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Search - List of Books by John Robert Colombo
John Robert Colombo, CM (b. March 24, 1936, Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian poet, anthologist, editor, essayist, and humorist, the author of innumerable books, best known as a writer and compiler of reference works and editor of anthologies pertaining to Canadian culture, history and geography, and the fields of science fiction, fantasy, and horror; his Other Canadas [1979] was the first anthology of Canadian science fiction and fantasy, and established the case that such a thing actually did exist. He was also co-editor of Not to Be Taken at Night [1982], the first anthology of Canadian horror fiction. He was a charter member of Hydra North, the country's first association of SF professionals (founded by Judith Merril). He has served as an editorial adviser to The Ryerson Press and McClelland & Stewart and other publishing houses. He currently sits on the editorial board of the Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, a reprint publisher of Canadiana and classic pulp fiction, and runs his own publishing enterprise, Colombo & Company.
Colombo's most famous works compile quotations by Canadians about all subjects and about Canada by non-Canadians, in a format similar to Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. He has also been a prolific compiler of told-as-true accounts of the supernatural, including ghost and UFO stories. He is known nationally as "the Master Gatherer," "John 'Bartlett' Colombo," and "Canada's Mr. Mystery."
He was educated at the University of Toronto in English and philosophy, graduating in 1959. He subsequently taught at Atkinson College, York University, Downsview, Ont., but is mainly known as an "editor-at-large."
He is a recipient of the Centennial Medal, the Order of Cyril and Methodius (1st class), the Harbourfront Literary Award, a D.Litt. (h.c.) from York University and the Order of Canada. An occasional contributor to newspapers and magazines as well as radio and television, he hosted the six-part series Unexplained Canada on Space, which premiered in January 2006. He was chosen Humanist of the Year (2010) by the Humanist Assocation of Toronto.
John Robert Colombo has been a frequent commentator in the media. From 1990 to 2010 he offered instructional courses on presentation skills with Canada's "presentation guru," Peter Urs Bender, at the Canadian Management Centre, Toronto, Canada.
Colombo's most famous works compile quotations by Canadians about all subjects and about Canada by non-Canadians, in a format similar to Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. He has also been a prolific compiler of told-as-true accounts of the supernatural, including ghost and UFO stories. He is known nationally as "the Master Gatherer," "John 'Bartlett' Colombo," and "Canada's Mr. Mystery."
He was educated at the University of Toronto in English and philosophy, graduating in 1959. He subsequently taught at Atkinson College, York University, Downsview, Ont., but is mainly known as an "editor-at-large."
He is a recipient of the Centennial Medal, the Order of Cyril and Methodius (1st class), the Harbourfront Literary Award, a D.Litt. (h.c.) from York University and the Order of Canada. An occasional contributor to newspapers and magazines as well as radio and television, he hosted the six-part series Unexplained Canada on Space, which premiered in January 2006. He was chosen Humanist of the Year (2010) by the Humanist Assocation of Toronto.
John Robert Colombo has been a frequent commentator in the media. From 1990 to 2010 he offered instructional courses on presentation skills with Canada's "presentation guru," Peter Urs Bender, at the Canadian Management Centre, Toronto, Canada.
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