Noah Richler
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Noah Richler is a Canadian author, journalist, and broadcaster who was raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and London, England. He is the son of Canadian novelist Mordecai Richler.
Richler worked for many years as a radio documentary producer for
He has contributed to numerous publications in Britain, including The Guardian, Punch and The Daily Telegraph, and in Canada, The Walrus, Maisonneuve, Saturday Night, the Toronto Star, and The Globe and Mail.
He lives in Toronto with his wife, House of Anansi Press publisher Sarah MacLachlan. Richler stood as a candidate for the New Democratic Party in the electoral district of Toronto—St. Paul's in the 2015 federal election.[1] He came third as Carolyn Bennett, St. Paul's' long-serving Liberal Member of Parliament, was re-elected. In 2016 he published The Candidate: Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, a memoir of his experience on the campaign trail.[2] The book was a shortlisted finalist for the 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.[3]
References
- ^ "Author Noah Richler plans to run for NDP in Liberal-dominated Toronto riding". National Post. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ "Review: Noah Richler’s The Candidate is both an instruction manual and a cautionary tale". The Globe and Mail, 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Shaughnessy Cohen book prize shortlist announced". Toronto Star, 21 March 2017.
External links
- Noah Richler profile at Penguin Random House Canada's website
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