Stuart McLean (1) (1948–2017)
Autore di Vinyl Cafe Unplugged
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Sull'Autore
Andrew Stuart McLean was born in Montreal, Canada on April 19, 1948. He received a bachelor's degree from Sir George Williams University in 1971. He moved into radio broadcasting after managing a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation journalist's successful campaign for the Montreal City Council. His mostra altro early career involved producing documentaries for Sunday Morning, a current affairs program on the CBC's main English radio network. He was best known for his long-running weekly variety radio show The Vinyl Café. The show was first broadcast in the summer of 1994 and stopped production in late 2015 because of his cancer diagnosis. He wrote 11 books of stories from the program and won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour three times. He taught journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto for 20 years. He died on February 15, 2017 at the age of 68. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Stuart McLean
Vinyl Café: Up & Away 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- McLean, Stuart
- Nome legale
- McLean, Andrew Stuart
- Data di nascita
- 1948-04-19
- Data di morte
- 2017-02-15
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Canada
- Luogo di nascita
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Luogo di morte
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Causa della morte
- melanoma
- Luogo di residenza
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Istruzione
- Bishop's College School
Sir George Williams University (BA|1971) - Attività lavorative
- journalist
radio host
professor - Organizzazioni
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Ryerson University - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Officer of the Order of Canada (2011)
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Loved this. Perfect short story length to read in the lead-up to Christmas.
Classic Stuart McLean with the experiences of Dave, Morley, Stephanie and Sam. Enjoyable light reading.
Goodreads recommended this to me because I'm reading [b:Purity|23754479|Purity|Jonathan Franzen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1438958976l/23754479._SX50_.jpg|43369154]??? I'm pretty sure this book could not be less similar to Purity if it's anything like the radio show. I don't know and I'm not going to read it because that show is one of the most boring things I've ever encountered. I don't care the least bit about Dave and his dad jokes that are billed as witty commentary on Canadian life. Boo. (Not saying anything about the quality of Purity because I've also gotten a little bored with that but for very different reasons).… (altro)
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- Opere
- 31
- Utenti
- 2,977
- Popolarità
- #8,570
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 73
- ISBN
- 114
- Preferito da
- 9
I love these stories. McLean talked about "the importance of being unimportant" and that's what these disarming stories all have in common. They're just the funny, strange, weird, or heart-tugging stories that you'll hear from your friends and co-workers, but McLean puts this lovely polish on them that makes them so comforting, you can't help but smile after each one.
I miss Stuart McLean.… (altro)