The Girl from Dream City

Born in Northern Ireland, Linda Leith attended schools in London, Basel, Belfast, Paris, and Montreal, graduating from the University of London, which granted her a PhD on the work of Samuel Beckett when she was twenty-four. A novelist, essayist, literary translator, and the founder of Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival and Linda Leith Publishing, she lives in Montreal.

1. Half-Told and Half-Forgotten The Country Doctor Haddon Hall The God That Failed Secrets 2. The Golden Years Mirror Calm Hampstead U and Non-U Camden School for Girls Dr. Finlay's Casebook Boobs Latin Lessons 3. The Napoleonic Wars Montreal Mr. Baker The Trojan Women 4. Fugitive The Salonniere Les Fleurs du mal Paris London, Again A New Life Literary Women Changing In the Swim 5. The Girl from Dream City Budapest The Giant's Causeway Birds of Passage Return Blue Metropolis Like a Cat 6. Afterword Afterword Notes Linda Leith Recommends Acknowledgements

"If you liked memoirs by Diana Athill, Alexandra Fuller, and Madame de Stael, you'll love Linda Leith's new book." Mary Soderstrom , author of Concrete and Frenemy Nations "As this compelling memoir demonstrates, Leith built herself not simply a literary life -- as a novelist, non-fiction writer and editor of a literary magazine -- but also a dazzling multilingual and multinational salon in the form of Montreal's Blue Metropolis literary festival which, under her 15-year tenure, grew to be a world-class event." Will Aitken , author of Anitigone Undone "Whenever possible, Leith transformed painful, even traumatic experiences into strengths. It's a gift..." Montreal Review of Books "We, in Canada, are fortunate to have such a person as Linda Leith active in the Montreal and CanLit literary scene. Her small, but vibrant publishing company produces a select amount of titles (fiction and non-fiction) highlighting Quebec's English writers. Her very personal and highly enjoyable life essay The Girl From Dream City will doubtless be an influential book for those seeking a literary life, either as a writer or editor or publisher. Or all three." The Miramichi Reader