Fawcett, BRIAN

Brian Fawcett is the author of more than twenty books, including "Cambodia: A Book for Peopel Who Find Television Too Slow," "The Secret Journals of Alexander Mackenzie," and "Virtual Clearcut: Or, The Way Things Are In My Home Town." He is a past editor of Books in Canada, a former columnit for the Globe and Mail, has written articles and reviews for most of Canada's major newspapers and magazines, and is a founding editor of the internationally-followed Internet news service, www.dooneyscafe.com. Fawcett was born and raised in Prince George, B.C. and now lives in Toronto.


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The Last of the Lumbermen

Middle-aged Andy Bathgate clings to a precarious life in the logging town of Prince George, British Columbia. He fears the balance he currently enjoys —his relationship with a good woman, the uneasy truce with her eco-activist son, senior hockey ...


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A Blue Spruce Christmas
In this memoir, young Brian Fawcett sets off with his best friend to find the biggest and most beautiful Christmas tree possible for his school: a majestic blue spruce, hidden away in a park in their hometown of Prince George, British Columbia. ...

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Human Happiness
So begins Brian Fawcett's compelling new book about happiness and a new way of looking at family.

A public intellectual who will shame the devil in the interests of truth, Brian Fawcett has staunchly refused to buy into the prevailing ...

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Virtual Clearcut
In the Bowron River valley of British Columbia, there is a logging clearcut so vast that astronauts can see it. Sixty kilometers to the northwest lies Prince George, a once-thriving city of 80,000 that has experienced an accelerating 40-year virtual ...

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{REVIEW} HUMAN HAPPINESS in the National Post
Brian Fawcett's latest book, HUMAN HAPPINESS, was recently reviewed in the National Post. "Men and women are often warned against marrying writers, if they don’t want to see themselves, one fine day, candidly portrayed in a novel. Parents have no ...

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Brian Fawcett Longlisted for the BC National Award for Non-Fiction
Congratulations to Brian Fawcett! His latest book, HUMAN HAPPINESS, is longlisted for the BC National Award for Non-Fiction. The BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction is one of Canada’s largest literary non-fiction prizes. One hundred and ...

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HUMAN HAPPINESS Finalist for the 2012 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction
Congratulations to Brian Fawcett, whose book, HUMAN HAPPINESS, is a finalist for the 2012 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. The short list was announced the morning of Thursday, December 8 by Keith Mitchell, chair of the BC Achievement ...

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Reviews for HUMAN HAPPINESS
Brian Fawcett's HUMAN HAPPINESS, a finalist for the 2012 BC National Book Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, was recently reviewed in several print media. The Globe and Mail called Fawcett's book "marvellously well written: funny, wicked, snide and ...

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