u003e has been one of the leading editors in Canada for more than five decades, editing more than two hundred books over this time, including eighteen volumes of the \u003ci\u003eBest Canadian Stories\u003c\/i\u003e anthology. He is also the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eFinding Again the World: Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVital Signs: Collected Novellas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Aesthetic Underground: A Literary Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Museum at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. Senior Fiction Editor at Biblioasis, he lives in Ottawa with his wife, Myrna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.25 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777171357984,"sku":"9781771965453","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/21bed468a31acff5a877afa2e9eff69c.webp?v=1780493291","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/off-the-record-paperback-2","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}