"Write without pay until someone offers pay. If nobody offers within three years, the candidate may look upon this as a sign that sawing wood is what he was intended for"
In Saturday's National Post, we sit down with Kingston novelist Steven Heighton to talk about his latest novel, Every Lost Country.Based, in part, on real events, the novel is about a group of mountain climbers who witness Chinese border guards shooting refugees attempting to cross the border between Tibet and Nepal. When some of the expedition is captured, the remaining climbers must decide whether to save their colleagues or continue on with the climb.Click here to read the story.Besides Every Lost Country, Heighton has also just released his newest collection of poetry, Patient Frame. [Steven Heighton. Photo by Brett Gundlock/National Post]
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