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Confessions of a Society Columnist
by Sexton, Rosemary
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0771573650
- ISBN 13
- 9780771573651
- Seller
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Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Macmillan Canada A Division of Canada Publishing Corporation, 1995. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Front, Rear Fixed Endpapers Pulled From Removal of Jacket Cover; Front Free Endpaper Pulled From Removal of Pocket, Sticker; Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. By the author of The Glitter Girls. Sixteen pages of Photographs included. BACK COVER: Edgar and Rosemary Sexton arriving at the Art Gallery of Ontario for the Barnes Foundation Exhibit, September 1994. AUTHOR PHOTOGRAPH ON BACK COVER: Bryce Duffy. JACKET DESIGN: Concrete Design Communications Inc. CONTENTS: PART ONE: SOCIAL COLUMNIST AT LARGE - PROLOGUE How I Got Started at The Globe and Mail; CHAPTER ONE A Day in the Life of a Society Columnist; CHAPTER TWO Highs and Lows of a Society Columnist--Columns; CHAPTER THREE Dear Rosemary; CHAPTER FOUR Diary of a Social Columnist (1991 to 1993); PART TWO: THE GLOBE AND MAIL YEARS - CHAPTER FIVE Fear and Loathing at The Globe and Mail; CHAPTER SIX Copy Editors, or He Who Edits Least Edits Best; CHAPTER SEVEN Exit from The Globe and Mail; PART THREE: LIFE AFTER THE GLOBE AND MAIL - CHAPTER EIGHT Diary of an Author; Epilogue; Index. SYNOPSIS: Just when you thought you were safe, Rosemary Sexton, bestselling author of The Glitter Girls, tells all in Confessions of a Society Columnist. The scented pen strikes again with published and unpublished letters to the editor, full reprints of her most controversial columns, columns that got killed and juicy selections from her own, personal diary. Rosemary Sexton's tenure as gossip columnist at The Globe and Mail from 1988 to 1993 covered a turbulent period at Canada's national newspaper, and none of the high and mighty is spared her sharp observation or sly wit: "It looked like a bulldozer had come in and razed the whole room. There was nothing left of the office but an enormous crater. 'So that's what happens when you disagree with Megarry,' I said." In this autobiographical account of her life in the spotlight, Rosemary Sexton reveals herself as never before, and talks about her reaction to the social hoopla surrounding publication of The Glitter Girls (some people still aren't speaking to her). Love her, or hate her, you can't ignore Rosemary Sexton. Rosemary's got the goods, and she proves it again with Confessions of a Society Columnist. Rosemary Sexton grew up in the small town of Haileybury, Ontario, the eldest daughter of a district court judge. She began her career as a secondary school teacher and went on to study law. After a brief stint as a tax lawyer, she served as a member of the Ontario Censor Board. In 1979, she married Edgar Sexton, chairman of Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, and became a full-time mother, stepmother and busy fundraiser, with seats on numerous charitable boards. In January of 1988, she began writing a social column and various features for The Globe and Mail, a freelance position she held until January of 1993. Today, she divides her time between the homes she and Edgar own in Rosedale, Brockville and Charleston Lake.. First Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- Fully Booked
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 003818
- Title
- Confessions of a Society Columnist
- Author
- Sexton, Rosemary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0771573650
- ISBN 13
- 9780771573651
- Publisher
- Macmillan Canada A Division of Canada Publishing Corporation
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Biography,Journalists
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography - Journalists;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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For a good portion of the 1990's, our family was interested in the idea of entering the used book business. We are all avid readers, book lovers, and book collectors who cannot pass a bookstore without popping in. Family trips to the library and our local used bookstore were a regularity while growing up. With each of us having interests in different genres (with a little overlapping here and there), we cover a lot of bases. The thought of having a store of our own was appealing, and the hunt was on - both for stock and a location.
