It was not so much a red shirt as it was a cherry red shirt that I was wearing when Barbara Walters walked in for our interview. Looking back all these years later, I cringe at the thought of that…
Yearly Archives: 2022
Lost in the Star
Last night I dreamed I went back to the Toronto Star newsroom again. I step into the lobby at One Yonge Street and then take the elevator to the fifth floor. In my dream, Conrad Black is on the elevator.…
Tagged with: Gina Mallet, Jim Bawden, Peter Goddard, Sid Adilman, The Toronto Star
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Evolution of a Novel: How Death at the Savoy Came to Be
Susan Walker, former editor of Quill and Quire, who also served as the Toronto Star’s book editor, and no slouch when it comes to all things literary, has written a wonderful piece about how my new novel (with Prudence Emery),…
Tagged with: Death at the Savoy, Douglas & McIntyre, Nanaimo Girl, Prudence Emery, Quill and Quire, Ron Base, Susan Walker, The Sanibel Sunset Detective, Toronto Star
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DEATH AT THE SAVOY COMES TO THE MOVIES
Prudence Emery and I are delighted that Los Angeles-based The Ponti Company has acquired movie and TV rights to Death at the Savoy, even before its publication May 28. Here’s what producers Sasha Alexander-Ponti and Edoardo Ponti had to say…
Tagged with: Death at the Savoy, Edoardo Pontil, Prudence Emery, Sasha Alexander-Ponti, The Ponti Copany
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FINALLY, A BOOK!
Death at the Savoy arrived on my doorstep early this morning. It’s been a long but mostly delightful journey getting here, in close company with my old friend and collaborator, Prudence Emery. For an author there is nothing quite like…
Tagged with: Bill Hanna, Death at the Savoy, Douglas & McIntyre, Prudence Emery, Ron Base
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HEAVENLY BODIES AND THE DANE: Remembering Actor Lawrence Dane
Larry Dane, or Lawrence of the Dane, as I dubbed him, was always a bit of a renegade in the Canadian film industry. Over the years I knew him, I often thought Larry (actually, Lawrence Zahab) never got the credit…
PETERTHE GREAT: REMEMBERING PETER GODDARD
Not only was Peter Goddard for many years Canada’s pre-eminent music critic, he was also a dear friend who I admired tremendously. Peter had been fighting cancer for the past year or so. True to his contrary nature, he refused…
Tagged with: Peter Goddard, The Toronto Telegram, Toronto Globe and Mail, Toronto Star
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Ron Base Writes 