Thomas Beattie Roberton (1879 – 1936) was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist."Memorable Manitobans: Thomas Beattie Roberton (1879-1936)". Manitoba Historical Society, 23 April 2008. A columnist and critic for the Winnipeg Free Press from 1918 until his death in 1936, he won the inaugural Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 1936 Governor General's Awards for his essay collection TBR: Newspaper Pieces."Late T. B. Roberton Awarded Literary Achievement Prize; Tweedsmuir Raps 'Moderns'". Winnipeg Tribune, 26 November 1937.
He wrote on a variety of topics, most commonly literary and jazz reviews but also sometimes expanding into political commentary.
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