Books by Barry Grills
Author and journalist
Books by Barry Grills
Author and journalist
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When Ian Landry moves to Canada to escape the draft in 1969, his grandfather Cal follows. Calvin Landry, a Hollywood builder of Western-movie sets, is disillusioned with the rewriting of history that makes heroes out of outlaws. Left behind in L.A. is Ian’s father, crestfallen: why won’t his son nobly serve his country in the Vietnam War?
This tale of a family divided is interwoven with movie legends and their not-so-glamorous realities. Follow the Landrys across the twentieth century and beyond as they discover the rewards and pitfalls of truth and authenticity.
Infamy is a novel for anyone who has wondered who they are and how (and for whom) they want to live.
A summer romance (2 mismatched lovers can't resist)
An Ecstasy. It's 1996. Five months of solitude on a small Lake Ontario island. She's taking a break from her clinging boyfriend and her career in insurance. He's writing a book of political essays under contract. His cottage is humble; hers not so much. She'll soon be launching a new music school with her best friend; he intends to hand in his book and go to the Rockies. They meet on the beach, walking their dogs.
Narrated from three distinct perspectives - his, hers, and conventional society's - An Ecstasy is a provocative existentialist love story, passionate, thoughtful, original and fun.
Step back in time to 1960.
Love and innocence.
The people who live in the village of Meridian handle everything themselves - celebrations, the issues of the day, justice, even the permissibility of love. Two young boys witness one night of unforgettable tragedy. Both finally tell their stories after a chance encounter half a century later. What was the crime? Who was the real victim? In Meridian justice is always done. In Meridian - after a fire - love is The Last Light Spoken.
A novel about children, rules, and the adults who live by them by award-winning author Barry Grills.
More books by Barry Grills!
Family myth, truth, and legend.
Painful romantic love and love on an island.
Dystopian and Utopian adventure!
Literary memoir . . .
See the full list of Barry Grills' books here.
"An accomplished author of stories . . ." Winnipeg Free Press
Award-winning Author
Former journalist and broadcaster, Barry Grills was born in Belleville, Ontario.
He has been publishing short fiction in Canada since 1973 in literary magazines such as Quarry, Grain, and the University of Windsor Review, and in anthologies such as Best Canadian Stories.
He is the author of three cultural biographies from Quarry Press on the lives of Anne Murray, Alanis Morissette and Celine Dion. An updated biography of Celine Dion with Jim Brown was the source for a CBC Television movie which aired in 2008.
Every Wolf's Howl, a memoir about his adventures, friendship, and spiritual transformation with a wolf-German shepherd companion, was published by Freehand Books in autumn 2012.
He is a past chair of The Writers’ Union of Canada and the Book and Periodical Council.
He is married to writer and college professor Jennifer Rouse Barbeau. They live in North Bay, Ontario.