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Ray Robertson | |
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Ray Robertson at the 2013 Texas Book Festival. | |
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| Occupations | Novelist, essayist |
| Website | www |
Ray Robertson is the author of nine novels, seven collections of non-fiction, and a book of poetry. His work has been translated into several languages. He contributed the liner notes to three Grateful Dead archival releases: Dave’s Picks #45, the Here Comes Sunshine 1973 box set, and the Mars Hotel 50th Anniversary edition. Born and raised in Chatham, Ontario, he lives Toronto.
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Home Movies. Cormorant Books, 1997
- Heroes. Dundurn, 2000
- Moody Food. Doubleday, 2002
- Gently Down the Stream. Cormorant Books, 2005
- What Happened Later. Thomas Allen Publishers, 2007
- David. Thomas Allen Publishers, 2009
- I Was There the Night He Died. Biblioasis, 2014
- 1979. Biblioasis, 2018
- Estates Large and Small. Biblioasis, 2022
Non-fiction
[edit]- Mental Hygiene: Essays on Writers and Writing. Insomniac Press, 2003
- Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live. Biblioasis, 2011
- Lives of the Poets (with Guitars). Biblioasis, 2016
- How to Die: A Book About Being Alive. Biblioasis, 2020
- All the Years Combine: The Grateful Dead in Fifty Shows. Biblioasis, 2023
- Dust: More Lives of the Poets (with Guitars). Biblioasis, 2025
- The Right to be Wrong. Cormorant Books, 2026
Poetry
[edit]- The Old Man in the Mirror Isn't Me: Last Call Haiku. Exile, 2020
Accolades
[edit]In 2024 Robertson was inducted into the Chatham-Kent Cultural Hall of Fame in its 'Literary Arts' category, in recognition of his work as a novelist and essayist.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Terfloth, Trevor (October 24, 2024). "Chatham-Kent cultural icons, artists inducted to Wall of Fame". Chatham Daily News. Retrieved September 3, 2026.
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External links
[edit]- Author's website
- Publisher's website: https://www.biblioasis.com/author/robertson-ray/
- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian male novelists
- People from Chatham-Kent
- Canadian male essayists
- 20th-century Canadian essayists
- 20th-century Canadian male non-fiction writers
- 20th-century Canadian novelists
- 20th-century Canadian male novelists
- 21st-century Canadian essayists
- 21st-century Canadian male non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Canadian novelists