Kate Taylor is a feature writer in the Globe’s Arts section, writing on cultural affairs.
Born in France and raised in Ottawa, Taylor studied history and art history at the University of Toronto before completing a Masters in Journalism at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont.
She joined The Globe and Mail’s copy desk in 1989 before moving into the Arts section as a reporter in 1991. In 1995, she was appointed theatre critic, a job she held for eight years, winning two Nathan Cohen Awards and a National Newspaper Award nomination for her reviews.
She is also a prize-winning novelist. Her critically acclaimed 2003 novel Madame Proust and the Kosher Kitchen won the City of Toronto Book Award and was a regional winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, taking the award for best first novel in Canada and the Caribbean. Her 2010 novel A Man in Uniform was nominated for the Ontario Library Association’s Evergreen Award.
In 2009-2010, Kate Taylor served as the Atkinson Fellow, researching Canadian cultural sovereignty in the digital age for a series of articles that appeared in the Toronto Star.
Glee: mining the familiar, but with a twist
It sings (too perfectly). It swoons. But thankfully it also skewers
The new CHCH: simple and close to home
The future of local TV? Think mustard seeds and mockingbirds
Are you still watching Big Brother? You need to get a life
What does it say about our culture that the show is entering its 11th season?
Why immortality is a pointless quest
Life After People offers a very, very long-term forecast
Reheated Ramsay
A tired recipe for stir-fried, braised and scorched combat
Black in America: the sequel
Soledad O'Brien should take a step back, dig a little deeper, dry up the tears
Analyzing Obama and welcoming a new Miss Marple
American television promises to be a schizophrenic experience this weekend: July 4 joy, or mourning for Michael?
The challenge of following Paradise Falls
If you want loyal viewers, how about some regular scheduling?
Nurse Jackie needs a big injection of quirk
Edie Falco needs to make viewers forget about Carmela Soprano
