Description

‘Excellent … This slim volume cannot fail as a pick-me-up’ Observer

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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

Publisher Review

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 *