Antiquarian and Classic Book Reviews
(October 30th, 1930 — June 20th, 2002)
Timothy Findley was a Canadian novelist and playwright. An actor before he began writing, Findley has been recognized with the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario, and a place on the Canadian walk of Fame.
His novels are part of the Southern Ontario Gothic style, and frequently deal with mental illness, gender, and sexuality. Several of his plays were adapted into film.
Findley was the long-time domestic partner of Bill Whitehead, another Canadian writer, actor, and filmmaker.
Timothy Findley is a book author.
You can view all authors, or you can search by language/region, genre, era/movement, editor/translator, or year of edition.
Christmas shopping for our household would not be complete without at least one trip to the bookstore. Multiple bookstores. Fanfare Books is where I first discovered the work of Timothy Findley, who spent his final years in this town and was a dedicated friend of the store. This is a review of The Butterfly Plague.
We’ve settled into late spring, early summer without any of the in-between gradual changes. This is the kind of year that I think of as distinctly Canadian. This a review of Timothy Findley’s The Wars.
