Bill Richardson (born 1955 in

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) is a Canadian radio broadcaster and author. Richardson received his B.A. from the

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in 1976. After spending a year in Montpellier, he moved to

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, where he completed a

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at the

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. He received an honorary doctorate from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, June 2017. He was a long-time broadcaster on

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, beginning in 1992 as a regular contributor and guest host on

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's show. When Gabereau left to host a television show on CTV, Richardson moved over to CBC Radio Two to host ''As You Like It'', a classical music request show. In 1997 he returned to CBC Radio One to become host of '' Richardson's Roundup''. He began hosting a new show, ''

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'', in 2004, and was replaced as host of ''The Roundup'' by

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. During the CBC staff lockout of 2005, he noted in the ''CBC Unplugged'' staff

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that he has spent his entire time as a CBC host on contract, rather than as a permanent employee. CBC's labour troubles resulted in his return to the air via reruns of ''The Roundup''. He was also a frequent guest host of ''

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'', moderated CBC's annual ''

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'' from 2003 to 2007, and was the host of '' Saturday Afternoon at the Opera'' and ''Sunday Afternoon in Concert'' from 2007 until 2013. Richardson's book ''

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'' won the

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in 1994. Richardson now makes regular appearances on

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for its fundraising. He is currently working on a musical based on

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ads entitled ''do you want what I have got? a Craigslist Cantata'' with

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and Amiel Gladstone.

Bibliography

* ''Canada Customs: Droll Recollections, Musings and Quibbles'' (1988) * ''Queen of all the dustballs: and other epics of everyday life'' (1990) * ''Come into my parlour: cautionary verses and instructive tales for the new millennium'' (1994) * ''Guy to Goddess: An Intimate Look at Drag Queens'' (1994) * ''

'' (1993) * ''Bachelor Brothers Bed & Breakfast Pillow Book'' (1995) * ''Bachelor Brothers' bedside companion'' (1996) * ''Scorned and beloved: dead of winter meetings with Canadian eccentrics'' (1997) * ''Oddball@large'' (1998) * ''Great Canadian books of the century: Vancouver Public Library'' (1999) * ''After Hamelin'' (2000) * ''Waiting for Gertrude: A Graveyard Gothic'' (2001) * ''Dear Sad Goat: a roundup of truly Canadian tales & letters'' (2002) * ''Sally Dog Little'' (2002) * ''But If They Do'' (2003) * ''Sally Dog Little Undercover Agent'' (2003) * (foreword by Bill Richardson) ''Character parts: who's really who in CanLit'' (2003) * ''Old Father William's Well-Ordered Universe'' (2008) * ''I Saw Three Ships – Westend Stories'' (2019)

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