Glorious & Free: The Canadians

by Noah D & No Thing, Joyce Colton, Frank Viva (Illustrator), Yann Martel (Foreword by)

Overview

In their book Glorious & Free, authors and creative directors Kim Bozak and Rita Field-Marsham are redefining how Canadians see themselves by shining a light on thirty-three daring individuals who, through the way they lead their lives, are revealing the most beautiful thing about this country: that here individuals are free to be whoever they dream themselves to be so long as they are courageous enough to embrace it. And when each one of us is free to live to the fullest expression of ourselves, the result is an intricately beautiful and ever-changing kaleidoscope that is glorious and free.

Glorious & Free is a masterpiece of collaboration between leading creative industry professionals, including Joanne Ratajczak (Photographer), Siavash Khasha (Designer), Rosemary Shipton (Executive Editor), Chris Frey (Editor and Writer), Jason McBride (Writer), Linda Besner (Writer), Megan Cuff (Project Manager), and Sarah Angel (Consulting Editor).

Told through a series of intimate interviews and photographs, and featuring original illustrations by the legendary Frank Viva, Glorious & Free is an inspirational, artistic and enduring vehicle to celebrate this new Canadian identity. It’s a timely and more fulfilling image of who we are today, and who we can be tomorrow.

Spotlighted in the book are the following glorious Canadians:
Mustafa Ahmed
Cameron Bailey
Cazhhmere Blanche
Nathalie Bondil
Ed Burtynsky
Zita Cobb
Andre De Grasse
Will Gadd
Bruno Guévremont
Kate Harris
Alexa Hatanaka and Patrick Thompson
Alex Josephson
Roxanne Joyal
Mosha Lundström Halbert
Jesse McCleery
Steve Moore
Byron and Dexter Peart
Crystal Pite
Bruce Poon Tip
Maria Qamar
Aurelié Rivard
Coco Rocha
Matthew Romeo
Daniel Saks and Nicholas Desmarais
Angela Strange
Scotty Sussman aka That Girl Sussi
Ilya Sutskever
Tanya Taylor
Stéphane Tétreault
Madeleine Thien and Rawi Hage
Liane Thomas
Zeke Thurston
Katherena Vermette

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781487003531
Publisher:	House of Anansi Press Inc
Publication date:	09/21/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	360
File size:	108 MB
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About the Author

Rita is a Dutch-Kenyan new Canadian and former prosecutor and public defender in Kenya. After moving to Toronto in 2004, she founded Kenya’s first turnkey school library model and has now built twenty-seven libraries. She is currently in the process of drafting new legislation with the Kenya Law Reform Commission to ensure that all school-aged children have access to libraries and the knowledge they need to shape their future.
Originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Kim is active in numerous art and social causes. A former co-chair of the Canadian Art Foundation, she currently serves on the board of the National Arts Centre and is also a member of the Sotheby’s Advisory Board. Kim was also part of the group that helped bring Volt Hockey—a version of the sport that enables kids with physical disabilities to play by using a specially designed chair—to Canada.

FRANK VIVA is managing director and founding partner of Viva & CO., an independent branding and design agency that has created award-winning work for companies such as Le Creuset, MoMA, and Butterfield & Robinson. He is a frequent cover artist for The New Yorker magazine and his first book, Along a Long Road, was a bestseller and a New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Children’s Book selection. His fourth book, Young Frank, Architect, was the first picture book ever created for The Museum of Modern Art’s publications department and was translated into seven languages. He lives in Toronto with his family.