Charles Demers: 5 books

In this unique book of correspondence, two men from different generations write to each other about the burdens, anxieties, and singular joys of parenthood. Thirtysomething Charles Demers and 80-year-old George Bowering are both celebrated authors and the best of friends, and soon both will be the...

Comedian-author Charlie Demers, whose brain-bending brand of black humour will be familiar to followers of CBC Radio’s The Debaters, offers his madcap perspective in a new collection of essays highlighting a wide range of topics under the heading of Bad Things. The Horrors is presented abecedarian-style,...

A new novel by author-comedian Charles Demers, one of Canada’s great young stand-up comedians and the author of four previous books, including the essay collections The Horrors (Douglas & McIntyre) and The Dad Dialogues (Arsenal). Charles is also the editor of the Arsenal imprint Robin’s...

Vancouver is at a crossroads in its history—host to the 2010 Winter Olympics and home to the poorest neighborhood in Canada, it is a young, multicultural city with a vibrant surface and a violent undercoat. In Vancouver Special, an alternative guidebook, writer and performer Charles Demers digs...

Flirt with a new landscape, find your inner voice, and discover a recipe for change in a newly published collection of diverse Vancouver writers. emerge 2012 is a dynamic mix of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction by writers in Simon Fraser University’s The Writer’s Studio. This eclectic...