April 30 - May 2, 2010 — Toronto, Ontario — A weekend of words and ideas
Speakers
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• Ishmael Beah • Dave Bidini • The Billie Hollies • Amy Bloom • Christian Bök • Ian Brown • Peter Carey • Joe Clark • Adrienne Clarkson • Barbara Coloroso • Michael Crummey |
• Roméo Dallaire • Louise Dennys • Claudia Dey • Gillian Findlay • Mary Gaitskill • Chris Hedges • Pico Iyer • Paul Linklater • Linden MacIntyre • Irshad Manji • William Marsden |
• Selina Martin • Gabor Maté • Ian McEwan • Donna Morrissey • Andrew Nikiforuk • Seamus O'Regan • Carol Off • Camille Paglia • Wayne Petti • The Prince Brothers • Valerie Pringle |
• Jeff Rubin • Jane Smiley • Alexander McCall Smith • John Stackhouse • Paula Todd • Colm Tóibín • Calvin Trillin • Joanna Trollope • Andrew Wedderburn • Colson Whitehead • Ronald Wright |
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Ishmael Beah
Ishmael Beah came to the United States when he was seventeen and graduated from Oberlin College in 2004. He is a member of Human Rights Watch Children's Division Advisory Committee and has spoken before the United Nations on several occasions. Beah's book, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, was an international bestseller. He lives in New York City.
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Ishmael Beah came to the United States when he was seventeen and graduated from Oberlin College in 2004. He is a member of Human Rights Watch Children's Division Advisory Committee and has spoken before the United Nations on several occasions. Beah's book, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, was an international bestseller. He lives in New York City.
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Dave Bidini
A respected musician, Dave Bidini has made a terrific name for himself as a writer with the success of his books The Best Game You Can Name, Baseballissimo, On a Cold Road, and Tropic of Hockey. Bidini wrote and hosted the Gemini Award–winning small-screen adaptation of Tropic of Hockey, called Hockey Nomad, which was first broadcast in January 2003. He lives in Toronto.
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A respected musician, Dave Bidini has made a terrific name for himself as a writer with the success of his books The Best Game You Can Name, Baseballissimo, On a Cold Road, and Tropic of Hockey. Bidini wrote and hosted the Gemini Award–winning small-screen adaptation of Tropic of Hockey, called Hockey Nomad, which was first broadcast in January 2003. He lives in Toronto.
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The Billie Hollies
"The Billie Hollies are Julia Hambleton, Donna Linklater, Coralie Martens and Janet Morassutti. Their music, combining enticing vocals and rich arrangements, has been called '"an expression of classic femininity and a kind of eerie beauty'"
-Tom Powers, CBC Deep Roots
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"The Billie Hollies are Julia Hambleton, Donna Linklater, Coralie Martens and Janet Morassutti. Their music, combining enticing vocals and rich arrangements, has been called '"an expression of classic femininity and a kind of eerie beauty'"
-Tom Powers, CBC Deep Roots
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Amy Bloom
Amy Bloom is the author of the bestselling and acclaimed Away; Come to Me, a National Book Award finalist; A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You, nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Love Invents Us; Normal; and most recently, Where the God of Love Hangs Out. Her stories have appeared in The Best American Short Stories, O. Henry Prize Short Stories, The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction, and many other anthologies in North America and abroad. She has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, Granta, and Slate, among other publications, and has won a National Magazine Award. Bloom teaches creative writing at Yale University.
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Amy Bloom is the author of the bestselling and acclaimed Away; Come to Me, a National Book Award finalist; A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You, nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Love Invents Us; Normal; and most recently, Where the God of Love Hangs Out. Her stories have appeared in The Best American Short Stories, O. Henry Prize Short Stories, The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction, and many other anthologies in North America and abroad. She has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, Granta, and Slate, among other publications, and has won a National Magazine Award. Bloom teaches creative writing at Yale University.
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Christian Bök
Christian Bök is the author of Crystallography and Eunoia, one of the bestselling books of Canadian poetry of all time and winner of the 2002 Griffin Poetry Prize. His current project, The Xenotext Experiment, involves injecting bacteria with poetic DNA sequences.
