Catriona Menzies-Pike is a writer, editor, and critic who lives in Vancouver. She was the editor of the Sydney Review of Books between 2015 and 2023.
Catriona Menzies-Pike
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Writing on Public Books
Fool’s Gold
In the blurb-saturated present, authors can decry blurbs as corrupt and silly all they like. When they publish new books, however, they will be conscripted to marketing duties, obliged to solicit blurbs, and most will provide glowing snippets to hype their friends and colleagues too.
