A Conversation with Leslie JamisonThe following conversation took place at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto on September 15, 2025, presented by the Writer’s Trust of Canada in honour of Leslie Jamison’s receipt of the Weston International Award, supported by the Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation.
Marni Jackson: I know there are quite a few writers out there tonight, and I’m pretty sure some of them wake up at four in the morning and think, Who cares what I’m writing? What does a mere book do? It’s so easy to feel helpless as a writer these days because the world is in tatters. How do you keep believing in the value of your work?
