from the cover of HELPLESS…
CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD has been a high-profile Canadian journalist for over 25 years, with columns covering sports, lifestyle, current affairs, and crime. She started working for The Globe and Mail in 1972 while still studying at Ryerson, and has since worked for the Toronto Star, the Toronto Sun and the National Post. She returned to The Globe and Mail in 2002. She is a winner of the National Newspaper Award for column writing, and was awarded the Ross Munro Media Award by the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute.
Her previous book Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death in the New Canadian Army won the 2008 Governor General’s Literary Award for non-fiction.
Links
- Globe & Mail: Christie Blatchford
- Anchor Canada catalogue: Fifteen Days
- Canada Council for the Arts: 2008 Governor General’s Literary Awards See also: LINK
- VoiceofCanada, April 29/10: Video: Christie Blatchford on Afghanistan experience
HELPLESS: Caledonia's Nightmare of Fear & Anarchy, And How The Law Failed All of Us 