Arlene Perly Rae is a Canadian journalist, author and arts patron. She is married to Canadian politician Bob Rae. Bob Rae Robert Keith (Bob) Rae, PC, OC, O.Ont, QC, B.A., LL.B, B.Phi. ...

Educated at the University of Toronto, Perly Rae was a longtime reviewer of children's literature for the Toronto Star. In 1997, she published Everybody's Favourites, a consumer guide to children's literature which evaluated some of the best books in the genre. She has also written as a freelancer for The Globe and Mail, Quill and Quire and Maclean's. The University of Toronto (U of T) is a coeducational public research university in Toronto, Ontario. ... Jane Frank: illustration from Thomas Yoseloffs The Further Adventures of Till Eulenspiegel (1957). ... The Toronto Star is Canadas highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. ... The Globe and Mail is a large English language national newspaper based in Toronto, Canada, and printed in seven cities across Canada. ... A cover of the Canadian magazine Macleans. ...

Perly Rae has also been on the boards of McClelland and Stewart, the Stratford Festival, World Literacy of Canada and the Canadian Jewish Congress. In her role as a board member of the CJC, she became the subject of controversy during the Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention, 2006, when anonymous messages were circulated to delegates urging them to vote against Bob Rae's candidacy for the leadership because he was married to a Jewish woman. The messages were widely denounced within the party. McClelland and Stewart is a Canadian publishing company. ... The Stratford Festival of Canada is a summer-long celebration of theatre. ... The Canadian Jewish Congress is an umbrella group of Jewish organizations in Canada and constitutes the main lobby group for the Jewish community in the country though it often competes with Bnai Brith Canada in that regard. ... Wikinews has news related to: Ignatieff tops first ballot in Canadian Liberal convention Canadian Liberal vote heads to third ballot Dion leads Ignatieff heading into final ballot of Canadian Liberal vote Dion wins Canadian Liberal leadership on fourth ballot Wikinews has news related to: Liberal Party of Canada leadership, 2006...