Linden macintyre, cohost of cbcs the fifth estate, has won the giller prize for his book the bishops man, which deals with the sensitive topic of sexual abuse by catholic priests. Linden macintyres bestselling first novel, the long stretch, was nominated for a cba libris award and his boyhood memoir, causeway. Linden will be in thunder bay on november 5, 2019 for the toronto international festival of authors lit on tour event at the thunder bay art gallery. Linden macintyre is a journalist, broadcaster, and bestselling author. By the time of his birth, the codfishing industry lay in ruins and the village had become a mining town. Originally from the rural community of port hastings, nova scotia, macintyre was raised in a devout catholic family. Linden macintyre revisits a piece of canadian and family history. Cbc not barring linden macintyre despite internal memo the star.
Canadian writer linden macintyre proves once again how adept he is at dealing with the topical and the taboo. His bestselling first novel, the long stretch, was nominated for a cba libris award and his boyhood memoir, causeway. Now the socalled black widow has been charged with attempted murder after the the suspicious sudden illness of another husband. Linden macintyre has mastered the art of the page turner and unlike some other authors who have acquired that skill, linden can actually write. People carlos osorio toronto editorial photographer. Linden macintyre has written four novels, the first published in 1999 and the second, the bishops man winning the scotiabank giller prize. Maybe an innocent visit, but to the fbi the disco had special significance. He has won ten gemini awards for his work along with numerous literary awards for his writing. All of linden macintyres singular capacitiesas novelist, reporter, social critic, and intimate chronicler of atlantic canadaare in. Linden macintyre is a distinguished broadcast journalist who spent twentyfour years as the cohost of the fifth estate. Linden macintyre is an awardwinning author and broadcast journalist, having spent almost a quartercentury as cohost of cbctvs the fifth estate. The cbc shows us exactly how its doneworkplace bullying, i mean november 29, 2014 by yourworkinggirlsays leave a comment when comedian and cbc host, rick mercer, stepped out onto the stage of the giller awards gala on november 10 th, having replaced jian ghomeshi as host, everyone wondered if, and how, he would bring up the ghomeshi scandal. He ran a construction company until his son lane trevors father replaced him in 1979.
He has won ten 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 bishops man. Linden macintyres thriller marked by unstoppable momentum and a serpentine storyline. Macintyre told the journal it didnt immediately click when giller prize founder jack rabinovitch read out his name at the award ceremony in november. Macintyres first novel, the long stretch, was published in october 1999. Below is the full text of remarks delivered by linden macintyre as part of the vic one guest lecture series at u of t on nov.
But when my sister came along, they decided to bring the family back to cape breton. Linden macintyre has also written nonfiction, drawing upon the experiences of his life and work as a journalist. Mark has ewing sarcoma and is about to undergo a procedure to remove a tumour in his forearm. The cbc shows us exactly how its doneworkplace bullying. Veteran journalist linden macintyre first highprofile casualty of cbc cuts. Cbc needs an adult in charge, macintyre affair shows the. Punishment by linden macintyre halifax public libraries. He said he first got the idea for the bishops man about 12 years ago after hearing about the suicide of a young fisherman in a small community in nova scotia that might have been caused by sexual abuse. Linden macintyre is one of canadas most distinguished broadcast journalists. The plot was set against the first few months after 911, which helped to situate the reader in terms of setting, but didnt do much for the overall feel of the book, so sometimes it felt like an unnecessary diversion to the main conflict. In his first novel since completing the long stretch trilogy, linden macintyre brings us a powerful and provocative new story. I still felt i was green with no experience at all, and we sort of got to know each other over the next year or so.
He is a writer and actor, known for the fifth estate 1976, if justice fails 2007 and bbc2 playhouse 1973. Linden macintyre is right to link mansbridge and gzowski. Trevor was born on april 11, 1970, in medicine hat, alberta, to lane and edna linden. A passage from innocence, was a globe and mail best book of 2006, and won both the edna staebler award for creative nonfiction and. Lawrence before macintyre began seriously working on the book, though he. All of his previous work has focused on cape breton. His humblebrag i was once fired for my integrity, i could have been rich and. Linden macintyre reflects on career, cape breton roots local. But macintyre is a journalist, so including politics was something he probably felt he couldnt avoid.
Lawrence, a community that was almost completely wiped out by a tsunami in 1929. My wife was sitting where you are and looked me in the eye and said, now you have to go up there. Lawrence, newfoundland, macintyre grew up in port hastings, cape breton. A passage from innocence, won both the edna staebler award for creative nonfiction and the evelyn richardson prize. He has five children and i had one from that first marriage. Robert sutton was the first black doctor hired at the hospital for sick children in toronto. Macintyre, who gave a lecture at the university of torontos victoria college on toxic stardom. Throughout the work macintyre presents a complex network of family and. His most recent book, a boyhood memoir called causeway. And the likelihood of finding the answer to one of lifes great mysteries in why men lie, the third in a trilogy of novels by linden macintyre, might. The memo was sent over comments by macintyre comparing the workplace behaviour of peter mansbridge to that of jian ghomeshi.
