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My new textbook: News Writing and Reporting

Posted on January 3, 2018January 3, 2018 by Bruce Gillespie

The timing couldn’t have been better. I came home from my last class of the fall semester to find a box full of the first editions of my new textbook, News Writing and Reporting: An Introduction to Skills and Theory, published by Oxford University Press. There’s nothing like the feeling of seeing your book in…

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Laurier Teaching Fellow

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Bruce Gillespie

Late last month, I received a special honour: I was named Wilfrid Laurier University’s 2017 Teaching Fellow. It was exciting news, both in terms of the opportunities the fellowship presents (more on that in a moment) and because I’m the first fellow appointed from the Brantford campus. So, what, you’re no doubt asking, is a…

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Talking about life without kids

Posted on June 26, 2015July 31, 2015 by Bruce Gillespie

I had the pleasure of taking part in a discussion about life without kids on TVO’s The Agenda With Steve Paikin a few weeks ago, which aired last night. I was there to talk about my own experience as a childless guy as well as my book Nobody’s Father: Life Without Kids. I joined journalist…

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We won an IPPY!

Posted on May 8, 2015July 31, 2015 by Bruce Gillespie

I had some great news from my publisher, TouchWood Editions, this week: A Family by Any Other Name has received a national medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards (known as the IPPYs). We received a silver medal in the Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans Non-Fiction category. The IPPYs were launched in 1996 “to bring increased recognition to the…

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A Family by Any Other Name’s book launch

Posted on April 9, 2014April 18, 2014 by Bruce Gillespie

Yesterday was a big day. First, A Family by Any Other Name went on sale officially. That means you can now order it through Amazon and Indigo (both the trade paperback and the e-book version) or at your favourite local bookstore. You can also buy the iBook version through the iTunes Store. You might also…

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