The author and noted publisher Anna Porter discusses her memoir, In Other Words: How I Fell in Love with Canada One Book at a Time (Simon & Schuster, 2018), with Joseph Planta.

In Other Words: How I Fell in Love with Canada One Book at a Time by Anna Porter (Simon & Schuster, 2018). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: In Other Words

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Anna Porter joins me now. She has just released a memoir, In Other Words: How I Fell in Love with Canada One Book at a Time. It’s such a terrific read giving insight on her time as one of the country’s most prominent publishers, first at McClelland & Stewart, Seal Books, then Key Porter Books, which she cofounded in 1982. She sold her interest in the publishing house in 2004 to focus on writing, and since the beginning of her career she’s written at least nine other books (Farewell to the ‘70s, Hidden Agenda, Mortal Sins, The Bookfair Murders, The Storyteller, Kasztner’s Train, The Ghosts of Europe, Buying a Better World, and The Appraisal.) Her new book talks about the remarkable people she’s known, worked with, published and friended over an illustrious career. Some of the writers appear in the book’s flyleaf and represent a who’s who of Canadian culture itself: Margaret Laurence, Michael Ondaatje, Barbara Frum, Allan Fotheringham, Leonard Cohen, Jean Chretien, Pierre Berton, Peter C. Newman, Margaret Atwood, Carol Shields, Conrad Black, June Callwood, and so many others. We’ll reflect on some of them now. The website for more is at www.annaporter.ca. This new book is published by Simon & Schuster. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Anna Porter; Ms. Porter, good morning.

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