Noah Richler
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Noah Richler is an author and broadcaster who lives in Toronto and Nova Scotia. He made radio documentaries for the BBC for many years before returning to Canada in 1998 to join the founding staff of the National Post. He is the author of This Is My Country, What’s Yours? A Literary Atlas of Canada, which won the 2007 British Columbia Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, was nominated for the 2006 Nereus Writer’s Trust Non-Fiction Prize and was chosen as a ‘Best Book’ by the Globe and Mail, the National Post and Amazon.ca, and chosen as one of Canada’s Top Ten Books of the Decade by Macleans.ca. He is a regular contributor to the op-ed and cultural pages of the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and the National Post, The Walrus and Maclean’s and is the winner of two gold National Magazine Awards. His new book, What We Talk About When We Talk About War is published by Goose Lane Editions.

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What We Talk About When We Talk About War: An Excerpt

(1) Comments | Posted February 8, 2013 | 11:37 AM

The Huffington Post Canada is delighted to once again be partnering with the Writers' Trust of Canada Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. In the weeks leading up to the March 6 announcement of this year's prize winner, we are publishing excerpts from each of the five finalists....

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Québeckers Don't Want Separation, We Want Better

(99) Comments | Posted September 7, 2012 | 9:24 AM

Earlier this year, Liberal MP Justin Trudeau got into trouble for suggesting that he understood some of the resentment of Québeckers opposed to Harper's Canada, then backtracking after accusations that he was a closet separatist. I feel a little sorry he did so, as I feel as he...

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When a War Conveniently Becomes a "Mission"

(4) Comments | Posted April 20, 2012 | 9:33 AM

This is the last of five excerpts from Noah Richler's new book, What We Talk About When We Talk About War. Noah has personally chosen the excerpts and written a short introduction to each, exclusively for Huffpost readers. You can read the first excerpt here, and...

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Leaving Afghanistan: Was it All or Nothing?

(5) Comments | Posted April 19, 2012 | 9:38 AM

This is the fourth of five excerpts from Noah Richler's new book, What We Talk About When We Talk About War. Noah has personally chosen the excerpts and written a short introduction to each, exclusively for Huffpost readers. You can read the first excerpt here, and...

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What Army Recruitment Ads tell us About Ourselves

(2) Comments | Posted April 17, 2012 | 8:38 AM

This is the third of five excerpts from Noah Richler's new book, What We Talk About When We Talk About War. Noah has personally chosen the excerpts and written a short introduction to each, exclusively for Huffpost readers. You can read the first excerpt here, and...

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The Myth of the Mighty

(0) Comments | Posted April 17, 2012 | 8:23 AM

This is the second of five excerpts from Noah Richler's new book, What We Talk About When We Talk About War. Noah has personally chosen the excerpts and written a short introduction to each, exclusively for Huffpost readers. You can read the first excerpt here. Tomorrow:...

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Was Canada Lured Into Afghanistan by the Thrill of War?

(8) Comments | Posted April 16, 2012 | 12:58 AM

Huffpost Canada is thrilled to present the first of five excerpts from Noah Richler's new book, What We Talk About When We Talk About War. Noah has personally chosen the excerpts for our readers and written a short introduction to each.

A BOOK DEMANDS several decisions before...

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