The Morningside Years

by GZOWSKI, PETER

• ISBN13: 9780771037047
• ISBN10: 077103704X
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart

Summary

The Morningside Years captures the best of 15 years of the whole program. As well as a selection of letters, recipes, and stories sent to the program by listeners, The Morningside Years features the program itself -- and the most memorable items from its entire time on the air. There are chapters of Gzowski's interviews with the stars of Canadian literature -- Margaret Atwood, Robertson Davies, W.O. Mitchell, Alice Munro, and Margaret Laurence. Featured, too, are Gzowski's conversations with some of Canada's top thinkers. And there are lots of behind-the-scenes photos.

Author Biography

Former host of CBC Radio’s “Morningside,” <b>Peter Gzowski</b> was one of Canada’s pre-eminent journalists. He was a Companion of the Order of Canada, the winner of seven ACTRA awards, as well as the Peabody Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting – the only Canadian ever to have been given the award for work as an individual. He received many lifetime achievement awards and honorary doctorates from twelve Canadian universities, the citation for the University of Calgary describing him as “the cartographer of the Canadian soul.” <br><br>He was the author of many best-selling books, including <i>The Game of Our Lives</i>, his memorable work on hockey (1981), <i>The Private Voice</i>, his memoir from 1988, five collections of <i>Morningside Papers<