Gordon Lockheed is a hard-to-find Toronto writer and the editor of www.dooneyscafe.com
Deepak Chopra
More than one “shocked and appalled” loyal reader of the Globe and Mail glanced at the front page headline of the Dec. 18, 2013 edition of Canada’s Newspaper of Record and reasonably assumed that the paper had been hacked and commandeered by its satirical rival, The Onion. “Canada Post CEO defends delivery cuts, says seniors…
Read MoreLong Form Thinking
Gordon Lockheed introduces a new term into his series about the book publishing industry crisis.
Read MoreLost in the Wilderness of Nuance
Gordon Lockheed is disturbed by Johanna Skibsrud’s Giller Prize-winning The Sentimentalists, but not the way the book seemingly wishes to disturb readers.
Read MoreScenes from the Digital Revolution #467
In accordance with our “Always glad to help a fella on the make” rules, Gordon Lockheed answers a letter.
Read MoreWhat’s Threatening Book Publishing in Canada?
Gordon Lockheed looks at the deep structure of the book publishing malaise, offers some provisional solutions, but sees a deeper threat emerging
Read MorePrize Culture, David Suzuki, and Writers’ Trust
Gordon Lockheed has some leading questions about book prizes, what the Writers’ Trust is about, and why David Suzuki was given a prize for lifetime achievement as a writer..
Read MoreThe book publishers’ crisis
A look at the book biz, from prizes to marketing and back again.
Read MoreEcht! My Enthusiasm Curbed:Terry Rigelhof e-talks with Gordon Lockheed about the works of Anne Michaels and Michael Ondaatje
Gordon Lockheed conducts an electronic Interview with Terry Rigelhof about the work of Anne Michaels and Michael Ondaatje, and their relative absence from Hooked on Canadian Books: The Good, the Better and the Best Canadian Novels since 1984
Read MoreUCMTSU, or, The Shock Doctrine Cont’d
No, you can’t make this stuff up department.
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