Youd better back off on the single malts for a bit. The giller man linden macintyre on his catholic roots and. His previous novel, the long stretch, which was published ten years earlier, in 1999. My first marriage had ended, and eventually his marriage ended, and we got together.
Since 1990, linden macintyre has been a cohost with the fifth estate, cbc. His bestselling first novel, the long stretch, was nominated for a cba libris. Comments by cbc fifth estate host linden macintyre comparing the workplace behaviour of peter mansbridge to jian ghomeshi were not fair, but macintyre is not barred from appearing on the. Carol off is an awardwinning canadian journalist, commentator, and author associated with. Lawrence, newfoundland, and raised in port hastings, cape breton, he began his career in 1964 with the halifax chronicleherald as a parliamentary bureau reporter. In punishment, his first novel since completing his long stretch trilogy, scotiabank gillerwinner linden macintyre brings us a powerful exploration of justice and vengeance, and the peril that ensues when passion replaces reason, in a small town shaken by a. One of the first unofficial calls the players made with the stanley cup was to this disco. Linden macintyre is a canadian journalist, broadcaster and novelist. It took years of picking away at tidbits of his familys life in st. Linden macintyre was born near a small newfoundland village called st. Linden realizes now that he was immersed in a distinctive culture. Linden was my national editor and the host of sunday morning. Linden macintyre shares personal connection to newfoundland.
Why i left the cbc and its toxic atmosphere huffpost canada. Linden macintyre is the cohost of the fifth estate and the winner of nine gemini awards for broadcast journalism. His humblebrag i was once fired for my integrity, i could have been rich and famous if id gone to the states, but i opted to remain. Linden was born in newfoundland in 1943 while his father was working there. Linden macintyre is a cohost of the fifth estate and the winner of nine gemini awards for broadcast journalism. Forced to retire early from his job as a corrections officer in kingston penitentiary, tony breau has. Harrison angrily demanded that williamson pull linden macintyres upcoming investigative documentary his last piece of journalism for the. Nick corderos wife turns to the community amid covid19 illness. Linden macintyres latest novel digs into flawed justice. A few years back, in one of my own memoirs pinhead, i commented that i thought the catholic priesthood with its requirement of celibacy was probably one of the loneliest professions on earth. They spend their summers in a cape breton village by the sea.
Linden macintyres first novel, the long stretch 1999, is set in the. Other male celebrities born on the same day as linden macintyre carmelo anthony 1984 an american professional basketball player who currently plays for the nbas new york knicks, after leading the orangemen to their first ever national championship, for which he was named the ncaa tournaments most outstanding player. Though the directive that sought to ban soontoberetired fifth estate host, linden macintyre, from the airwaves was reversed, the point remains that executives at the cbc seem unwilling to connect the dots surrounding a longstanding culture of sexism in their ranks. Cbc not barring linden macintyre despite internal memo. Two years ago, she was arrested and jailed without charges over public comments that were. Linden macintyre was the host of canadas premiere investigative television show, the fifth estate, for nearly twentyfive years. He is the coauthor, with theresa burke, of who killed ty conn 2001, the story of the tragic life and death of a bank robber whom macintyre befriended while working on a fifth estate feature. Linden macintyre is acting like a selfrighteous horses ass. Log in linden macintyre, a native of cape breton, has retired from the cbc.
More than 50 years ago i became a journalist by the simple. His wife, mehrangiz kar, is a prominent lawyer and political activist in iran. Off married fellow cbc broadcaster and former host of the fifth estate linden macintyre in 2000. His present wife, carol off, who hosts cbc radios as it happens, had a hunch that linden might be wrong, and she urged him to be prepared. In punishment, his first novel since completing his long stretch trilogy, scotiabank gillerwinner linden macintyre brings us a powerful exploration of justice and vengeance, and the peril that ensues when passion replaces reason, in a small town shaken by a tragic death.
At the time of the new novels publication author linden macintyre was 66 years old and living in toronto with his wife, and fellow journalist and author, carol off. A passage from innocence won both the edna staebler award for creative nonfiction and the evelyn richardson prize for nonfiction. The bishops man was a wrenching, moving, compelling book to read. Macintyres beautifully written novel does little to dispel that notion. Macintyre has said, the old fellow decided the family would stay in the community and he would go away. With the barring and unbarring of linden macintyre over, the farce at. Keynote address keynote linden macintyre alberta rural education.
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