Saturday Night Lives!: Selected Diaries
by Fraser, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771031319
- ISBN 13
- 9780771031311
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About This Item
Fine. Fine Ships From Canada Price stamped on first white page and on top edge, otherwise like new Sewn binding Cloth over boards 320 p Audience: General/trade Book Description: For seven years (1987-94) John Fraser was editor of the venerable and lively magazine Saturday Night Working for its controversial owner, Conrad Black (who turned out not to be the bully of popular imagination, as you ll read in the introduction to the book), Fraser had one tough job actually six He had to put out monthly issues, on time; to rescue the magazine from the circulation and economic doldrums it had fallen into; to cajole Canada s top writers into contributing; to discover and nurture up-and-coming writers; to keep skittish advertisers happy; and to write something smart and fresh for each issue his Diary Thank goodness for the Diary For while Fraser proved to be a marvellous editor who accomplished all of the above, had the first five been his only tasks, Canada would have lost one of its best writers
Synopsis
During his varied, award-winning journalistic career, John Fraser has been Peking correspondent for The Globe and Mail and the editor of Saturday Night magazine. He is the author of several books, including the international bestseller The Chinese: Portrait of a People , the collection of essays Saturday Night Lives! , and the novel Stolen China . He is currently Master of Massey College in the University of Toronto, and writes a weekly column on the media for The National Post .
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- Bookseller
- Pine Tree Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8985426564
- Title
- Saturday Night Lives!: Selected Diaries
- Author
- Fraser, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0771031319
- ISBN 13
- 9780771031311
- Publisher
- Mcclelland And Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- This edition first published
- 1994
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