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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 .
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 ...
The Wake is a 2014 debut novel by British author Paul Kingsnorth. [1] Written in an imaginary language, a hybrid of Old English and Modern English , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] it tells of Buccmaster of Holland , [ 3 ] an Anglo-Saxon freeman forced to come to terms with the effects of the Norman Invasion of 1066, during which his wife and sons were killed. [ 4 ]
The WWW Trilogy is a trilogy of science-fiction novels by Canadian science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer. [1] The first book, Wake, was originally serialized in four parts in Analog Science Fiction and Fact from November 2008 to March 2009, published in book form through Ace on April 7, 2009, and was followed by the second book, Watch, on April 6, 2010.
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.
George Blackburn joined the Canadian Army in 1940, becoming a forward observation officer. He fought in the Battle of Normandy.Blackburn was awarded his Military Cross in 1945 for his role in defending the Twente Canal bridgehead in the Netherlands.
Wake (Stylized WAKE) is a 2008 novel by Lisa McMann centered on seventeen-year-old Janie Hannagan's involuntary power which thrusts her into others' dreams.The novel follows Janie through parts of her young adulthood, focusing mainly on the events that occur during her senior year, in which she meets an enigmatic elderly woman, and becomes involved with Cabel, a loner and purported drug-dealer ...
Danny Gallivan, Hockey Night in Canada play-by-play announcer Matt Galloway , host of The Current , former host of Metro Morning and Podcast Playlist Sue Gardner , executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation , was a producer for CBC Radio and the director of the CBC's online news operations.