News & Events John Miller is the award-winning author of three novels of literary fiction: Wild and Beautiful is the Night (Cormorant, 2018); A Sharp Intake A delicate question: How far will writers go for our craft – and at what cost? How much, John Miller asks, should we or can we give those people in return for using pieces of their Unforeseen hazards With my friend Yves, there’s always an adventure. It shouldn’t have surprised me, then, when I joined his gay aerobics Eluding (fake) rebel gunfire on Yew Tree Farm International work has sporadically taken me to areas where poverty and politics—and sometimes conflict or terrorism—keep safety and security top Demonstrating on a Sleepy Sunday in Lithuania Listen to John reading this essay on CBC Radio 1's The Sunday Edition, Nov.17 2013 A demo I attended recently What happens to you when you ask a thousand HIV-affected children how they feel? A meeting I attended in December, in Khayelitsha, one of Cape Town’s poorest townships, opened my eyes to the human My day with Mobutu Twenty-six years ago, on a beautiful marble balcony, I shook hands with Mobutu Sese Seko, the former dictator of what Ten novels that have staying power (with an extra 5 for good measure) My brother Tony challenged me to name 10 books that have stayed with me over time. I am in a longstanding Telling a story? Please, go easy on the facts. Once, when our family was gathered at my parents’ house for dinner, my brother accused me of being an anti‑social A flight attendant who could learn to whisper Flight attendant, loudly, to her seated colleague on the other side of the plane: "Is that smoke? I smell smoke!" 1 2 Next »
