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Marian Botsford Fraser

Marian Botsford Fraser (@mbotsfordfraser) is a Toronto-based writer, critic, and broadcaster.
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Arts & Culture

A Mail-Order Catalogue for the Literary Set

December 9, 2016August 8, 2020 - by Marian Botsford Fraser

Why the Lee Valley gift guide brings us joy

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Justice / November 2013

Forgotten Woman

November 5, 2013September 8, 2017 - by Marian Botsford Fraser

The bleak prison life of Renée Acoby

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Illustration by Stephen Appleby-Barr
Feature / March 2010 / The Walrus True Crime

Does Canada’s Penal System Create Dangerous Offenders?

March 12, 2010April 15, 2020 - by Marian Botsford Fraser

Only two women have been labelled dangerous offenders in Canada. Could Renée Acoby be the third?

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Books / July/August 2008

Post-Colonial Journeys

July 12, 2008October 15, 2019 - by Marian Botsford Fraser

In the age of the global citizen, travel literature is in crisis

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Books / November 2007

“Sailarjuarmiinginaaqitaa?”

November 12, 2007April 19, 2020 - by Marian Botsford Fraser

Two new books ask, “Are we still in the same world?”

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June 2004 / Media

Stopping the Presses

June 12, 2004April 30, 2020 - by Marian Botsford Fraser

harare—It is disconcerting to visit a newspaper with no newsroom, but surreal experiences are not uncommon in Zimbabwe. Take The Daily News: when I was there in early February, the …

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