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Noah Richler

Noah Richler is an author, journalist, and former political candidate. His most recent book is The Candidate (2016).
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Arts & Culture

Man of Letters

August 11, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Noah Richler

Jack Rabinovitch was one of my father’s truest friends—and a pillar in my own life

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Illustration by Mügluck
July/August 2017 / Society

Road to Everywhere

June 29, 2017May 21, 2020 - by Noah Richler

The Trans-Canada Highway killed our sense of adventure. Here’s how to revive the thrill of the unknown

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A ship with a Canadian flag on it
July/August 2014

The Trials of Philip Halliday

July 25, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Noah Richler

Did an out-of-work fisherman from Digby knowingly smuggle one and a half tons of cocaine into Spain?

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Illustration by Barry Blitt
April 2012

War Games

April 12, 2012April 19, 2020 - by Noah Richler

Soldiers, not peacekeepers, are the heroes of the new Canada. How 9/11 changed the way we talk about our troops—and how we see ourselves

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Literature and Place

April 3, 2012October 16, 2019 - by Noah Richler

“Language accounts for a lot. It’s a first expression of the diversity we’re contemplating. But it’s place that trumps it”

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The Art of Culture

January 24, 2012November 19, 2019 - by Noah Richler

“The tar sands are a fascinating way through which to gleam the nature of the morphing culture of the community we call Canada”

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Photograph by Joy von Tiedemann
Memoir / October 2010

My Dad, the Movie, and Me

October 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Noah Richler

On the set of Barney’s Version, with Dustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Minnie Driver, and the ghost of Mordecai Richler

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Business / November 2009

Turning the Page

November 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Noah Richler

Our fragile publishing industry is struggling to adjust to a new world in which the printed word may be an afterthought

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Photograph by Russell Monk
December 2007

Rock Bottom

December 12, 2007May 22, 2020 - by Noah Richler

With the seas nearly barren, should Digby Neck, Nova Scotia, settle for selling the earth?

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April/May 2004 / Books

The New World, Anew

April 12, 2004May 14, 2022 - by Noah Richler

Colin McAdams’s tale bring Can Lit out of the dark

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