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Lawrence O'Toole (journalist)
Lawrence O'Toole is a Canadian former journalist, best known as a film, dance and theatre critic for ''The Globe and Mail'' and ''Maclean's'' in the 1970s and 1980s. After moving to New York City in 1988, he was a contributor to ''Time'', ''Entertainment Weekly'', '' GQ'' and ''The New York Times'',"Between the Rock and a hard place". ''Montreal Gazette'', October 22, 1994. and volunteered for an AIDS service organization. In 1994, he published ''Heart's Longing: Newfoundland, New York and the Distance Home'', a memoir of his experience growing up in Newfoundland and Labrador, coming out as gay as an adult, and later returning to his hometown of Renews for a visit. The book was an expansion of an article he had previously written for '' Saturday Night''. He also published at least one short story, "Goin' to Town with Katie Ann", which was featured in the 1990 Journey Prize anthology."Readable journey through Canada's diverse short stories". ''Ottawa Citizen The ''Ottawa Citizen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the '' Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's " newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, '' The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of '' The Toronto Mail'' and the '' Toronto Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the paper to the Thomson Corporation in 1980. In 2001, the paper merged with broadc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
