Photography Photoessays & Documentaries
The World Needs More Canada
- Publisher
- Indigo Books and Music, Inc.
- Initial publish date
- May 2017
- Category
- Photoessays & Documentaries
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552676127
- Publish Date
- May 2017
- List Price
- $24.99
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Description
The World Needs More Canada® is Indigo’s big, love-filled ‘birthday card’ to Canada from the great culture makers of our time. This one-of- a-kind coffee-table book features anecdotes, insights, and candid photography from an eclectic mix of over 100 storytellers and visionaries who have made their mark on the True North, from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Drake, Margaret Atwood to Malcolm Gladwell.
Celebrate Canada with this exclusive collection of heartwarming, hilarious, and inspiring personal stories, photos, wishes, laughs, and dreams by Canadians for Canadians on the 150th anniversary of Confederation.
This beautifully designed coffee-table book gives readers an intimate and exclusive look into the lives of over 100 notable Canadians, and features nearly 100 gorgeous full-colour and black-and- white images. Discover dozens of photographs contributed by our cast of colourful culture makers, including many archived images from personal family collections that have never before been released to the public. The World Needs More Canada® contributor list is a who’s who of incredible Canadians, including Chris Hadfield, Madeleine Thien, Donald Sutherland, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Alanis Morissette, Céline Dion, Judith Thompson, Michael Ondaatje, Robbie Robertson, Dan Aykroyd, Edward Burtynsky, and more.
The World Needs More Canada® can be picked up and enjoyed one page at a time or as a longer, more meaningful read, with everything from moving, intimately personal stories to hilarious childhood anecdotes and clever one-liners.
There isn’t a Canadian who won’t find laughter, a tear, or a heartwarming sense of pride in the pages of this book. Indigo’s definitive celebration of what it means to be Canadian makes an ideal gift and is a must-have for every Canadian, near or far.
About the author
Excerpt: The World Needs More Canada (by (author) Heather Reisman)
Excerpt from the Introduction
“This book is a collaboration between Indigo and many of Canada’s great culture makers. It is our big, love-filled birthday card to this great land and the people who live here. From one end of the country to the other, Canadian poets, writers, artists, chefs, architects, musicians, painters, and photographers share feelings, memories, and messages to commemorate our 150th.
The World Needs More Canada will leave you thinking about this country and its elusive cultural identity in a special light. It will make you proud. It may even bring you to shed a few tears.
How fitting that Canada’s 150th birthday comes at a time when the world is sitting up and taking note. Without basking in the glory–which would be so un-Canadian–it’s hard not to enjoy our moment in the sun. Canada is seen as cool and progressive. Foreign media can’t seem to get enough of our cultural exports, the stories of our generous embrace of those who land on our shores, and our amazing “second-generation” prime minister.
Marshall McLuhan once famously said, ‘Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity.’ Today, as is evidenced here, it is clear we know exactly who we are.”
