Bronwyn Drainie

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Bronwyn Drainie
CM
Born1945 (age 7879)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canadian
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]

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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.