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Title: |
What I Wish I Said |
| Sub-title: |
Confessions of a Columnist |
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| By (author): |
Jaime Watt Introduction by: André Pratte Epilogue by: Michael Cooke With: Breen Wilkinson |
| ISBN10-13: |
0888903472 : 9780888903471 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Weight: |
.350 Kg. |
| Published: |
Optimum Publishing International - June 2023 |
| List Price: |
28.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| â All it takes is one column to pull you in. Rich in humour, overflowing in ideas. This is Jaime Watt at his candid best.â The Right Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOQ â 18th prime minister of Canada Just as they do on those television cooking contests when the bell rings and the contestantsâ hands go up, at four oâ clock on Friday afternoon, the column is filedâ ready or notâ to the columnistâ s horror, discomfort, or self-satisfaction. Regardless, one exigent and unrelenting thought remains: what you wish youâ d said. Such is the life of a weekly newspaper columnist. Unable to ignore the urge any longer, in What I Wish I Said: Confessions of a Columnist, author Jaime Watt has collected forty-eight of his most eye-opening, illuminating, and provocative Toronto Star columns and with humour, candour, and wit, heâ s responded to each with what he wishes heâ d said. The collection also features contributions from former senator and columnist André Pratte and from journalist and former editor-in-chief of the Toronto Star Michael Cooke. Widely regarded as Canadaâ s leading high-stakes communications strategist and the architect of groundbreaking campaigns that transformed politics with their boldness and creativity, Watt brings his insight to bear on some of the most vexing and consequential issues in Canadian life by reappraising his past work. Across six topical subject areasâ civil liberties and human rights, portraits of leaders, the Liberal Party in power, the Conservative Party in opposition, the Donald Trump presidency, and the COVID-19 crisisâ this subtle yet accessible collection offers a distinctive look at recent times. Whether he got it right or wrong, Watt pulls no punches when it comes to critiquingâ and at times lambastingâ his past columns. Revisiting his best and worst takes, Watt and his co-author Breen Wilkinson look at what might have been said in the columns he has been writing for more than seven years. And as he does, Watt challenges with new perspectives and ideas, inviting readers to consider what they wish they might have said, to consider how their points of views, and even their values, may have changed with time. |
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