Armed with his powerful intellect, his cattle-prod invective and the ornate prose that can make him sound like an incensed 18th-century pamphleteer, Conrad Black has from the beginning of his authorial career chosen subjects that have given him an advantageous platform for his conservative views. He established his bona fides as a historian in 1977 with Duplessis…
George Galt
George Galt is the author of the novel Scribes and Scoundrels (ECW Press, 1997). Some reviewers insist that one of its characters closely resembles Conrad Black.
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Untutored Brilliance
Al Purdy, a product of homemade education, was one of the best poets this country ever produced November 2004
For about 30 years beginning with the publication of The Cariboo Horses in 1965, Al Purdy enjoyed as much public recognition for his poetry as did any Canadian poet of the period. Often he outshone them all. Governor General’s Awards for poetry in 1965 and 1986, high praise from accomplished poets in the generation immediately behind him (including Margaret…