Bronwyn Drainie

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Bronwyn Drainie
CM
Born1945 (age 78–79)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Radio host, columnist, book reviewer, editor

Bronwyn D. A. Drainie CM (born 1945) is a Canadian arts journalist. She was the editor-in-chief of the Literary Review of Canada from 2003 to 2015.[1][2] She has also been a columnist and book reviewer[3] for The Globe and Mail. Drainie served as a host of programming on CBC Radio,[4] including the flagship program Sunday Morning. She is the daughter of actors John Drainie and Claire Drainie Taylor.

She was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2023.[5]

Books

  • Drainie, Bronwyn (1988). Living the Part: John Drainie and the Dilemma of Canadian Stardom. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. .
  • Drainie, Bronwyn (1994). My Jerusalem: Secular Adventures in the Holy City. Toronto: Doubleday Canada. .

References

  1. ^ "Bronwyn Drainie", Literary Review of Canada, 2017
  2. ^ Lynne Van Luven (Oct 30, 2005). "Looking for Canadian literature that matters". Times Colonist. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2010-12-22. I'm torturing myself this way because of an e-mail message I received several weeks ago from Bronwyn Drainie, editor of the Literary Review of Canada.
  3. ^ Margaret Visser, book review by Bronwyn Drainie (2010-12-22). "Beyond Fate". CBC Digital Archives. Retrieved 2010-12-22. Margaret Visser writes playful books about serious subjects. Whether it's table manners (Much Depends on Dinner) or our behaviour in church (The Geometry of Love),...
  4. ^ "Saving sick satellites". CBC Digital Archives. Dec 29, 1984. Retrieved 2010-12-22. ... reporter Bronwyn Drainie tells CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks.
  5. ^ "Order of Canada appointees – December 2023". Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2023-12-28.