Privacy and freedom of expression
What does privacy have to do with freedom of expression? At first glance, you might think, absolutely nothing. You might even think that they are opposite ideas. After all, privacy means keeping things to yourself, right? Expression, meanwhile, means saying things out...Abdul-jalil Al-Singace temporarily released for mother’s funeral
The Bahraini government has temporarily released Dr. Abdul-jalil Al-Singace, a prominent opposition figure, to attend his mother’s funeral. Now that he’s out, I hope they realize that not only is he no threat to them simply for speaking his mind, but...New op-ed in the Toronto Star
I’ve written an op-ed called “Freedom of expression in Canada needs resuscitation” for the Toronto Star. My name appears alone on the byline, but I had a great deal of help from other members of PEN’s Canadian Issues Committee, as well as from...My post at PEN about Mike Miller incident
This just went up earlier today. You can read it here: http://pencanada.ca/blog/canadians-have-the-right-to-film-police-officers/Toronto Police, apparently not having gotten that pesky Charter memo, harass citizen photographer
Let’s review a few basic facts, shall we? First of all, in Canada, where I live, there is a thing called the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and in that Charter is Section 2(b), which goes a little something like this: 2. Everyone has the following fundamental...THE BEST POLISH RESTAURANT IN BUFFALO
My 14th novel is now available in print or Kindle edition!
The Changes in Publishing
Click the image below to listen to my interview by Simon Whistler at Rocking Self-Publishing. 
EDDIE’S BASTARD in The Guardian
Click the ostrich to read Tom Cox's piece in The Guardian about my first novel. 