I’m ambivalent about reviews. I’ll post some here, I’m sure, but I doubt I will read them. Reading reviews, both good and bad, is not a rabbit hole I want to lose myself in, not for a second. I want reviews, I want lots of them, don’t get me wrong. I just don’t want to […]
The Photo Booth
So. If you have ordered the book (and thank you for ordering it!) I’d like to see it. I’d like you to take a photo of it and post it somewhere. And then I’m going to post it here. Randomly. But still. I’m even introducing a hashtag: #waitingfortheman. You don’t have to use it, but […]
The Wait is Over for Waiting for the Man
It’s true. I received a boxful of books today. The book comes out next week. Two weeks later in the U.S. A few weeks after that in other parts of the world. Something special is happening in Australia; more on that later. And now that I have a box of books, and dates are set […]
Book Launch, Appearances and Readings
Here we go. I will add to this as new dates/events warrant. 2015 SEPTEMBER 11, MONTREAL: Lancement de traduction Attends-Moi 17h Café L’Ecarté, 2525 de Rouen There will be more. For sure. And I’ll keep posting them here.
A Brief Explanation About the Origin of the Universe
No. For real. I know this is a bit outside of the realm of my, um, expertise, but I know people who know things about things. Like yesterday’s major announcement about the origins of the Big Bang and proving the last bit of Einstein’s theories. Vicky Kaspi and I went to high school together (we […]
Posted in Blog
Tagged big bang, einstein, Facebook, Reach for the Top, Victoria Kaspi, Wagar High School
Leave a comment
Appearance at Ottawa Writers Festival
I’ll be in Ottawa on April 28, reading at the Ottawa Writers Festival with Jonathan Bennett (a fellow ECW author) and the great Miriam Toews. The artistic director of the festival seems to love the book (first in radio and now in print) – though when I meet him I’m going to have to tell […]
Posted in News & Reviews
Tagged government, Jonathan Bennett, Miriam Toews, Ottawa, Ottawa Writers Festival
Leave a comment
Montreal Book Launch
Is all set. Here’s the post from Drawn & Quarterly. More cities/dates will be announced soonish. And away we go!
Posted in News & Reviews
Tagged book launch, Drawn & Quarterly, Montreal, Waiting for the Man
Leave a comment
The Real Book Trailer for Waiting for the Man
With special thanks to Jason Camlot for the music, and editing work by Aras Bukauskis. So there is the Slideshare version and now there’s this. Oh publicity! And there’s this. Same thing. On Vimeo. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE EVERYWHERE! Waiting for the Man from Arjun Basu on Vimeo.
Posted in News & Reviews
Tagged trailer, Vimeo, Waiting for the Man, You Tube, YouTube
Leave a comment
Waiting for the Man on the Radio
No. That’s not a new hip band from Brooklyn. They talked about Waiting for the Man on CBC Ottawa’s All in a Day show. Saying some amazingly nice things. And one giant whopper: I DO NOT have 1,000,000 followers on Twitter. Not even close. Here’s the show. I’m the first book (lasts a little under […]
Posted in News & Reviews
Tagged All in a Day, CBC, Ottawa, radio, Waiting for the Man
Leave a comment
A Playlist for Waiting for the Man
Because, yes, in a novel kind of named after a song, each chapter is also, um, named after a song. And I made a playlist. Note that you will not discern meaning out of this playlist, or discover hidden messages in the juxtaposition of songs and/or styles. No. I chose these songs because the titles […]
Posted in News & Reviews
Tagged ABBA, AC/DC, Ace of Base, Aerosmith, Al Green, B*Witched, Big Country, Boards of Canada, Broken Bells, China Crisis, David Bowie, Ella Fitzgerald, Franz Ferdinand, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Gorrilaz, Grandmaster Flash, Grooveshark, James Brown, John Denver, Lou Reed, Luba, Madonna, music, My Chemical Romance, Nina Simone, Paul Anka, playlist, Roger Waters, Roxy Music, Sleater-Kinney, Stone Temple Pilots, T. Mills, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dirty Heads, The Feelies, The National, The Smiths, Tom Waits, Velvet Underground, Waiting for the Man, Willie Nelson
Leave a comment
