I worked on a novel project some years back that involved doing a lot of research into architecture. I interview architects trying to pick up ideas about how they spoke and thought. I walked around downtown Vancouver and central London with different architects trying to get a sense of how they see. It was all […]
Author: Timothy Taylor
How to Cook Very Difficult Food
For Cooking Light Magazine It was while I was attempting to make “soil” that it occurred to me that my experiment with very difficult dinners might drive me insane. This is edible soil, from the cookbook by René Redzepi, chef at the world’s most buzzy restaurant, Noma, in Copenhagen. Noma’s soil is sprinkled on a […]
Writing Craft: A Taxonomy of Unreliable Characters
I get asked about unreliable characters a lot, a device that’s been used extensively in storytelling through the ages. Twentieth-century novels like Lolita, Fight Club and Life of Pi come to mind. Maybe my students are extra interested in unreliability these days because of what’s happening in politics. I can’t say for sure. But the […]
The Rule of Stephens
The significance of being a survivor, in the case of Air France Flight 801, for a long time lay
Foodville
In this nose-to-tail culinary confessional, the acclaimed novelist behind the bestseller Stanley Park
The Blue Light Project
In a very near future that is both familiar and troubling, three lives intersect in a time of crisis
Stanley Park
Aspiring food artiste Jeremy Papier, in Timothy Taylor’s debut novel
Story House
Graham and Elliot Gordon are half-brothers, six months apart,
Silent Cruise and Other Stories
Timothy Taylor’s first collection of short fiction, is a long, lush
Crypto Kingpin
Talking BTC with Lloydminster Saskatechewan’s most famous son.