The Stories That Are Great Within Us: The Exile Book of Anthology Series, Number Seven [Paperback]

Bringing together an ensemble of Canada's best-known, mid-career, and emerging writers, including Margaret Atwood, Austin Clarke, Leon Rooke, Anne Michaels, Michael Ondaatje, Katherine Govier, Robertson Davies, Steven Hayward, and Barbara Gowdy, this anthology stands as the perfect gateway to discovering the city of Toronto. With a diverse range of content, the book focuses on the stories that have taken the city, in just six decades, from a narrow wryly praised as a city of churches to a brassy, gauche, imposing metropolis that is the fourth largest in North America. With an introduction from award-winning author Matt Shaw, this blends a cacophony of voices to encapsulate the vibrant city of Toronto.

Barry Callaghanis a Canadian author, poet, and anthologist. He is currently the editor in chief of Exile Editions andExile: The Literary Quarterly. He is the author ofAs Close as We Came,Beside Still Waters,The Black Queen Stories, andWe Wasn’t Pals.Matt Shawis the author ofTheObvious Childand was awarded the Journey Prize in 2006. They both live in Toronto.Stress City: A Big Book of Fiction by 51 DC Guys: Both books focus on a city, and a city's stories, and each and every one of the short stories contained within them are fascinating insights into the particular city. The content is diverse, but where DC Guys is a look at contemporary urban life, The Stories That Are Great Within Us brings together material from 70 years-to-present so as to explore Toronto's growth. Each book is an incredible compilation unto itself, to be enjoyed by men, women, the elderly, the young and people from varied ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds. Both are a book lovers' book sure to make the owner proud to have it in their personal library.