Brian Fawcett



Brian Fawcett (born May 13, 1944) is a Canadian poet, prose writer, and cultural analyst.

Life
Fawcett, who lives in Toronto, Ontario, was born and raised in Prince George, in northwest British Columbia. He graduated from Simon Fraser University as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. 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 (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.

Recognition
Virtual Clearcut: Or, the Way Things Are in My Hometown won the 2003 Pearson Prize for Canadian non-fiction.

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
 * Public Eye: An Investigation Into the Disappearance of the World - 1990
 * Gender Wars: A Novel and Some Conversation About Sex and Gender - 1994

Poetry

 * Five Books of a Northmanual - 1971
 * Friends - 1971
 * Permanent Relationships - 1975
 * Creatures of State - 1977
 * Tristram's Book - 1981
 * Aggressive Transport - 1982

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
 * Local Matters: A Defence of Dooney's Café and other Non-Globalized Places, People, and Ideas - 2003