Posts Tagged ‘The Blue Light Project’
There’s a riot going on: Talking to Timothy Taylor about The Blue Light Project
From the Montreal Gazette, an interview with Ian McGillis. Timothy Taylor‘s new The Blue Light Project is that rare beast: a popular novel of ideas. It’s a book whose firm narrative grip goes hand in hand with its thematic depth, a book that addresses topical issues with a rigor that feels timeless, while retaining a…
Read MorePraise for The Blue Light Project
The Blue Light Project has garnered a lot of press attention this past week. And it’s almost all been very positive. The book is an Amazon.ca New and Notable Title as well as an Amazon.ca Spring Book Feature. Author profiles have now run in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and National Post. But the…
Read MorePostmodern Research
I was honored to have JermIX do the cover of The Blue Light Project American edition. He’s just posted a great piece on his blog describing the process. Jerm’s description of how he went about it opens a window into the two-way creative relationship that this book had with the artists who inspired it. I…
Read MoreThe brutal honesty of Doug Coupland
A fantastic, supportive quote has come in from UBC English professor Laura Moss, who is also an editor at the literary quarterly Canadian Literature, and the author of Canadian Literature in English: Texts and Contexts In the this quote, Moss compares my work to Coupland. I’m flattered by that comarison, as I admire Coupland a lot. And…
Read MoreAs It Is: And/Or/Neither/Nor Work by Andrew (A01) Owen
Andrew (A01) Owen was a huge influence on me during the writing of The Blue Light Project. His street activity was high during the months I was writing and researching the book, primarily in the form of 1:1 scale “re-photo-cubic-surfaces”. I became very intrigued by this practice and by this artist. Over the following years,…
Read MoreThe Blue Light Project at the Vancouver International Writers Festival
Incite April 6 7:30 PM on Wednesday, April 6th Alice McKay room, Central Vancouver Public Library Incite will feature a presentation from Timothy Taylor about his new novel The Blue Light Project. Involving three days in the life of a city gripped by a hostage taking in a television studio at the center of town, The…
Read MoreThe Blue Light Project Book Trailer
The Blue Light Project book trailer is out. Click here to watch. Thanks Scott Sellers and Dean Bernard, also DP Douglas Nelson and Editor Scott Douglas for making this happen.
Read MoreUS Cover Finalized
This cover was commissioned by Soft Skull and I think it turned out great. It’s based on JermIX’s street art installation Cascading Confession, which Jerm has described to me as the hardest thing he’s ever done. You can understand why. It’s a poem about a painful set of young adult experiences, laid over the pages of…
Read MoreScott Sellers on The Blue Light Project
Scott Sellers is the VP Marketing Strategy for Random House of Canada. He spoke recently to Michelle MacAleese of Knopf Canada about The Blue Light Project. Please click HERE to see the video.
Read MoreThe Blue Light Project – The Canadian Cover
The Canadian cover of my new novel has been finalized. Scott Richardson is the designer and I think he’s done a great job. The flying man is doing a parkour stunt. Wonder what he’s running from? I bet it’s really tense. I bet there’s danger involved. I’d buy it. Of course, I am biased.
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