Douglas Gibson Unedited: On Editing Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, W.O. Mitchell, Mavis Gallant, Jack Hodgins, Alistair Macleod, Etc.

ISBN-13: 9789052013688 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 125 str.

Evain, Christine

Opis

In the context of the highly commercial system of publishing, the role of the publisher is constantly questioned and challenged. The purpose of this volume is to highlight the work of one outstanding Canadian editor, Douglas Gibson, currently working at McClelland & Stewart. These in-depth interviews carried out by Christine Evain in 2005 and 2006, in Toronto, cover a broad spectrum of topics including the difference between publishing fiction and non-fiction and an analysis of the book industry today. Not only do these interviews give us a glimpse of Douglas Gibson s impressive editorial career, but they also reveal an exceptional depth found in his relationships and friendships with -his- authors Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, W.O. Mitchell, Mavis Gallant, Jack Hodgins and Alistair MacLeod.
This volume also contains several articles by Douglas Gibson himself which illustrate his work as an editor. Also included here are samples of his correspondence giving us an example of some of the elements to be found in the -Douglas Gibson Books- archives, entrusted to McMaster University."

Spis treści

Contents: The role of the publisher - The role of the editor - The system of publishing - Douglas Gibson's career - The Canadian book industry - McClelland & Stewart - Editorial relationships with Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, W.O. Mitchell, Mavis Gallant, Jack Hodgins, Alistair MacLeod, etc. - Author correspondence - Prefaces and introductions - Promoting an author - Publishing fiction and non-fiction - Sales and distribution of books.

O autorze

The Author: Christine Evain teaches at the Ecole Centrale de Nantes. She has written articles on the book industry and on several of authors including Margaret Atwood, Kazuo Ishiguro, Flannery O'Connor, Ford Maddox Ford and John Steinbeck. She wrote her doctoral thesis on Margaret Atwood's poetry and she has recently co-edited a volume entitled Poems open the doors. Novels are the corridors which includes an in-depth interview with Margaret Atwood. She is currently working on several volumes containing a series of interviews with Canadian editors, publishers and authors (including Mavis Gallant).