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Christian Bök is the author of Crystallography and Eunoia, one of the bestselling books of Canadian poetry of all time and winner of the 2002 Griffin Poetry Prize. His current project, The Xenotext Experiment, involves injecting bacteria with poetic DNA sequences.
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Ian Brown
Ian Brown is an author and a feature writer for The Globe and Mail whose work has won a total of nine Gold National Magazine and National Newspaper awards. He is the host of CBC Radio's Talking Books, as well as the anchor of two TVO documentary series, Human Edge and The View from Here. Mr. Brown's most recent book is the acclaimed The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for his Disabled Son.
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Ian Brown is an author and a feature writer for The Globe and Mail whose work has won a total of nine Gold National Magazine and National Newspaper awards. He is the host of CBC Radio's Talking Books, as well as the anchor of two TVO documentary series, Human Edge and The View from Here. Mr. Brown's most recent book is the acclaimed The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for his Disabled Son.
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Peter Carey
Peter Carey is the author of six novels and has twice received the Booker Prize. His other honours include the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Born in Australia, he now lives in New York City. Carey is launching his new novel, Parrot and Olivier in America, at the Open House Festival.
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Peter Carey is the author of six novels and has twice received the Booker Prize. His other honours include the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Born in Australia, he now lives in New York City. Carey is launching his new novel, Parrot and Olivier in America, at the Open House Festival.
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Joe Clark
Joe Clark was elected Prime Minister of Canada in 1979, the youngest individual to hold the office. He is now a university professor and an internationally recognized statesman. A member of the Alberta Order of Excellence, a Companion of the Order of Canada, and the first recipient of the Vimy Award, Clark also sits on the International Advisory Board of Governors of the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
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Joe Clark was elected Prime Minister of Canada in 1979, the youngest individual to hold the office. He is now a university professor and an internationally recognized statesman. A member of the Alberta Order of Excellence, a Companion of the Order of Canada, and the first recipient of the Vimy Award, Clark also sits on the International Advisory Board of Governors of the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
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Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Clarkson became Canada's twenty-sixth Governor General in 1999 and served until September 2005. In her multi-faceted career as an accomplished broadcaster and distinguished public servant, she has received numerous prestigious awards and honorary degrees in Canada and abroad. A Privy Councillor and Companion of the Order of Canada, she now lives in Toronto.
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Adrienne Clarkson became Canada's twenty-sixth Governor General in 1999 and served until September 2005. In her multi-faceted career as an accomplished broadcaster and distinguished public servant, she has received numerous prestigious awards and honorary degrees in Canada and abroad. A Privy Councillor and Companion of the Order of Canada, she now lives in Toronto.
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Barbara Coloroso
Barbara Coloroso is a bestselling author and internationally recognized speaker in the areas of parenting, teaching, school discipline, and conflict resolution. Her most recent book is The Power of Good. A former Franciscan nun, Coloroso now lives in Littleton, Colorado.
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Barbara Coloroso is a bestselling author and internationally recognized speaker in the areas of parenting, teaching, school discipline, and conflict resolution. Her most recent book is The Power of Good. A former Franciscan nun, Coloroso now lives in Littleton, Colorado.
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Michael Crummey
Michael Crummey was born in Buchans, a mining town in the interior of Newfoundland. He is the author of three books of poetry, a book of short stories, and three novels, including the Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted River Thieves and the bestselling The Wreckage. Crummey's most recent novel is the Governor General's Literary Award–nominated Galore.
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Michael Crummey was born in Buchans, a mining town in the interior of Newfoundland. He is the author of three books of poetry, a book of short stories, and three novels, including the Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted River Thieves and the bestselling The Wreckage. Crummey's most recent novel is the Governor General's Literary Award–nominated Galore.
