Open Book
  • Events
  • News
  • Columnists
  • Writer in Residence
  • About
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Peter UnwinTag

  • Excerpt from Playing Hard by Peter Unwin banner. Background image photo of old timey soccer match with men kicking ball and running around grass pitch, with audience at sidelines. Solid dark blue section to centre left of banner with text and Open Book logo overlaid. Image of book cover to centre right of banner.
    Excerpt from Playing Hard by Peter Unwin banner. Background image photo of old timey soccer match with men kicking ball and running around grass pitch, with audience at sidelines. Solid dark blue section to centre left of banner with text and Open Book logo overlaid. Image of book cover to centre right of banner.
    February 14, 2025

    Read An Excerpt From Playing Hard, the Moving Sports Memoir by Peter Unwin

    Prolific author Peter Unwin has published ten books, as well as essays, short stories, and poems. His keen eye has been turned to nonfiction on a number of occasions, and today we're featuring his latest ...

  • "History. You Can’t Live Without It" Read an Excerpt from Peter Unwin's Written in Stone
    "History. You Can’t Live Without It" Read an Excerpt from Peter Unwin's Written in Stone
    November 17, 2020

    "History. You Can’t Live Without It" Read an Excerpt from Peter Unwin's Written in Stone

    Peter Unwin's Written in Stone (Cormorant Books) follows Paul and Linda Prescot into the cold land north of Lake Superior, where Paul's obsessive study of Indigenous rock paintings becomes the central ...

Related tags

  • AmReading (1)
  • Cormorant Books (1)
  • Excerpt (1)
  • Excerpts (1)
  • Memoir (1)
  • Novels (1)
Québec Was Born in My Country!

Upcoming events

September 14

Book Launch for MY STREET REMEMBERS

September 14, 2025 @ 1:00am - 3:00am
View all

More events

October 04, 2025 - October 05, 2025 @ 10:00am - 5:00pm

Telling Tales Festival

Canada's Largest Children's Book Festival

Québec Was Born in My Country!
A square image of a purple, white, and green background. At the top of the image, the words "New Poetry from ECW Press" are in a bold, white text. Beneath the text are the covers for three poetry books: "Accidents After Happening," "An Orange, A Syllable," and "NMLCT."
Open Book
  • Events
  • News
  • Columnists
  • Writer in Residence
  • About
Powered by
49th shelf
Generously supported by
  • Ontario Creates
  • Canada
  • Ontario
  • Ontario Arts Council
  • Toronto Arts Council | Funded by the City of Toronto

Join Our Mailing List

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

© 2025 Open Book. All rights reserved.

  • Contact Us