|
|
Article: Award winner Q&A.(Ken McGoogan to get 2006 Pierre Berton Award )(Interview)
- Article from:
- The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2006 Canada's National History Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Canada's National History Society is pleased to announce Ken McGoogan as the winner of the 2006 Pierre Berton Award for popularizing Canadian history. Now in its twelfth year, the Berton Award has become the biggest history prize in Canada. This year's award events were held at the Empire Landmark Hotel in conjunction with the National History Conference in Vancouver, on October 21, 2006.
Montreal-born Ken McGoogan has achieved fame--and a little notoriety--for three internationally published biographies focusing on northern exploration--Fatal Passage, Ancient Mariner, and Lady Franklin's Revenge. He has drawn on research skills developed as a journalist and ...