EARLY in 2006 I signed a contract with Knopf Canada to write a biography of Mordecai Richler. The advance was in the low six figures. Guessing the project would take years – better, that I would insist on producing a big book about a big subject – I applied to several agencies for further funding. All turned me down. Running … Continue reading The View From Shore: A Writer in Mid-Career Takes Stock
by Charles Foran