September 28, 2018

David Adams Richards was longlisted in 2006 for his book, The Friends of Meager Fortune and in 2008 for The Lost Highway. He won the Giller Prize in 2000 alongside Michael Ondaatje for his book, Mercy Among the Children.

What are you working on now?

I just started working on a novel. I have a new book of essays and a new novel at my publisher also.

What/who inspires you to write?

I have been writing since I was a kid. Until I became a Senator, it was the only thing I ever did. I am not sure I needed to be inspired by any particular thing.

What are you reading now?

I am reading the recent translation of Demons by Dostoyevsky.

What is your favourite CanLit read?

It depends. I liked Joel Hynes’ last book very much. The collected poems of Alden Nowlan. Alice Munro’s Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, is a great collection of stories and one of my favorites.

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