BARRY CALLAGHAN Man of Letters, and then some

www.movingstories.tv – There is an amazing quality around those who had the fortune to be creative in a certain period of Canada’s history. Consider BARRY CALLAGHAN. He has done work in journalism, television, and filmmaking in addition to his writing of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. He began his career as a part-time reporter for CBC television news and gave weekly book reviews on the CBC radio program Audio. During the late 60s he was literary editor of the Toronto Telegram, for which he wrote essays and books reviews that were amazing for their insight and controversial candour. He was also host and documentary producer for the public affairs show Weekend, in which capacity he made over 20 short films on political trouble spots and taped interviews with international figures such as Golda Meir and King Hussein. In 1972 Callaghan founded the international literary quarterly Exile, which extended to publishing house Exile Editions. He taught at York University and mentored far too many illustrious grads to list here. Perhaps our artists of today, empowered with the access that media technology and digital everything lends, are returning to the renaissance cross-discipline talents of champions like Mr. Callaghan. We were very happy to be able to lend our small part when McArthur and Co. asked us to contribute a short five video minute tribute to this Man of Letters. Many thanks to interviewer Ray Robertson, whose BookShort Author Profile featuring his recent novel What Happened Later, can be viewed on BookShorts BiblioBlog -- www.bookshorts.com/blog .

McArthur & Co. is re-issuing an entire collection of Barry’s books, as well as his excellent collection of short stories, BETWEEN TRAINS, all of which you can peruse at their website www.mcarthur-co.com.

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