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)
Copywell

Upcoming events

October 02

Biblioasis Bash

October 02, 2025 @ 7:00pm - 9:00pm
View all

More events

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

Telling Tales Festival

Canada's Largest Children's Book Festival

October 04, 2025 @ 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Motherness by Julie M. Green Book Launch

Copywell
Book cover for "The Solitary Friend" by Gail Bowen with a fish illustration; text reads, "The penultimate instalment in the beloved Joanne Kilbourn Mystery series.
Book cover for "A Place of Secrets" by Shane Peacock, shown alongside promotional text highlighting its awards and reviews for this northern gothic mystery novel.
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