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Coming Back to Life

By George

February 14, 2020

WildTrekker

The Arrow of Time – 3

By aronblack

November 12, 2019

WildTrekker

The Shadow of H. G. Wells

By aronblack

October 10, 2019

Storming the Ice Palace
Winter is just dragging on and on, and every Montrealer …
The Eye of the Beast
In re-reading Jean Delumeau, I am drawn inevitably to the …
Mythical Creatures
While researching my feature film The Blinding Sea, a friend …
Neither Alive Nor Dead
Coming back to my reading of Jean Delumeau, and medieval/early …
A Chat with Northrop Frye
In the Fall of 1977, I interviewed the Canadian literary …
The Mouth of Hell
I have magical-realist novels on my mind, so it is …
Coming Back to Life
As I continue re-reading Jean Delumeau, I am struck by …
Unlearning
Having pursued eleven years of undergraduate and postgraduate study at …
A Glut of Metaphors
I occasionally get away to the desert (like the Sahara, …
Thrown Off Balance
My feature film The Blinding Sea is coming out soon. …
Total Recall
I recently posted a blog on my direct ancestor Mary …
Collective Psychosis
One of my direct New England ancestors on my mother’s …
A Texas Review
The following review of my début novel Mind the Gap …
The Sublime and the Beautiful
Fear is “an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of …
Characters Taking Over
As I learned while writing my novel Mind the Gap, …
The Brothers Grimm
In the beginning was the forest. And the forest was …
The Tales of Hoffmann
E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a master of the fantastic and …
Alternate Realities
Dreams are often more gratifying than waking thoughts. Dreams take …
The Saint
The Saint is best known as a 1960s television series …
Shakespeare’s Kings
I remember interviewing John Julius Norwich a few years ago. …
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
Jean Potocki was a strange figure. A bundle of contradictions …
Leah Nuturak
In 1987, I interviewed Leah Nuturak, a 104-year-old Inuk woman …
Liberum Veto
In October 1992, Pierre Trudeau defended his constitutional legacy during …
The Power Matrix
I have devoted some of my professional life to studying …
Goldarn Mule
Last summer I reread Either/Or, after a long hiatus. The …
Falling Off The Edge
They say cats have nine lives. I must have used …
My Dear Watson
I have occasionally written a fan letter to an actor …
Forget Me Not
Memory is powerful. As a historian and novelist, I have …
Habits of Mind
I occasionally use metaphors from the predigital age. They may …
Love in a Swamp
Love is a leitmotiv threading its way through Mind the …
A Teeming Crowd of Trees
A friend tells me about a recurring nightmare. She is …
God is ∞
I remember the Nobel laureate Sir John Sulston telling me …
Advancing versus Obstructing
These days, it’s great to see Western media uncovering the …
Artists and Artisans
Are artists the pawns of the cultural industry? After all, …
Harmonia Mundi
This is a time of worldwide crisis. There are many …
Projecting Angst
I have been wondering where guilt trips come from. Wondering …
Flood of Consciousness
We are all supposed to love the gods of literature, …
My Craziest Interviews
I have interviewed altogether about 15,000 people. These interviews have …
Frozen
According to the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus, life is in …
Everything or Nothing
Have you ever read Jack Kerouac? An interesting author, not …
Guilt, Blame and Rejection
I often wonder about the “mind” of God. If God …
Kirkus Reviews and Mind the Gap
Wow, I just read the review of Mind the Gap …
A Secret Garden
Nature is the great healer – both physically and psychologically. …
The Doomed Castle
I once knew a lady who lived inside a castle …
Perspective
We often face situations where we are unsure what direction …
Fusion and Identity
Over the years, I have seen people enter into fusional …
Stories My Grandfather Told Me
My favourite author? It was my grandfather Frederick C. Grant, …
Blue Days on the Trail
George is working on a sequel to Mind the Gap.
Mind the Women
Women are a source of strength and laughter in Mind …
Escape from Flatland
Flatlanders only see other people in two dimensions.
The Raskolnikov Syndrome
Why do criminals break laws?
A Vortex of Delusions
What is the hardest thing I ever wrote?
The Unbearable Lightness of Glamour
Virginia Postrel inspires George’s fiction and non-fiction.
Wild Like Jazz
Indie books, music, graphic art, web design and film take …
Amundsen and New Paradigms
Producing a feature film about polar exploration has taught George …
Either/Or
A dramatic comedy, at the meeting-point of French and English …
A Hitch in Time
Alfred Hitchcock turned up on the set, to get the …
McGill Connections
Can a modern university be a place not just for …
Creative Works in Progress
How do you produce an audio-book with sound effects, music, …
Just Getting Started
How do you write a dramatic comedy, bringing it out …

A Crazy, Funny Novel
Poor Richard Grey. While growing up near Montreal, he has …
Welcome To My Time Machine
In this episode, George creates a time machine, the Hyperspace …
Freedom in the Wilderness
Brian Keenan, the author of An Evil Cradling, was not …
Beyond the Ends
In this sound poem, George brings together poetry, original music …
The Shadow of H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells is known the world over for his …
The Meaning of Compassion
In this archival interview, sociologist Nechama Tec tells George about …
The Secret World of Whales
Whale biologist Richard Sears has devoted his career to understanding …
The Arrow of Time – 1
In this first episode of a three-part series, George explores …
The Arrow of Time – 2
In this second episode of a three-part series, George continues …
The Arrow of Time – 3
In this final episode of a three-part series, George concludes …
Music of the Wilderness
In this archival interview, musician Emily Doolittle says she devoted …