Featuring fifty-two fascinating stories--one for each week of the year--the 2010 Granta Writers Diary takes you into the lives and minds of Granta writers, past and present. Read about the day Raymond Carver gave up drinking; the time that Richard Ford failed to get a job at Sports Illustrated magazine (and went home and wrote The Sportswriter ); and the moment Thomas Keneally first heard the story of Schindler's Ark in a handbag shop in Los Angeles. Each month is handsomely illustrated by reproductions of revealing letters from the rich Granta archive and a selection of the best photography and graphic art from the magazine, including contributions from Simon Roberts, David Heatley and Nigel Shafran. All twelve illustrations are printed on card and can be easily detached and used as postcards or bookmarks. Bound in soft, dove-grey cloth and printed on high-quality paper, this diary is a handsome and practical way to keep track of your arrangements in fine literary style-- and also makes a perfect gift.