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Roméo Dallaire
Roméo Dallaire joined the Canadian Army in 1964. On his return from Rwanda, he served as Commander of the 1st Canadian Division and Deputy Commander of the Canadian Army. Promoted three-star general, he was appointed to various senior positions, including Assistant Deputy Minister (Human Resources – Military) in the Ministry of Defence. He was appointed to the Senate in 2006. He is the author of the bestselling Shake Hands with the Devil.
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Roméo Dallaire joined the Canadian Army in 1964. On his return from Rwanda, he served as Commander of the 1st Canadian Division and Deputy Commander of the Canadian Army. Promoted three-star general, he was appointed to various senior positions, including Assistant Deputy Minister (Human Resources – Military) in the Ministry of Defence. He was appointed to the Senate in 2006. He is the author of the bestselling Shake Hands with the Devil.
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Louise Dennys
Louise Dennys is the Executive Vice President, Random House of Canada Limited and Executive Publisher, Knopf Random House Canada Publishing Group. In 1991, Louise founded Knopf Canada, creating Vintage Canada soon after and subsequently heading up Random House Canada, bringing the three houses together in 2007 as The KRC Publishing Group. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2005 for her contribution to Canadian Literature and culture. Educated at Oxford University, Ms. Dennys has an honorary doctorate from Bishop's University, has twice won the Editor of the Year award from the Canadian Booksellers Association and is a Past President of PEN Canada.
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Louise Dennys is the Executive Vice President, Random House of Canada Limited and Executive Publisher, Knopf Random House Canada Publishing Group. In 1991, Louise founded Knopf Canada, creating Vintage Canada soon after and subsequently heading up Random House Canada, bringing the three houses together in 2007 as The KRC Publishing Group. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2005 for her contribution to Canadian Literature and culture. Educated at Oxford University, Ms. Dennys has an honorary doctorate from Bishop's University, has twice won the Editor of the Year award from the Canadian Booksellers Association and is a Past President of PEN Canada.
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Claudia Dey
Claudia Dey is a playwright (Beaver, Trout Stanley and the Governor General’s Award– and Trillium Award–nominated The Gwendolyn Poems) and novelist (Stunt, shortlisted for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award).
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Claudia Dey is a playwright (Beaver, Trout Stanley and the Governor General’s Award– and Trillium Award–nominated The Gwendolyn Poems) and novelist (Stunt, shortlisted for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award).
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Gillian Findlay
Gillian Findlay is one of the co-hosts of CBC TV's award-winning the fifth estate. Over the course of her distinguished career as a journalist, Ms. Findlay has served as London correspondent for CBC News, where she covered such stories as the war in the former Yugoslavia, the famine in Somalia and the Persian Gulf War and its aftermath. As ABC News' Moscow-based correspondent, she covered the war in Chechnya and later as the network's Middle East correspondent she reported on the Palestinian Intifada, and events in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan.
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Gillian Findlay is one of the co-hosts of CBC TV's award-winning the fifth estate. Over the course of her distinguished career as a journalist, Ms. Findlay has served as London correspondent for CBC News, where she covered such stories as the war in the former Yugoslavia, the famine in Somalia and the Persian Gulf War and its aftermath. As ABC News' Moscow-based correspondent, she covered the war in Chechnya and later as the network's Middle East correspondent she reported on the Palestinian Intifada, and events in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan.
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Mary Gaitskill
Mary Gaitskill is the author of the novels Two Girls, Fat and Thin and Veronica, as well as the story collections Bad Behavior and Because They Wanted To, which was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1998. Her story "Secretary," was the basis for the feature film of the same name. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Granta, Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry Prize Stories. In 2002, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction. She has taught at U-C Berkeley, the University of Houston, New York University, Brown and Syracuse University. Her novel Veronica was nominated for the National Book Award in 2005; it was also nominated for the National Critic's Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Her new collection of stories is Don't Cry.
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Mary Gaitskill is the author of the novels Two Girls, Fat and Thin and Veronica, as well as the story collections Bad Behavior and Because They Wanted To, which was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1998. Her story "Secretary," was the basis for the feature film of the same name. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Granta, Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry Prize Stories. In 2002, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction. She has taught at U-C Berkeley, the University of Houston, New York University, Brown and Syracuse University. Her novel Veronica was nominated for the National Book Award in 2005; it was also nominated for the National Critic's Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Her new collection of stories is Don't Cry.
