Douglas Gibson has long been a household name in CanLit. He worked as an editor and publisher for over forty years, and his Douglas Gibson Books was the first editorial imprint in Canada. Perhaps what he’s best known for, though, is publishing heavy hitters like Alice Munro, Robertson Davis and even former Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau – just to name a few.

This year, Doug has shifted gears from editor to author and from publisher to raconteur. His book, Stories About Storytellers: Publishing Alice Munro, Robertson Davies, Alistair MacLeod, Pierre Trudeau and Others, was published in September and Doug has been travelling across the country to promote it ever since. You can follow along with his adventures at DouglasGibsonBooks.com. Both Stories About Storytellers the book, and the one man stage show that accompanies it have been getting rave reviews. Doug will continue his tour into the new year, so be on the lookout – he might be headed your way.

Praise for Stories About Storytellers:

“Here is my prize read for people who are interested in book, writers, Canada, life, and all that kind of thing.”  – Alice Munro

“The ultimate CanLit cocktail party book.” – Stephen Knight, Quill & Quire

"What shines through most while reading Stories About Storytellers is Gibson’s optimism about books; that telling stories to one another is, as he puts it, 'a basic human need.'" – Mark Medley, National Post

“Read Stories About Storytellers. It’s delightful fun. And if Gibson delivers his own presentation of it at a Festival anywhere near you, run to it. It’s even better. Complete with music, it’s an event worthy of Stephen Leacock. Charles Dickens, even.”
– Nigel Beale, Ottawa blogger,  LiteraryTourist.com

“Gibson is a gossip of the first order, the kind who tells all, or at least enough, about his subjects’ foibles, but always in a way that delights in their eccentricities. He writes with charming exuberance.” – Sasha Chapman, The Walrus