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Causeway: A Passage from Innocence is a non-fiction book, written by Canadian writer Linden MacIntyre, first published in August 2006 by HarperCollins. In the book, the author recounts the 1950s construction of the Canso Causeway, linking Cape Breton to mainland Nova Scotia. MacIntyre reflects on changing ways of life and his relationship with ...
Linden Joseph MacIntyre (born May 29, 1943) is a Canadian journalist, broadcaster and novelist. He has won ten [ 2 ] Gemini Awards , an International Emmy and numerous other awards for writing and journalistic excellence, including the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his 2009 novel, The Bishop's Man .
The Bishop's Man was Linden MacIntyre second novel. His previous novel, The Long Stretch, which was published ten years earlier, in 1999.At the time of the new novel's publication author Linden MacIntyre was 66 years old and living in Toronto with his wife, and fellow journalist and author, Carol Off.
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An Irish wake as depicted in the later 19th century Plaque in Thurles marking the site of the wake of the writer Charles Kickham.. The wake (Irish: tórramh, faire) is a key part of the death customs of Ireland; it is an important phase in the separation of the dead from the world of the living and transition to the world of the dead. [8]
"It is no use fighting death any more." [12]: 21 — John Millington Synge, Irish author (24 March 1909) "Dreadful! Dreadful!" [32] — Frederick Holder, Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives (23 July 1909), prior to collapsing in the House after a tumultuous all-night session "I'm guilty. I murdered that man." [33]
Linden MacIntyre; Ron MacLean, host of Hockey Night in Canada; Carole MacNeil; Rita MacNeil, Rita and Friends; Meredith MacNeill; Sheila MacVicar, former CBS, CNN and ABC news reporter and now with Al Jazeera America; Gloria Macarenko; Bob Mackowycz; Judy Maddren; Alan Maitland, As It Happens (1974–1993) Shaun Majumder, comedian, This Hour ...
Authors Year Will Ferguson Esi Edugyan Johanna Skibsrud Linden MacIntyre Joseph Boyden Elizabeth Hay Vincent Lam David Bergen Alice Munro M.G. Vassanji Austin Clarke Richard B. Wright Michael Ondaatje David Adams Richards Bonne Burnard Mordecai Richler Margaret Atwood Rohinton Mistry 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004, 1998 2003, 1994