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Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges has been a foreign correspondent for fifteen years. Currently on staff at The New York Times, he has previously worked for the Dallas Morning News, the Christian Science Monitor, and National Public Radio. He holds a master of divinity from Harvard University. He is the author of several books, including the #1 bestseller Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. He lives in New York City.
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Chris Hedges has been a foreign correspondent for fifteen years. Currently on staff at The New York Times, he has previously worked for the Dallas Morning News, the Christian Science Monitor, and National Public Radio. He holds a master of divinity from Harvard University. He is the author of several books, including the #1 bestseller Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. He lives in New York City.
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Pico Iyer
Pico Iyer is the author of several books about cultures converging, including Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk, The Global Soul, and, most recently, Abandon. His articles appear often in such publications as Harper's, Time, and the New York Times Book Review.
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Pico Iyer is the author of several books about cultures converging, including Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk, The Global Soul, and, most recently, Abandon. His articles appear often in such publications as Harper's, Time, and the New York Times Book Review.
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Paul Linklater
Paul Linklater is a Toronto guitarist and singer. He records and releases albums independently. As if there's any other way. His latest is The Gay Serenades. And before that came Smooth Sailing and How, the double album with e.p. He's married and has a cat and plays a thousand gigs home and away. Paul is also member of such great groups as Brent Randall and his Pinecones, Bidini Band, Colleen and Paul.
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Paul Linklater is a Toronto guitarist and singer. He records and releases albums independently. As if there's any other way. His latest is The Gay Serenades. And before that came Smooth Sailing and How, the double album with e.p. He's married and has a cat and plays a thousand gigs home and away. Paul is also member of such great groups as Brent Randall and his Pinecones, Bidini Band, Colleen and Paul.
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Linden MacIntyre
Linden MacIntyre is the co-host of CBC's the fifth estate and the winner of nine Gemini Awards for broadcast journalism. His first novel, The Long Stretch, was nominated for a CBA Libris Award. His boyhood memoir, Causeway: A Passage from Innocence, won both the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction and the Evelyn Richardson Prize for Non-Fiction. MacIntyre's latest novel, The Bishop's Man, received the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
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Linden MacIntyre is the co-host of CBC's the fifth estate and the winner of nine Gemini Awards for broadcast journalism. His first novel, The Long Stretch, was nominated for a CBA Libris Award. His boyhood memoir, Causeway: A Passage from Innocence, won both the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction and the Evelyn Richardson Prize for Non-Fiction. MacIntyre's latest novel, The Bishop's Man, received the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
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Irshad Manji
Irshad Manji is an acclaimed journalist, lecturer, and human rights advocate based in Toronto. Her bestseller, The Trouble with Islam Today, has been published internationally. In those countries that have banned it, Manji is reaching readers by posting free translations on her website, www.muslim-refusenik.com. Since writing the book, Manji has travelled the world engaging audiences such as the United Nations Press Corps, the Oxford Union, the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute, and the Pentagon about supporting the liberal reformation of Islam. Meanwhile, her columns are distributed worldwide by the New York Times Syndicate and she is producing a feature film about what there is to love within Islam.
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Irshad Manji is an acclaimed journalist, lecturer, and human rights advocate based in Toronto. Her bestseller, The Trouble with Islam Today, has been published internationally. In those countries that have banned it, Manji is reaching readers by posting free translations on her website, www.muslim-refusenik.com. Since writing the book, Manji has travelled the world engaging audiences such as the United Nations Press Corps, the Oxford Union, the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute, and the Pentagon about supporting the liberal reformation of Islam. Meanwhile, her columns are distributed worldwide by the New York Times Syndicate and she is producing a feature film about what there is to love within Islam.
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William Marsden
William Marsden is co-author of the international bestsellers Angels of Death and The Road to Hell. He is an award-winning senior investigative reporter for the Gazette in Montreal. He is the author of the National Business Book Award–winning Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta Is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (and Doesn't Seem to Care).
