Shinan Govani

Shinan Govani, once dubbed “the go-to Canadian” by Page Six, is both social chronicler and pop culture decoder. Currently a columnist with the Toronto Star, and for a decade-plus, previously, with the National Post, he’s reported from scenes as varied as Art Basel in Miami, Fashion Weeks in Milan and Paris, and the Film Festival circuit including Sundance, Cannes and Toronto. The author of the novel Boldface Names, and the man, moreover, behind the Last Word column in Hello! Canada magazine, his work has also appeared in Vanity Fair, Town & Country and The Daily Beast.