{"product_id":"off-the-record-john-metcalf-9781771965453","title":"Off the Record","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Metcalf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771965452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771965453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.25w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/23\/2023","brand":"John Metcalf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45479037501695,"sku":"9781771965453","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4d9cdd7-7583-4442-b10c-d331e322ee2b.jpg?v=1715936155","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/off-the-record-john-metcalf-9781771965453","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}