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The Saturday Interview: Author, Yann Martel

Primer for a PM: A one-sided correspondence with Stephen Harper J.P. Moczulski for National Post Hey Stephen, are you there? It's me, Yann. Prize-winning author Yann Martel has been sending books to the Prime Minister. Full Article at National Post

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    SOURCE: Toronto Star 1 month ago
  2. It still seems weird to tell people I have an agent ... I imagine arriving at a party and finding a bowl of red M&Ms laid out for me because someone in my posse added that to my rider at the last minute. Seriously, though, I'm extremely flattered, totally surprised, and feel completely lucky and gratefu...
    SOURCE: Toronto Star 1 month ago
  3. They're all sort of quite mechanical replies just acknowledging receipt of the book and 'Thank you for the letter' and that's it
    SOURCE: CTV 1 month ago
  4. It's a very heavy, complicated, sprawling topic. What Orwell managed to do is transfer and get to the essence of it by talking about this farm in England with these animals and everything goes wrong because of this pig named Napoleon who perverts the ideal
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