Morgan Meis on Guru, Jonathan Safran Foer's Tree of Codes and Jon McGregor on footnotes. Plus Adam Leith Gollner, Amber Qureshi from Fukushima, Alain de Botton and Keith Ridgway on literary agents.
La belle province. Contributions from Gil Courtemanche, Michel Vézina, Gaston Miron, Émilie Andrewes, Leonard Cohen, David Homel, Rawi Hage, Mireille Silcoff and Madeleine Thien. Art by Julie Doucet.
'I am a nervous public speaker and next month I have to address a meeting of top business managers. Do you have any advice on how I might keep calm on stage?'