
Allan Fotheringham
Journalist and Bestselling Author
Allan Fotheringham's career as a journalist spans nearly five decades. He is perhaps best known as a writer for Maclean's where for 27 years he made the back page famous and put the magazine on the map. A highly entertaining speaker, Fotheringham speaks on issues ranging from politics to sex, to the state of the nation and other nations.
Allan Fotheringham is a distinguished journalist who is likely best-known as a columnist for Maclean's magazine, where he penned the "last page" column for 27 years.
The author of eight books, Fotheringham also appeared for ten years on the famous CBC television show, Front Page Challenge, and has worked for numerous news organizations including the Vancouver Sun, The Financial Post, Sun Media and The Globe and Mail.
His career has taken him to many places on almost every continent, and allowed him to meet many renowned personalities, from Robert F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, and Brian Mulroney to The Beatles, Pierre Trudeau, and Nelson Mandela.
Fotheringham's most recent book is his memoir, Boy from Nowhere: A Life in Ninety-One Countries.
An inductee into the Canadian News Hall of Fame, Fotheringham received the first National Newspaper Award for column writing; won the Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award; and received a Doctorate of Letters from the University of New Brunswick.
A highly entertaining speaker, Fotheringham speaks on issues ranging from politics, to sex, to the state of the nation and other nations.
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Malice in Blunderland
The current scene of the nonsense of the Canadian political spectrum -
My Five Years as a Columnist in Washington
Fotheringham reminisces about travelling in every one of the 50 states except four, covering Ronnie Reagan and George Bush, not to mention Sondra Gotlieb. -
The Prime Ministers I Have Known Personally
His takes on John Diefenbaker, Lester Pearson, Pierre Trudeau, John Turner, Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell, Jean Chretien and Paul Martin, warts and all! -
The Most Intelligent Three people I Have Ever Met
Anecdotes on his meetings with former premier of the People's Republic of China Chou en-Lai, former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and boxing legend Muhammad Ali. -
How I Invented Both Brian Mulroney and Paul Martin, and Have Had Second Thoughts about Both
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Your deep understanding of Canada's political system, which you shared with us was very much appreciated and while you dealt with it in a humorous manner, your concluding remarks left us with a note of optimism for our wonderful country.
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Canada's most consistently controversial newspaper columnist... a tangier critic of complacency has rarely appeared in a Canadian newspaper.
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October 2011Boy From Nowhere: A Life in Ninety-One Countries
Born in Hearne, Saskatchewan, in 1932, Allan Fotheringham has had a distinguished career as one of Canada's pre-eminent newspaper and magazine journalists. Dubbed "Dr. Foth," Fotheringham graduated from the University of British Columbia and has worked for numerous news organizations, including the Vancouver Sun, Southam News, the Financial Post, Sun Media, the Globe and Mail, and most notably as a long-time columnist for Maclean's. His career has taken him to many places on almost every continent as a correspondent and allowed him to meet everybody from Bobby Kennedy and Henry Kissinger to The Beatles and Princess Diana. For 10 years he was a panellist on the popular CBC-TV show Front Page Challenge, and he''s won many awards, including the National Magazine Award for Humour, a National Newspaper Award for column writing, and the Bruce Hutchinson Life Achievement Award.
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September 2001Fotheringham's Fictionary of Facts and Follies
For over a generation, the illustrious Dr. Foth has dispensed doses of his irrepressible wit and pith in the most eagerly devoured columns to appear in the newspapers and magazines of our day. In Fotheringham`s Fictionary of Facts & Follies, Allan Fotheringham offers his loyal readers an hilarious compendium of opinions, Fothisms and profiles from the many subjects (and targets) that have fallen under his busy pen. From Lord Almost to Larry Zolf, The Zalm to the Argos, the Foth`s telling anecdotes and brazen insights take us through the ABCs of the politicians, people and personalities who have left their mark on our time.
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October 1999Last Page First
Reflections on his life in journalism over the previous 47 years.
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January 1989Birds of a Feather: The Press and the Politicians
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