Michael Posner (journalist)

Michael Posner, born 1947, is a Canadian journalist, best known as the author of the Mordecai Richler biography The Last Honest Man,[1] the Anne Murray biography All of Me,[2] and The Art of Medicine: Healing and the Limits of Technology with renowned physician, Dr. Herbert Ho Ping Kong.[3]

In his youth he appeared as an actor in the film And No Birds Sing, for which he won the Canadian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Non-Feature at the 21st Canadian Film Awards in 1969.[4] He did not continue to work as an actor, instead becoming a journalist. In 1977, he co-founded Canadian Lawyer Magazine,[5] and went on to write for publications such as the Financial Times of Canada,[6] The Globe and Mail and Toronto Life. His books have included The Big Picture: What Canadians Think About Almost Everything (1990), cowritten with Allan Gregg;[7] Canadian Dreams: The Making and Marketing of Independent Films (1993);[8] and Triple Bypass (2016), about his own recent battle with heart disease.

References
  1. Donna Bennett, "The Last Honest Man: Mordecai Richler: An Oral Biography (review)". University of Toronto Quarterly, Volume 75, Number 1, Winter 2006. pp. 395-397.
  2. "Anne Murray says farewell with All of Me". CBC News, October 29, 2009.
  3. ""With advances in medical technology, the healing art of doctor-patient relationships is being lost"". CBC News. July 2, 2014.
  4. "'Best Damn Fiddler' Wins Film of the Year Award". Ottawa Journal, October 6, 1969.
  5. "The way it was: 30 years of the law". Canadian Lawyer Magazine. February 6, 2007.
  6. "Thomson buys Financial Times for Globe to manage". Vancouver Sun, December 12, 1989.
  7. Susan Delacourt, Shopping for Votes: How Politicians Choose Us and We Choose Them. D&M Publishers, 2016. ISBN 9781771621106. p. 345.
  8. "Brief Reviews: Canadian Dreams". Books in Canada.
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