Mike Filey (1941–2022)
Author of A Toronto Album: Glimpses of the City That Was
About the Author
Mike Filey was born in Toronto in 1941. He has written more than two dozen books on various facets of Toronto's past and for more than thirty-five years has contributed a popular column, "The Way We Were," to the Toronto Sunday Sun. His Toronto Sketches series is more popular now than ever before.
Series
Works by Mike Filey
Toronto Sketches 9: "The Way We Were" Columns from the Toronto Sunday Sun (No. 9) (2006) 19 copies, 1 review
Toronto Flashbacks 2: A Postcard Book of 30 Black and White Historical Photographs (1989) 10 copies, 1 review
A Toronto almanac : things typical, topical & trivial about Toronto : in celebration of Toronto's 150th Anniversary (1983) 8 copies
Look at Us Now 6 copies
Associated Works
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1941-10-11
- Date of death
- 2022-07-30
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Ryerson University
- Occupations
- historian
columnist
radio host - Organizations
- Toronto Sun
- Awards and honors
- Jean Hibbert Memorial Award
- Nationality
- Canada
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Places of residence
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Associated Place (for map)
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Members
Reviews
I was perplexed at first when I read the title. What the heck is Sunnyside? Well, it's a great journey through a fun part of Toronto history and of course, I've fallen in love with Mike Filey's writing style. Anything that makes me forget that I'm reading nonfiction is awesome in my books. I have a full review here: http://www.examiner.com/publishing-in-toronto/toronto-book-review-i-remember-sun.... But if you're not up to reading a few more words, let me say this is an excellent history of show more Toronto that is well written and the pictures, again, I'll say are amazing. show less
When I first picked up this book I was kind of like "Eww, a boat?" and I was pleasantly surprised. The pictures Mike Filey used in this book are amazing. What a great look at one of Canada's major cities and a small part of its history. Just goes to show you should never judge a book by its cover...or genre. Full review: http://www.examiner.com/publishing-in-toronto/toronto-book-review-trilium-and-to...
For some reason, Goodreads has decided I can't leave a rating. **sigh** 5 Stars. Okay? Good. Loved this book and I'm now a bit of a history buff. I didn't know history was actually...interesting. Imagine that.
I have a full review here: http://www.examiner.com/books-in-canada/spotlight-on-canadian-authors-review-of-... but if you don't want to go there, I'll say I recommend you pick up this book. Mike has a very distinct writing style that makes you feel as though you're sitting in his show more living room sipping coffee (or whatever beverage you like, we Canadians are hospitable) and listening to him tell you a story. I enjoyed all of his books very much. show less
I have a full review here: http://www.examiner.com/books-in-canada/spotlight-on-canadian-authors-review-of-... but if you don't want to go there, I'll say I recommend you pick up this book. Mike has a very distinct writing style that makes you feel as though you're sitting in his show more living room sipping coffee (or whatever beverage you like, we Canadians are hospitable) and listening to him tell you a story. I enjoyed all of his books very much. show less
This is an attractive, large format book. The front and back covers are one painting of a Toronto street scene (Queen St. at Bay St.) showing the New City Hall, Old City Hall, and three streetcars from different eras. The inside has the history of public transit by streetcars, including many pictures of older Toronto. Charming but of most interest to a real tram enthusiast.
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Statistics
- Works
- 42
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 545
- Popularity
- #45,747
- Rating
- 4.3
- Reviews
- 10
- ISBNs
- 95
- Favorited
- 2