Jul 27, 2020
Richard Nash is a coach, strategist, and serial entrepreneur. He led partnerships and content at the culture discovery start-up Small Demons and the new media app Byliner. Previously he ran independent publishers Soft Skull (not Skill) Press and Red Lemonade where he published Maggie Nelson, Lynne Tillman, Vanessa...
Jul 20, 2020
David Frum is a senior editor
at The
Atlantic.
From 2014 through 2017, he served as chairman of the board of trustees of the leading UK center-right think tank, Policy Exchange. In 2001-2002, he served as speechwriter and special assistant to President George W. Bush; in 2007-2008, as senior adviser to the Rudy...
From 2014 through 2017, he served as chairman of the board of trustees of the leading UK center-right think tank, Policy Exchange. In 2001-2002, he served as speechwriter and special assistant to President George W. Bush; in 2007-2008, as senior adviser to the Rudy...
Jul 16, 2020
Peter Florence is a British festival
director, notable for founding
the Hay Festival
with his parents,
Norman and Rhoda
Florence. FYI the first festival was financed with winnings from a
poker game.
Peter was educated at Ipswich School, Jesus College, Cambridge, and the University of Paris...
Peter was educated at Ipswich School, Jesus College, Cambridge, and the University of Paris...
Jul 13, 2020
Mark Bourrie is a
Canadian lawyer, blogger, journalist, author, historian, and
lecturer. His work has appeared in many Canadian magazines and
newspapers. In 2020, his book
Bushrunner: The Adventures of Pierre Radisson, won the
final RBC Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction.
Known widely as the namesake of...
Jul 6, 2020
Ian Wilson was
chief Librarian and Archivist of Canada from 2004 to 2009. Prior to
this as National Archivist, with Roch Carrier the then National
Librarian, he developed and led the process to merge the National
Archives and National Library into a unified institution. "His
distinguished career has included archival...