Causeway: A Passage from Innocence is a non-fiction book, written by Canadian writer Linden MacIntyre , first published in August 2006 by HarperCollins . In the book, the author recounts the 1950s construction of the Canso Causeway , linking Cape Breton to mainland Nova Scotia . MacIntyre reflects on changing ways of life and his relationship with his father. Causeway is a strong narrative of changing times and vanishing landscapes.[2]
About the author
MacIntyre is a distinguished broadcaster, born in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador , and raised in Port Hastings, Cape Breton. He began his career reporting news at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald , joining CBC Television in 1976 as a story editor . MacIntyre would soon host his own program, "The MacIntyre File". He moved to Toronto in 1980 re-joining CBC, where he co-hosted the public affairs program The Fifth Estate until 2014.[3]
Awards and honours
Causeway received the 2007 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ".[2]
Winners of the Edna Staebler Award
1990s
Susan Mayse , Ginger (1991)
Marie Wadden , Nitassinan , (1992)
Liza Potvin , White Lies (for my mother) and Elizabeth Hay , The Only Snow in Havana (1993)
Linda Johns , Sharing a Robin's Life (1994)
Denise Chong , The Concubine's Children (1995)
George G. Blackburn , The Guns of Normandy (1996)
Anne Mullens , Timely Death (1997)
Charlotte Gray , Mrs. King (1998)
Michael Poole , Romancing Mary Jane (1999)
2000s
Wayson Choy , Paper Shadows (2000)
Taras Grescoe , Sacré Blues (2001)
Tom Allen , Rolling Home (2002)
Alison Watt , The Last Island (2003)
Andrea Curtis , Into the Blue (2004)
Anne Coleman , I'll Tell You a Secret (2005)
Francis Chalifour , After (2006)
Linden MacIntyre , Causeway (2007)
Bruce Serafin , Stardust (2008)
Russell Wangersky , Burning Down the House (2009)
2010s
John Leigh Walters , A Very Capable Life (2010)
Helen Waldstein Wilkes , Letters from the Lost (2011)
Joshua Knelman , Hot Art (2012)
Carol Shaben , Into the Abyss (2013)
Arno Kopecky , The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway (2014)
Lynn Thomson, Birding with Yeats (2015)
Ann Walmsley, The Prison Book Club (2016)
Sonja Larsen, Red Star Tattoo (2017)
Pauline Dakin , Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood (2018)
Kate Harris , Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road (2019)
2020s
Ann Hui, Chop Suey Nation (2020)
Vicki Laveau-Harvie, The Erratics: A Memoir (2021)
Jillian Horton, We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing (2022)
Hilary Peach, Thick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister in the Brotherhood (2023)