Isobel Warren
Encyclopedia
Isobel Warren is a Canadian
author
and journalist
. Her journalism background is in newspapers and magazines, radio and television. She was founder of Hands Magazine, at that time Canada's only national craft publication, and served as its editor throughout the 1980s. Assignments have included: Editor, CARP
News; Producer, The Senior Report (TVO
); Producer, On Top of the World (national TV series.) She writes regularly for a variety of publications in Canada and the U.S., including the Toronto Star
, Good Times, Forever Young and TravelScoop and has appeared in the Medical Post
, National Post
, Globe and Mail, Halifax Herald, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio
), the Cloverdale Reporter and the Rotarian, as well as in-flights, Atmosphere and Airborn.
She was co-founder of the Travel Media Association of Canada. She is the author of On the go at 50 Plus, a handbook for mature travellers published in 1995, and co-author (with her husband, Milan Chvostek) of Florida, Eh? A Canadian Guide to the Sunshine State. She writes a monthly travel column and many articles for Good Times magazine, a Canadian 50-plus magazine.
She attended Ryerson Polytechnic Institute
and the Unversite de Montreal.
She is married to Canadian television producer Milan Chvostek
, and is the mother of computer systems analyst Paul Chvostek and singer-songwriter Annabelle Chvostek
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
and journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
. Her journalism background is in newspapers and magazines, radio and television. She was founder of Hands Magazine, at that time Canada's only national craft publication, and served as its editor throughout the 1980s. Assignments have included: Editor, CARP
Canadian Association of Retired Persons
CARP is a Canadian organization advocating for the rights of those fifty years of age or older....
News; Producer, The Senior Report (TVO
TVOntario
TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario...
); Producer, On Top of the World (national TV series.) She writes regularly for a variety of publications in Canada and the U.S., including the Toronto Star
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
, Good Times, Forever Young and TravelScoop and has appeared in the Medical Post
Medical Post
The Medical Post is a weekly newspaper aimed at Canadian physicians. In 2007, it reported a circulation of 47,000.-External links:*...
, National Post
National Post
The National Post is a Canadian English-language national newspaper based in Don Mills, a district of Toronto. The paper is owned by Postmedia Network Inc. and is published Mondays through Saturdays...
, Globe and Mail, Halifax Herald, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
), the Cloverdale Reporter and the Rotarian, as well as in-flights, Atmosphere and Airborn.
She was co-founder of the Travel Media Association of Canada. She is the author of On the go at 50 Plus, a handbook for mature travellers published in 1995, and co-author (with her husband, Milan Chvostek) of Florida, Eh? A Canadian Guide to the Sunshine State. She writes a monthly travel column and many articles for Good Times magazine, a Canadian 50-plus magazine.
She attended Ryerson Polytechnic Institute
Ryerson University
Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...
and the Unversite de Montreal.
She is married to Canadian television producer Milan Chvostek
Milan Chvostek
Milan Chvostek is a former producer/director at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He worked on A Case for the Court, The Lively Arts, This Hour Has Seven Days, Science Magazine and the CBC's flagship show The Nature of Things, a science documentary television show that has aired in nearly...
, and is the mother of computer systems analyst Paul Chvostek and singer-songwriter Annabelle Chvostek
Annabelle Chvostek
Annabelle Chvostek is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Montreal. She is known for her rich singing voice, compelling lyrics and genre-spanning musicality, as well as her Juno-nominated work with harmony trio The Wailin' Jennys....
.