Brian Fawcett

Brian Fawcett (born May 13, 1944)[1] is a Canadian writer[2][3] and cultural analyst who lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Brian Fawcett
Born (1944-05-13) May 13, 1944
Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Alma materSimon Fraser University
Occupationwriter,cultural analyst

Fawcett was born and raised in Prince George,[4] in northwest British Columbia, and graduated from Simon Fraser University as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow.[5] Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as an urban planner. In 2001, he co-founded (with Stan Persky) the website www.dooneyscafe.com[2] (named after a restaurant on Toronto's Bloor Street West), which is described as "a news service" and to which he is a regular contributor. He has also taught cultural literacy in maximum security prisons.[6] In 2003 Virtual Clearcut: Or, the Way Things Are in My Hometown won the Pearson Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize[5] (in 2011 Hilary Weston began sponsoring the Writers' Trust Prize).[7]

Bibliography

Fiction
  • The Opening: Prince George, Finally (1974)
  • My Career with the Leafs and Other Stories (1982)
  • Capital Tales (1984)
  • The Secret Journal of Alexandre Mackenzie (1985)
  • Cambodia: A Book For People Who Find Television too Slow (1986)[8]
  • Public Eye: An Investigation Into the Disappearance of the World (1990)
  • Gender Wars: A Novel and Some Conversation About Sex and Gender (1994)
  • The Last of the Lumbermen (2013)[9]
  • A Blue Spruce Christmas (2010)

Poetry
  • Five Books of a Northmanual (1971)
  • Friends (1971)
  • Five Books of A Norhmanual (1972)
  • The Opening (1974)
  • Permanent Relationships (1975)
  • The Second Life (1976)
  • Creatures of State (1977)
  • Tristram's Book (1981)
  • Aggressive Transport (1982)[10]

Non-fiction
  • Unusual Circumstances, Interesting Times and Other Impolite Interventions (1991)
  • The Compact Garden: Discovering the Pleasures of Planting in a Small Space (1992)
  • The Disbeliever's Dictionary: A Completely Disrespectful Lexicon of Canada Today (1997)
  • Virtual Clearcut, or The Way Things Are in My Hometown (2003)[9][11][12]
  • Local Matters: A Defence of Dooney's Café and other Non-Globalized Places, People, and Ideas (2003)[13][14]
  • Human Happiness (2011)[15][16][17]

References
  1. "Fawcett, Brian 1944-". OCLC WorldCat Identities. Dublin, USA: WorldCat Org. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  2. "About". dooneyscafe.com. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  3. "About the Author - Brian Fawcett". 49th Shelf. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  4. "Contributors - Brian Fawcett". DUNDURN Publishers of fine books. DUNDURN. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  5. "#108 Brian Fawcett". BC Booklook. BC Booklook. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  6. "Authors - Brian Fawcett". New Star Books. New Star Books. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  7. "2003 Winner Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction for Virtual Clearcut: Or, the Way Things Are in My Hometown". WT Writers' Trust of Canada. Writers' Trust of Canada. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  8. "Books by Brian Fawcett and Complete Book Reviews". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz, LLC. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  9. Hinzmann, Chritine. "Award winning writer returns to Prince George". Prince George Citizen. Glacier Community Media. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  10. Leonard, Sister Anne (November 1983). "AGGRESSIVE TRANSPORT: TWO NARRATIVE REVISIONS 1975-1982 by Brian Fawcett". CM Archive - A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People. The Manitoba Library Association. 11 (6). Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  11. Kett, Andrew. "Virtual Clearcut or the Way Things Are in My Hometown by Brian Fawcett". Quill & Quire. St. Joseph Media. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  12. Cole, Susan (December 25, 2003). "Top 10 Books of 2003". Now Toronto. Toronto, Canada: NOW Communications Inc. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  13. Lynch, Brian (January 22, 2004). "Local Matters, by Brian Fawcett". Vancouver, Canada: The Georgia Straight. Vancouver Free Press Publishing Corp. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  14. Babstock, Ken. "A contrarian's contrarian". The Globe and Mail. GLOBEARTS. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  15. Marchand, Philip (October 7, 2011). "Open Book: Human Happiness, by Brian Fawcett". National Post. Post Media. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  16. Ruebsaat, Norbert. "In Search of the Good Life". Literary Review of Canada Magazine. Toronto, Canada: LRC Magazine. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  17. Medley, Mark (November 2, 2011). "BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction releases longlist". National Post. Toronto, Canada. POSTMEDIA. Retrieved March 23, 2019.

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