What I Wish I Said

Just as they do on those television cooking contests when the bell rings and the contestants hands go up, at four o clock on Friday afternoon, the column is filed ready or not to the columnist s horror, discomfort, or self-satisfaction. Regardless, one exigent and unrelenting thought remains: what you wish you d said.Such is the life of a weekly newspaper columnist.Unable to ignore the urge any longer, in What I Wish I Said: Confessions of a Columnist, author Jaime Watt has collected forty-eight of his most eye-opening, illuminating, and provocative Toronto Star columns and with humour, candour, and wit, he s responded to each with what he wishes he d said. The collection also features contributions from former senator and columnist Andr(c) Pratte and from journalist and former editor-in-chief of the Toronto Star Michael Cooke.Widely regarded as Canada s leading high-stakes communications strategist and the architect of groundbreaking campai