Margaret Laurence and Jack McClelland -- one of Canadas most beloved writers and one of Canadas most significant publishers -- enjoyed an unusual rapport. In this collection of annotated letters, readers gain rare insight into the private side of these literary icons. Their correspondence reveals a professional relationship that evolved into deep friendship over a period of enormous cultural change. Both were committed to the idea of Canadian writing; in a very real sense, their mutual and separate work helped bring Canadian Literature into being. With its insiders view of the book business from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s, this book presents a valuable piece of Canadian literary history curated and annotated by Davis and Morra. Essential reading for all those interested in Canadas literary culture.