Photograph © Gary Gould

About The Author
‘Mark Bulgutch is a journalist, educator, speaker, and the author of the instant #1 national bestseller Extraordinary Canadians and three other books. He worked for CBC for forty years, eleven as the senior editor of The National and another ten as senior executive producer of all live news specials. He taught at Toronto Metropolitan University for thirty-five years. A regular contributor of opinion columns to The Toronto Star, he has won fourteen Gemini Awards, four RTDNA Awards, the Canadian Journalism Foundation Award of Excellence, and the Canadian Association
of Broadcasters Gold Ribbon Award. He lives in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter
@MarkBulgutch.’

That’s what Simon & Schuster says about Mark Bulgutch. But let’s back up a little.
Mark worked most of his career as a journalist behind-the-scenes – ‘senior editor’,
‘senior executive producer’ – and this doesn’t mention his role in producing the CBC
Olympic coverage for several years. His bestseller may be Extraordinary Canadians, but his tour-de-force is his book That’s Why I’m a Journalist. His extensive knowledge of the many contributors to his collection on Journalism and the familiarity of the names in the book make this book a special read.

Mark will be speaking on his books with a special reference to That’s Why I’m a
Journalist. Don’t miss this talk by an important contributor to what can only be called documentary history and a great read. And, by the way, Mark lives here in North York.