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William Marsden is co-author of the international bestsellers Angels of Death and The Road to Hell. He is an award-winning senior investigative reporter for the Gazette in Montreal. He is the author of the National Business Book Award–winning Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta Is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (and Doesn't Seem to Care).
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Selina Martin
Selina Martin has toured across Canada, the US and Europe, has 2 critically acclaimed CDs under her belt, and is currently recording her 3rd, which is scheduled to be released in the spring of 2010. Her most recent release is a collaborative recording with Dave Bidini, Martin Tielli, Ford Pier & Barry Mirochnick. The Five Hole Sessions was released to accompany the Five Hole theatre + live band tour in February/March 2009. Martin/Bidini/Tielli have also collaborated to compose the score for the documentary Act Of God (Mercury Films).
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Selina Martin has toured across Canada, the US and Europe, has 2 critically acclaimed CDs under her belt, and is currently recording her 3rd, which is scheduled to be released in the spring of 2010. Her most recent release is a collaborative recording with Dave Bidini, Martin Tielli, Ford Pier & Barry Mirochnick. The Five Hole Sessions was released to accompany the Five Hole theatre + live band tour in February/March 2009. Martin/Bidini/Tielli have also collaborated to compose the score for the documentary Act Of God (Mercury Films).
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Gabor Maté
Dr. Gabor Maté is the author of the bestselling books Scattered Minds, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, When the Body Says No — published in ten languages on five continents — and co-author, with Gordon Neufeld, of Hold On To Your Kids. Former medical columnist for The Globe and Mail, where his byline continues to be seen on issues of health and parenting, Maté has had a family practice, worked as a palliative care physician, and, most recently, worked with the addicted men and women in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.
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Dr. Gabor Maté is the author of the bestselling books Scattered Minds, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, When the Body Says No — published in ten languages on five continents — and co-author, with Gordon Neufeld, of Hold On To Your Kids. Former medical columnist for The Globe and Mail, where his byline continues to be seen on issues of health and parenting, Maté has had a family practice, worked as a palliative care physician, and, most recently, worked with the addicted men and women in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.
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Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan has written two collections of short stories and eleven novels, including The Cement Garden, The Comfort of Strangers, The Innocent, Black Dogs, Enduring Love, Amsterdam, Atonement, and Saturday. He won the Booker Prize for Amsterdam in 1998. McEwan's most recent novel is Solar.
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Ian McEwan has written two collections of short stories and eleven novels, including The Cement Garden, The Comfort of Strangers, The Innocent, Black Dogs, Enduring Love, Amsterdam, Atonement, and Saturday. He won the Booker Prize for Amsterdam in 1998. McEwan's most recent novel is Solar.
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Donna Morrissey
Donna Morrissey is the author of four bestselling novels (Kit's Law, Downhill Chance, Sylvanus Now, What They Wanted) and a screenplay, Clothesline Patch, which won a Gemini Award. Her work has been translated into several languages. Morrissey grew up in the Beaches, a small fishing outport in Newfoundland, and now lives in Halifax.
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Donna Morrissey is the author of four bestselling novels (Kit's Law, Downhill Chance, Sylvanus Now, What They Wanted) and a screenplay, Clothesline Patch, which won a Gemini Award. Her work has been translated into several languages. Morrissey grew up in the Beaches, a small fishing outport in Newfoundland, and now lives in Halifax.
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Andrew Nikiforuk
Andrew Nikiforuk is a well-known Canadian journalist whose work has appeared in Saturday Night, Maclean's, Canadian Business, Report on Business, Chatelaine, Equinox, and Canadian Family and in both national newspapers. His books include Pandemonium, Saboteurs, which won a Governor General's Literary Award, and The Fourth Horseman. Nikiforuk's most recent book is the acclaimed Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent. He lives in Calgary.
