The Toronto-based publisher is airing a series of 30-second spots that feature prominent M&S authors like Alice Munro and Peter Robinson. The spots, created in-house, feature interviews with the authors conducted by Bruce Walsh, M&S's director of marketing and publicity.Halpern...
Alice Munro in Lives of Girls and Women (1971), set in southwestern Ontario, and Margaret Laurence in her Manawaka novels (The Stone Angel, 1964; A Jest of God, 1966; The Diviners, 1974) explored their heroines’ rebellion against a constricting small-town heritage. Munro’s short stories...
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7. Alice Munro Alice Munro is another writer who is often listed among the most outstanding Canadian authors of all time. She has written several powerful, deep, and touching short stories. Her work even won her the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. ...
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The Canadian author Alice Munro, who was given the Nobel for Literature in 2013, has dedicated her writing life almost exclusively to the short story. When askedwhether she always plots a story first, Munro says: 'Usually, I have a lot of acquaintance with the story before I start writing...