We thought to combine under one roof many different things that would appeal to readers and book lovers. Not only used books, but some new items as well. Bookmarks (to ward off dog-eared pages), bookends (to keep those out-of-control collections under control), bookplates (to label books on the "Can I borrow that?" circuit to ensure that they always found their way home), book repair tape (to lend a helping hand to collectors with tattered favourites in their collections), and so on. With an interest in book-themed knick knacks as well, we had two sides to our would-be business: books and knick-knacks. Hence the business was born.
In the early part of 1998 we bought a commercial property, and in the summer we first opened our doors in a storefront in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada. With start-up stock consisting of a garage full of books hand-picked for just such a venture that we purchased from someone who changed their plans, we were in business.
For several years we operated in this storefront, growing our business and learning about the industry and the backbone of it - the customers. It was very satisfying to be present at the end of someone's book quest, as we were quite often. Many a time we heard shouts of joy from somewhere in the shop as customers happened upon just what they'd been looking for (oftentimes for quite a while). At other times, people would approach us with bits and pieces of information that they remembered from long ago favourites in hopes that we could at least help them come up with an author or title to help in their search, which we often times did, with the book in hand. And when we couldn't come up with anything on our own, we would pick the brains of other customers in conversation, or turn to the internet for help for them. For us, quality and selection of stock go hand-in-hand with customer service. One isn't much good without the other.
But times, people, places, and lives change and after several years in our storefront we made a change of our own - in 2004 we relocated to the internet. Now a home-based business in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, we are gradually bringing our inventory online here.
We carry used paperbacks, hardbacks, and magazines for both adults and children. We have thousands upon thousands of books that are not yet listed for sale on the internet, but are gradually making their way there.Fully Booked sells on Biblio.com, as well as on other online venues: abebooks.com (as Past Pages), alibris.com (under Lisa Van Munster), amazon.ca (as resurrectedreads), Etsy.com (as OutOfOurHands), and from time to time on ebay.ca (as littleredreadinghood or thebigbadbookseller).
We thought to combine under one roof many different things that would appeal to readers and book lovers. Not only used books, but some new items as well. Bookmarks (to ward off dog-eared pages), bookends (to keep those out-of-control collections under control), bookplates (to label books on the "Can I borrow that?" circuit to ensure that they always found their way home), book repair tape (to lend a helping hand to collectors with tattered favourites in their collections), and so on. With an interest in book-themed knick knacks as well, we had two sides to our would-be business: books and knick-knacks. Hence the business was born.
In the early part of 1998 we bought a commercial property, and in the summer we first opened our doors in a storefront in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada. With start-up stock consisting of a garage full of books hand-picked for just such a venture that we purchased from someone who changed their plans, we were in business.
For several years we operated in this storefront, growing our business and learning about the industry and the backbone of it - the customers. It was very satisfying to be present at the end of someone's book quest, as we were quite often. Many a time we heard shouts of joy from somewhere in the shop as customers happened upon just what they'd been looking for (oftentimes for quite a while). At other times, people would approach us with bits and pieces of information that they remembered from long ago favourites in hopes that we could at least help them come up with an author or title to help in their search, which we often times did, with the book in hand. And when we couldn't come up with anything on our own, we would pick the brains of other customers in conversation, or turn to the internet for help for them. For us, quality and selection of stock go hand-in-hand with customer service. One isn't much good without the other.
But times, people, places, and lives change and after several years in our storefront we made a change of our own - in 2004 we relocated to the internet. Now a home-based business in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, we are gradually bringing our inventory online here.
We carry used paperbacks, hardbacks, and magazines for both adults and children. We have thousands upon thousands of books that are not yet listed for sale on the internet, but are gradually making their way there.Fully Booked sells on Biblio.com, as well as on other online venues: abebooks.com (as Past Pages), alibris.com (under Lisa Van Munster), amazon.ca (as resurrectedreads), Etsy.com (as OutOfOurHands), and from time to time on ebay.ca (as littleredreadinghood or thebigbadbookseller).
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