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Andrew Nikiforuk is a well-known Canadian journalist whose work has appeared in Saturday Night, Maclean's, Canadian Business, Report on Business, Chatelaine, Equinox, and Canadian Family and in both national newspapers. His books include Pandemonium, Saboteurs, which won a Governor General's Literary Award, and The Fourth Horseman. Nikiforuk's most recent book is the acclaimed Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent. He lives in Calgary.
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Seamus O'Regan
Seamus O'Regan is the co-host of CTV's Canada AM and host of Arts & Minds and The O'Regan Files on Bravo! O'Regan will be an integral part of Canada AM's broadcast team for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.
He joined Canada AM as co-host in 2002. Throughout his career, Seamus has received numerous honours including Maclean's magazine’s 100 "Young Canadians to Watch" in the new century and Canada's Top 40 Under 40 list.
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Seamus O'Regan is the co-host of CTV's Canada AM and host of Arts & Minds and The O'Regan Files on Bravo! O'Regan will be an integral part of Canada AM's broadcast team for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.
He joined Canada AM as co-host in 2002. Throughout his career, Seamus has received numerous honours including Maclean's magazine’s 100 "Young Canadians to Watch" in the new century and Canada's Top 40 Under 40 list.
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Carol Off
Carol Off is co-host of CBC Radio's As It Happens. She has witnessed and reported on many of the world's conflicts, from the fall of Yugoslavia to the US-led "war on terror," and has won numerous awards for her CBC television documentaries. Her bestselling and award-winning books include Bitter Chocolate: Investigating the Dark Side of the World's Most Seductive Sweet, The Ghosts of Medak Pocket: The Story of Canada's Secret War and The Lion, The Fox and The Eagle. She lives in Toronto.
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Carol Off is co-host of CBC Radio's As It Happens. She has witnessed and reported on many of the world's conflicts, from the fall of Yugoslavia to the US-led "war on terror," and has won numerous awards for her CBC television documentaries. Her bestselling and award-winning books include Bitter Chocolate: Investigating the Dark Side of the World's Most Seductive Sweet, The Ghosts of Medak Pocket: The Story of Canada's Secret War and The Lion, The Fox and The Eagle. She lives in Toronto.
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Camille Paglia
Camille Paglia is University Professor of Humanities and Media Sciences at the University of the Arts-Philadelphia. She is the author of Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson; Sex, Art, and American Culture; and Vamps and Tramps: New Essays.
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Camille Paglia is University Professor of Humanities and Media Sciences at the University of the Arts-Philadelphia. She is the author of Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson; Sex, Art, and American Culture; and Vamps and Tramps: New Essays.
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Wayne Petti
Wayne Petti is the singer and main songwriter for one of Canada's most respected new bands, Cuff The Duke. Formed in 2002, the band's albums include Life Stoires for Minimum Wage, Cuff The Duke and Sidelines and the City. Cuff The Duke's most recent release is Way Down Here.
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Wayne Petti is the singer and main songwriter for one of Canada's most respected new bands, Cuff The Duke. Formed in 2002, the band's albums include Life Stoires for Minimum Wage, Cuff The Duke and Sidelines and the City. Cuff The Duke's most recent release is Way Down Here.
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The Prince Brothers
The Prince Brothers are singer-songwriters Eric and Bryan Prince. Their band; 'the brothers of other mothers' are Chris Osti on bass, Ben Kobayashi on keyboards and David Paoli on guitar. Collectively they have a very warm and organic sound that puts them in a unique place for a pop rock band. Usually those adjectives are reserved for artists that dwell in folksier territory but The Prince Brothers take those roots and accentuate them with grand choruses and addictive hooks. Their most recent release is From This Place.
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The Prince Brothers are singer-songwriters Eric and Bryan Prince. Their band; 'the brothers of other mothers' are Chris Osti on bass, Ben Kobayashi on keyboards and David Paoli on guitar. Collectively they have a very warm and organic sound that puts them in a unique place for a pop rock band. Usually those adjectives are reserved for artists that dwell in folksier territory but The Prince Brothers take those roots and accentuate them with grand choruses and addictive hooks. Their most recent release is From This Place.
