A Selection of Articles by Will Ferguson
Will Ferguson's work has appeared in The New York Times, Esquire UK, En Route,
Saturday Night Magazine, Flare, The Walrus, The Globe & Mail, The Ottawa
Citizen, The Montreal Gazette and more.
Will also provided the introductions/prefaces to the following
books:
The New York Times
"Canada's Black Heart"
Forget the cowboy, the true All-American hero is the con man . . .
Will Ferguson's Canada: Maclean's Magazine
"Kanadian Kitsch: Large Objects
Beside the Highway"
Giant turtles and skewered perogies and other large objects.
"My Life as a Space
Cadet (at the CN Tower)"
It's taller than 10,000 hot dogs. But hollow inside.
"Sandstone City: A Postmodern
Look at Calgary"
Calgary thrives on risk, but at times it's just ruthless.
"A Tale of Love and Loss:
Quebec City and the Plains of Abraham"
In Old Quebec, the memories go straight to the heart.
Globe and Mail
"Book Tour Hell"
You learn fast on a promotional tour that the lowest form
of life in the greenroom is the writer.
"The Fine Art of Selling Out"
If authors are going to be doing product placements to earn
big corporate bucks, Will Ferguson says, he wants some too.
"Fight Night at CanLit: York
vs. UBC"
Watch out UBC, you have competition.
"Beyond Survival"
The Food Court vs. The Caravan.
Flare
"An Open Letter to Women"
I am writing today on behalf of men everywhere . . .
"Ride 'em Cowboy!"
Will Ferguson tries to unleash his inner cowpoke.
"How to Pick up Girls (or not)"
Led astray by a pick-up manual.
The Walrus
"The Buzz at Bookexpo"
It turns out, calling someone a ‘bastard’ has a different nuance in French than it does in English.
Vancouver Sun
"He Shoots, He scores, He Respects
the Ref!"
Japan has more hockey teams than Canada has baseball teams.
En Route
"The Lost Art of Crank Calls"
With every technological advance, it seems that something
has been lost along the way.
"Ich Bin Ein Carrote?"
He woke with a vicious cramp in the bottom of my left foot.
"On Atwood"
I took this assignment very reluctantly.
Saturday Night
"Keeping the Peace"
The monument on Sussex Drive says it all . . .
Ottawa Citizen
"Voyage of the Uchuck"
Sailing with ghosts along the rainforests of Canada's Pacific
Coast.
"For the Love of Sumo"
Personally, I think it's the hair.
"A Kiss in the Dark"
The vanishing beauty of covered bridges.
Maclean's Magazine - The Back Page
"Northern Ireland vs. Canada"
Last year, I spent two months hiking across Northern Ireland.
"The Philosphy of Four-Year
Olds"
I was sweeping behind the chesterfield the other day and
my thoughts naturally turned to the great Woolly Mammoth.
Japan's Daily Yomiuri
"Kinkazan Island: Holy Site
of Shinto"
An insider's journey into one of Japan's holiest Shinto
retreats.
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