Canadian Authors

Canadian Authors
Genre	biography
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	1 November (1978-11-01) – 21 December 1978 (1978-12-21)

Canadian Authors is a Canadian biographical television series which aired on CBC Television in 1978.

Premise

Episodes of this series featured various Canadian authors and were produced at various CBC facilities throughout Canada.[1]

Production

• Halifax: Harry J. Boyle, Alden Nowlan
• Montreal: Margaret Atwood, Michel Carneau, Jacques Godbout, Mordecai Richler, Yves Thériault, Hugh MacLennan
• Ottawa: David Helwig, Naim Kattan, Blaise Mukherjee, Dorothy O'Connell
• St. John's: Harold Horwood, Joey Smallwood
• Toronto: Carol Bolt, Robertson Davies, Marion Engel, Sylvia Fraser, Tom Hendry
• Vancouver: Barry Broadfoot, James Clavell, Jack Hodgins, Susan Musgrave
• Winnipeg: Heather Robertson, Ken Mitchell, Robert Kroetsch, Dorothy Livesay

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast from Monday to Thursday at 2:30 p.m. from 1 November to 21 December 1978.

References

1. "Canadian Authors". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "Canadian Authors". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.