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Valerie Pringle
Valerie Pringle is one of Canada's best known and most respected broadcasters. She was selected as one of the Fifty Famous Faces of Fifty Years of Canadian Television by the Banff Television Foundation. In 1985, she helped launch the highly successful CBC TV news and current affairs program, Midday. After eight years of hosting that and other CBC shows, Valerie moved to CTV in 1993 as co-host of Canada AM. In addition, Valerie co-hosted the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics and W5 from 1996-1999.
Over the years, Valerie has co-produced and hosted several documentaries, hosted Valerie Pringle Has Left the Building for CTV Travel, Test of Faith for Vision TV and The Canadian Antique Roadshow for CBC TV. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2006 for her contributions to the communications field and her volunteer work.
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Valerie Pringle is one of Canada's best known and most respected broadcasters. She was selected as one of the Fifty Famous Faces of Fifty Years of Canadian Television by the Banff Television Foundation. In 1985, she helped launch the highly successful CBC TV news and current affairs program, Midday. After eight years of hosting that and other CBC shows, Valerie moved to CTV in 1993 as co-host of Canada AM. In addition, Valerie co-hosted the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics and W5 from 1996-1999.
Over the years, Valerie has co-produced and hosted several documentaries, hosted Valerie Pringle Has Left the Building for CTV Travel, Test of Faith for Vision TV and The Canadian Antique Roadshow for CBC TV. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2006 for her contributions to the communications field and her volunteer work.
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Jeff Rubin
Jeff Rubin was the chief economist and chief strategist at CIBC World Markets for almost twenty years, and is the author of the #1 bestseller Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller. He was one of the first economists to accurately predict soaring oil prices back in 2000 and is now one of the world's most sought-after energy experts. He lives in Toronto.
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Jeff Rubin was the chief economist and chief strategist at CIBC World Markets for almost twenty years, and is the author of the #1 bestseller Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller. He was one of the first economists to accurately predict soaring oil prices back in 2000 and is now one of the world's most sought-after energy experts. He lives in Toronto.
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Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley is the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Thousand Acres and more than ten other works of fiction, as well as three works of non-fiction, including a critically acclaimed biography of Charles Dickens. In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in northern California. Smiley has just published her novel Private Life.
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Jane Smiley is the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Thousand Acres and more than ten other works of fiction, as well as three works of non-fiction, including a critically acclaimed biography of Charles Dickens. In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in northern California. Smiley has just published her novel Private Life.
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Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, the 44 Scotland Street series, and, most recently, the Corduroy Mansions series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh and has served on many national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and he was a law professor at the University of Botswana.
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Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, the 44 Scotland Street series, and, most recently, the Corduroy Mansions series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh and has served on many national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and he was a law professor at the University of Botswana.
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John Stackhouse
John Stackhouse is Editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail. He was previously the Editor of the Report on Business and has also served as the newspaper's national editor, foreign editor, correspondent at large, and for seven years, from 1992 to 1999, was the development issues correspondent based in New Delhi. He has worked for Report on Business Magazine, the Financial Times, London Free Press and The Toronto Star. Stackhouse has won five national newspaper awards, a national magazine award and an Amnesty International Award for human rights reporting. He also serves on the board of World Literacy Canada. He was educated at Queen's University, and lives in Toronto.
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John Stackhouse is Editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail. He was previously the Editor of the Report on Business and has also served as the newspaper's national editor, foreign editor, correspondent at large, and for seven years, from 1992 to 1999, was the development issues correspondent based in New Delhi. He has worked for Report on Business Magazine, the Financial Times, London Free Press and The Toronto Star. Stackhouse has won five national newspaper awards, a national magazine award and an Amnesty International Award for human rights reporting. He also serves on the board of World Literacy Canada. He was educated at Queen's University, and lives in Toronto.
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Paula Todd
Paula Todd is an acclaimed journalist, broadcaster, author, lawyer and reporter for CTV's W5, Canada's #1 investigative news program and North America's longest-running news magazine. Todd's more than 20 years of experience in Canadian journalism, and her professional training as a lawyer, has allowed her to cover legal and social issues, politics and current affairs. She is also the author of the best-selling book, A Quiet Courage: Inspiring Stories from All of Us.
