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‘Excellent … This slim volume cannot fail as a pick-me-up’ Observer _______________________ Comprising fifty-two short pieces, Letters to a Young Writer is a direct address to the artistic, professional, and philosophical concerns that can challenge and torment an author. Ranging from practical matters of authorship – such as finding an agent, the pros and cons of creative writing degrees and handling bad reviews – through to the more joyous and celebratory, this is an essential companion to any author's journey – and a deeply personal work from one of our greatest literary voices. ‘A warm, open-hearted paean to the joys of writing’ Sunday Times ‘Practical writing advice meets a heartfelt love song to creativity’ Irish Times

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A warm, open-hearted paean to the joys of writing * Sunday Times * Excellent ... This slim volume cannot fail as a pick-me-up * Observer * Practical writing advice meets a heartfelt love song to creativity * Irish Times * An intensely literary writer ... His prose thrums with echoes of Beckett, Yeats and Joyce * Sunday Times * A writer of power and subtlety * New York Times * A very gifted, charming writer * Guardian * McCann’s writing is elegant and ironic * The Times * A supremely talented writer * Sunday Times * Practical writing advice meets heartfelt love song to creativity * Irish Times 'Books to Look Out for in 2017 * There is beauty to the language and precision, grace notes that return to mind time and again to transport you. McCann’s books feel universal. Now the 52-year-old Dublin-born New York-naturalised bestseller … is letting some of his secrets out … A guide to putting words on the page and a celebration of language, a call to look out, not in * Big Issue in Scotland *

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Colum McCann’s seven novels and three collections of short stories have been published in over forty languages and received some of the world’s most prestigious literary awards and honours, including the National Book Award for his novel Let the Great World Spin in 2009. His novel TransAtlantic was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013, and his most recent novel, Apeirogon, also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, is an international bestseller on four continents. colummccann.com

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