bout de papier, Volume 18, Issue No. 4, 2001-2002
The Saddest Country: On Assignment in Colombia / Far in the Waste Sudan: On Assignment in Africa
How Nicholas Coghlan became a member of Canada’s Foreign Service should be closely investigated. The selection process, the questions asked and those asking the questions should be identified so that the information can be used to ensure persons of similar striking qualities…
The Weekenders — Travels in the Heart of Africa
The Weekenders — Travels in the Heart of Africa is a book of short stories – with a difference.
Canadians on the Nile
Readers of bout de pacier may not date that Canada’s presence on the Nile dates back rather longer than the establishment of our mission in Cairo, to the presence of Canadian voyageurs on the famous expedition of Field Marshal Kitchener to the…
“Tails” from the Luggage Hold
Now I grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in Ottawa. I used to hang around late at night near the market, cruising for guys – I was barely out of my teens but I’d already had three or four…