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Paula Todd is an acclaimed journalist, broadcaster, author, lawyer and reporter for CTV's W5, Canada's #1 investigative news program and North America's longest-running news magazine. Todd's more than 20 years of experience in Canadian journalism, and her professional training as a lawyer, has allowed her to cover legal and social issues, politics and current affairs. She is also the author of the best-selling book, A Quiet Courage: Inspiring Stories from All of Us.
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Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín is the award-winning author of six novels: The South, winner of the Irish Times/Aer Lingus Literature Prize; The Heather Blazing, winner of the Encore Award for Best Second Novel; The Story of the Night; The Blackwater Lightship, which was a finalist for the Booker Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; The Master, a finalist for the Man Booker Prize; and the critically acclaimed Brooklyn. He lives in Dublin.
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Colm Tóibín is the award-winning author of six novels: The South, winner of the Irish Times/Aer Lingus Literature Prize; The Heather Blazing, winner of the Encore Award for Best Second Novel; The Story of the Night; The Blackwater Lightship, which was a finalist for the Booker Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; The Master, a finalist for the Man Booker Prize; and the critically acclaimed Brooklyn. He lives in Dublin.
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Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin, who became The Nation's "deadline poet" in 1990, has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1963. He is the author of Deciding the Next Decider, A Heckuva Job, Obliviously on He Sails, and About Alice. He has also written verse on the events of the day in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and National Public Radio. He says he believes in an inclusive political system that prohibits from public office only those whose names have awkward meter or are difficult to rhyme. He lives in New York.
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Calvin Trillin, who became The Nation's "deadline poet" in 1990, has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1963. He is the author of Deciding the Next Decider, A Heckuva Job, Obliviously on He Sails, and About Alice. He has also written verse on the events of the day in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and National Public Radio. He says he believes in an inclusive political system that prohibits from public office only those whose names have awkward meter or are difficult to rhyme. He lives in New York.
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Joanna Trollope
Joanna Trollope has received international acclaim for her historical and contemporary novels and is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Her works include Second Honeymoon, Other People's Children, Brother & Sister, and Friday Nights. Her most recent novel is The Other Family.
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Joanna Trollope has received international acclaim for her historical and contemporary novels and is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Her works include Second Honeymoon, Other People's Children, Brother & Sister, and Friday Nights. Her most recent novel is The Other Family.
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Andrew Wedderburn
Andrew Wedderburn is a member of Calgary-based rock 'n' roll band Hot Little Rocket, and is the author of the novel The Milk Chicken Bomb, which was shortlisted for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award.
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Andrew Wedderburn is a member of Calgary-based rock 'n' roll band Hot Little Rocket, and is the author of the novel The Milk Chicken Bomb, which was shortlisted for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award.
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Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead was born in New York City. His first novel, The Intuitionist, won the QPB New Voices Award and was an Ernest Hemingway/PEN Award finalist. His second novel, John Henry Days, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, and a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. He is also the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award. His most recent book is Sag Harbor. Whitehead lives in Brooklyn.
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Colson Whitehead was born in New York City. His first novel, The Intuitionist, won the QPB New Voices Award and was an Ernest Hemingway/PEN Award finalist. His second novel, John Henry Days, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, and a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. He is also the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award. His most recent book is Sag Harbor. Whitehead lives in Brooklyn.
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Ronald Wright
Ronald Wright is the internationally acclaimed author of A Scientific Romance, winner of Britain's David Higham Prize for Fiction. His other major bestsellers include Time Among the Maya, Stolen Continents, and the #1 bestsellers A Short History of Progress and What Is America? He lives in British Columbia.
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Ronald Wright is the internationally acclaimed author of A Scientific Romance, winner of Britain's David Higham Prize for Fiction. His other major bestsellers include Time Among the Maya, Stolen Continents, and the #1 bestsellers A Short History of Progress and What Is America? He lives in British Columbia.
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