Photo: Dave Chen, Ottawa Citizen

 

 


MEDIA ADVISORY

 

  WHAT:                An afternoon with Scott Taylor, an award-winning Canadian journalist. The author of INAT: Images of Serbia and the Kosovo Conflict, continues the tragic story of the Balkans in his new book, Diary of an Uncivil War. 

 

  WHERE:            University of Alberta, Tory Building, Room TB-95

 

  WHEN:               Tuesday, March 26 at 4:00 pm

 

  CONTACT:      Please direct all Edmonton media inquiries and interview requests to Kevin Brett, 780—437-4191

 

The terror attacks of September 11, 2001 against the Pentagon and World Trade Center in New York may not have changed the world, but they certainly relegated news from the Balkans to the back pages.  It was not until the appearance of Slobodan Milosevic before the War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague that this troubled region was deemed newsworthy again.

 

For the past decade, Scott Taylor has been covering events in the Balkans.  Taylor, a former soldier, is the editor and publisher of Esprit de Corps magazine, celebrated for its unflinching scrutiny of the Canadian military.  He is also the author of the best selling, INAT: Images of Serbia and the Kosovo Conflict, a compilation of his first-hand observations during the 78-day NATO bombing campaign in 1999.  Rather than ending the civil strife, NATO’s intervention set in motion a series of events that would have violent repercussions throughout Serbia, Kosovo, and Macedonia.  In Diary of an Uncivil War, Taylor returns to the Balkans to record the war’s bitter aftermath.

 

Currently on a tour in Australia, Scott Taylor is coming to Edmonton on March 26 for the launch of his new book, Diary of an Uncivil War.