![]() ![]() John Vaillant: This sense of recognition – across ocean, across continent, across media – was so sudden and clear. I started reading initially out of respect for John, and within 10 pages, I was hooked. It dropped onto my doormat – the story literally fell onto me. He said, ‘Oh, by the way, there are some uncanny similarities between your film and the book I just finished.’ A week later he sent me The Golden Spruce. How did that come about? Sasha Snow: I’d just finished Conflict Tiger when this strange American man rings me up and says, ‘Would you mind if I wrote a book about your film?’ I was flattered someone considered it worthy of retelling. You’ve both drawn inspiration from one another’s projects. Q&Q spoke with Snow and Vaillant about the art of retelling, narrative ownership, and what it’s like to be a character in your own story. This week, Hadwin’s Judgment, Snow’s adaptation of The Golden Spruce, debuted at Toronto’s Hot Docs film festival. Vaillant didn’t expect that Snow would read his 2005 non-fiction tour de force The Golden Spruce (Knopf Canada) about the life of logger-turned-activist Grant Hadwin, and feel the same pull. When Governor General Literary Award–winning Vancouver author John Vaillant saw Sasha Snow’s documentary, Conflict Tiger, he knew that he had to transform it into a book. ![]()
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