Brian Fawcett
Brian Fawcett (1944-2022) is a founding co-editor of dooneyscafe.com. He's the author of many books, including "Cambodia: A book for people who find television too slow" (1986), "Gender Wars" (1994), "Virtual Clearcut, or The Way Things Are in My Hometown" (2003), "Local Matters: A Defence of Dooney's Cafe and other Non-Globalized People, Places, and Ideas" (2003) and "Human Happiness" (2011).
RIP: James Brown
Brian Fawcett offers a private eulogy for James Brown
Read MoreTony Nardi’s Letters
Brian Fawcett goes to a theatre to find out what’s happening to Canadian film and television actors, and why Tony Nardi is angry about it.
Read MoreRemembering Bill Hoffer
An unpleasant e-mail encounter with a writer irate at an article that has appeared here triggers memories of the late Bill Hoffer
Read MoreVancouver’s Rage
Brian Fawcett spends a few days in Vancouver, and finds it troubling, a city filled with angry people and beautiful things.
Read MoreKoji’s Story
Brian Fawcett has a review of one of Vancouver’s better sushi joints, and a good story to tell about why it has survived in a poor location for more than 20 years.
Read MoreRamsay Cook’s Elegy
Brian Fawcett reviews Ramsay Cook’s remarkable memoir of his friendship with Pierre Trudeau.
Read MoreYoung Pierre Trudeau
Brian Fawcett files the full version of a review of Max and Monique Nemni’s biography of the youthful Pierre Trudeau. The short version appeared in Books in Canada a few months ago.
Read MoreReport on the Neighbourhood, October 2006
Brian Fawcett files a report on what’s going on in the area around Dooney’s Cafe, and offers a few ideas about what it all means
Read MoreThe Rome Airport Hilton
Brian Fawcett stays at the Rome Airport Hilton, and doesn’t much like it
Read MoreA Couple of Days at Surf Lodge
Brian Fawcett files a fond report about one of B.C.'s gulf Islands, which has a wealth of conventional virtues, and one that most people wouldn't think is a virtue at all.
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