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  • Interview with Gary Barwin, author of Scandal at the Alphorn Factory - New and Selected Short Fiction, 2024-1984 banner. Background image from book cover of textured orange with white border line, and graphic of am upright alphorn to the left of banner. Solid burgundy section at centre-left with text and Open Book logo overlaid. Author photo image to centre right, man with neat beard and shoulder-length grey hair standing in a black dress shirt with arms crossed over midsection and left hand up against cheek.
    Interview with Gary Barwin, author of Scandal at the Alphorn Factory - New and Selected Short Fiction, 2024-1984 banner. Background image from book cover of textured orange with white border line, and graphic of am upright alphorn to the left of banner. Solid burgundy section at centre-left with text and Open Book logo overlaid. Author photo image to centre right, man with neat beard and shoulder-length grey hair standing in a black dress shirt with arms crossed over midsection and left hand up against cheek.
    September 23, 2024

    Scandal at the Alphorn Factory Brings 40 Years of Magical Gary Barwin Stories Together in a Definitive Collection

    Author to over 30 titles in total, Gary Barwin is a mainstay on the CanLit scene and a renowned short story writer. It will come as no surprise to readers of his work that his catalogue includes a considerable ...

  • Banner image with text reading Excerpt from Imagining Imagining by Gary Barwin, essays on Language, Identity, and Infinity. Open Book logo bottom left. Image of the book cover on the right. Background taken from the book cover, composed of an illustration of constellations.
    Banner image with text reading Excerpt from Imagining Imagining by Gary Barwin, essays on Language, Identity, and Infinity. Open Book logo bottom left. Image of the book cover on the right. Background taken from the book cover, composed of an illustration of constellations.
    January 03, 2024

    "A Paradigm Shift That Has Become Entirely Normalized" Read an Excerpt from Gary Barwin's Essay Collection, Imagining Imagining

    Renaissance man Gary Barwin has exhibited art, written music, and published in virtually every literary genre, to acclaim that has included nominations for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and Governor General's ...

  • Gary Barwin on Form, Social Media, and the "Epistemological Hijinks of Poems"
    Gary Barwin on Form, Social Media, and the "Epistemological Hijinks of Poems"
    October 20, 2022

    Gary Barwin on Form, Social Media, and the "Epistemological Hijinks of Poems"

    Known for his humour, creativity, and general up-ending of the peskily staid CanLit stereotype, poet and fiction writer Gary Barwin shows no signs of slowing down with 26 books to his name. His newest, ...

  • “Considering the Book as Bi(bli)osphere,” an Interview with Gary Barwin
    “Considering the Book as Bi(bli)osphere,” an Interview with Gary Barwin
    August 10, 2017

    “Considering the Book as Bi(bli)osphere,” an Interview with Gary Barwin

    The writing of poet, composer, and recently Giller nominated novelist Gary Barwin has music to it that sounds like a gathering of organic materials, processed and released over and over until they sound ...

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