Stuart McLean

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Stuart McLean has many different occupations. An author, a comedian, radio broadcaster, and an university professor. Born 1948, in Montreal West, Quebec, he will be celebrating his 60th birthday, in 2008. You wouldn’t have guessed that Stuart Mclean was born in a mainly French speaking community; nevertheless he excels in English literature. This Canadian author’s early years, and family information is milky, but one of the few things we know is where he went to school. This man went to Bishop’s College School, and graduated from Sir George Williams University, with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Stuart Mclean (http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2007/04/18/ leacock-medal-mclean.html)

Mclean is the bestselling author of The Morningside World of Stuart McLean, Welcome Home: Travels in Smalltown Canada and Stories from the Vinyl Café( he also edited When We Were Young. Welcome Home). These books are only part of this man's extraordinary accomplishments, throughout the years. He has also won many awards for his writing and other works; 1979 he won an ACTRA award for Best Radio Documentary; he was a finalist in the 1990 City of Toronto Book Awards; as well he was chosen by the Canadian Authors’ Association as the best non-fiction book of 1993; and won the Canadian Authors’ Association Jubilee Award in 2004. As well he is known for his radio show The Vinyl Café, on CBC Radio One and Radio Two. He reads one of his short stories, and plays music that’s different every week. His radio show is a success by itself; more than 700 000 people tune in every weekend to hear what’s new, (stories) with Dave and Morley. From 1998 Stuart Mclean took his show on the road, visiting all over Canada and even in the USA, and promoting unknown Canadian musicians. A few years ago, (2004) he retired from being a professor at the school of Journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto. One thing that hasn’t changed throughout his years is his very distinctive voice.

Home From The Vinyl Cafe (cover) (i drew it)

How Stuart Mclean comes up with these amazing short stories is a mystery about to be uncovered. He goes to “the world’s smallest record store” and buys some music (new or old) for his show, and along with that gathers gossip from Dave the store's owner. This neighborhood gossip gets turned into stories, which make thousands of people laugh, all throughout Canada. In addition to that Stuart Mclean was a frequently on The Morningside with Peter Gzowski; along with that he was sometimes the host of this show.

Stuart Mclean (I drew it)

This bestselling Canadian author has really been a success. He showed people that you don’t have to be an American author to be famous; you just need to make that publicity for yourself. Not only that but he makes it so that unknown Canadian musicians, who are really just as good if not better than musicians in countries across the world, are now known throughout all of Canada and the USA. All in all, this man set goals for many people, and doesn’t stop when he gets there, he set new ones that are even harder to achieve; climbing always higher on the mountain of success.

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