The Written Life

(The Writing Life? Damn it...... and where does all this writing and editing & re-editing take me?! )

Starbucks is always looking for unpublished writers to chalk up those blackboards …..skinny- double- venti- moca- chai-latte now 3.99$.....

And really, can you hope for much more than that?

Um …yeah!!!!!!!!!!!

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The Hart House Review

Introduces

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The Veteran

Cynthia Good ranks among Canada’s literary Goliaths through her countless contributions in cultivating contemporary Canadian writing talent. Ms. Good serves on a number of university and college faculties mentoring the next generation of Canadian writers, editors and publishers. She is also the director of Humber College’s renowned Creative Book Publishing Program. Her many roles at Penguin Canada included Editorial Director, Editor-in-Chief, Publisher and President. She developed the publishing house's Canadian Program. This has grown to feature such luminaries as Peter C. Newman, Michael Ignatieff, Denise Chong, Timothy Findley, Mordecai Richler, Robertson Davies, Alice Munro and John Ralston Saul. Apart from all this, Ms. Good is also a member of our U of T flock, having completed her BA and MA at St. George.

The Visionary

Ken Alexander, as Editor and founder of The Walrus magazine, needs little introduction. According to the CBC, “The Walrus has earned 49 nominations for Canada's National Magazine Awards, far outstripping any other Canadian magazine.” Mr. Alexander’s endeavors with The Walrus, has made him one of the pioneers in Canadian journalism. “He was a high school English and history teacher for eight years and was the senior producer of the CBC Newsworld current affairs show Counter Spin. Author of Toward Freedom: The African-Canadian Experience, Alexander is currently working on his second book.”

The VP (Very Powerful?…almost)

Anne Collins : This Governor General’s award winning writer continues to serve as Publisher/Vice-President of Random House (Canada) since 1998. “Writers she publishes in Canada include Douglas Coupland, Sandra Birdsell, Graham Swift, Peter Carey, Julian Barnes, Robert Hough, Charles Frazier, Giles Blunt, Shaena Lambert, Paul Quarrington, William Boyd, Edeet Ravel, Alissa York, Karen Connelly, Mark Abley, Carol Off, Paul Anderson, Nelofer Pazira, Terry Gould, Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall, Kevin Patterson, Jane Jacobs, LGen. Romeo Dallaire, Irshad Manji, Chris Turner, Peter C. Newman, Bonnie Stern, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid.” Prior to joining Random House Ms. Collins was Toronto Life’s Executive Editor and Saturday Night’s Senior Editor. During her years at Toronto Life Ms. Collins also won the prestigious gold National Magazine Award.


Time: 6.45pm

Date: March 17, 2008

Location: Hart House Library, University of Toronto (St. George Campus).

Address: Hart House, University of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle
Toronto, ON M5S 3H3, Canada

Contact Information: 416.978.2452 (Hart House Porter’s Desk)

Note: There will be a significant amount of time allotted for those probing questions, thoughts, and any other words from our side of the pulpit

..............so those

barista forms & green aprons can wait!