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).
Renee Rodin’s Reality
Brian Fawcett reviews Renee Rodin’s memoir, Subject to Change. He finds it sweet, and intelligent.
Stephen Harper After Five Years As Prime Minister
Five years later: what do we know about Stephen Harper? Not much.
Not An Idiot
Brian Fawcett reviews Montreal writer Doug Harris’ YOU comma Idiot. He likes it a lot.
It Can’t Happen Here: Dateline Toronto City Hall
Brian Fawcett reports on why Toronto elected Rob Ford, and what it means.
Fear of Ford strikes Toronto, sort of
Toronto is electing a new mayor on October 25th, and a lot of people in the city are hysterical over the possibility that Rob Ford, a controversial councillor from North Etobicoke, one of the city’s more suburban wards, is going to be the next mayor. The people who like the tow-headed, bull-necked Ford are mostly…
Purple Dog, Purple Prose
Brian Fawcett reviews Patrick Lane’s 2008 debut novel, and finds it, well, overcooked.
RIP: Slobodan Drakulic, 1947-2010
A friend of mine, Slobodan Drakulic, died unexpectedly a few days ago. I hadn’t seen him for almost 18 months, but I missed his company if not on a daily basis, then frequently enough that I was often dimly aware of a resented absence in my life, a hole that could only be filled by…
Some notes on the Rule of Thugs
Brian Fawcett reviews a recent translation of a 1947 book about fighting the Nazis from within. It generates some new thoughts about Marshall McLuhan’s view of human reality…
Nazneen’s Moon
Brian Fawcett reviews Nazneen Sheikh’s unique memoir, Moon Over Marrakesh