Ken Wilson
@therealkenwilson
Writer, walker, lover of native grassland. My book, Walking the Bypass: Notes On Place From the Side of the Road, is available now from University of Regina Press in Canada and New York University Press in the US. readingandwalking.ca kenwilsonwriter.ca
I’m overwhelmed by Basma Kavanagh’s words about my essay, “The Bear on the Path to Tofino” in the current issue of Prairie Fire.
What the Saskatchewan Book Awards juries had to say about my book.
So happy for my colleague, Medrie Purdham, who has won the 2026 City of Regina Writing Awared!
My review of Kasia Van Schaik's Women Among Monuments: Solitude, Permission, and the Pursuit of Female Genius, is up at On Creative Writing. Here's the link: www.oncreativewriting.com/post/women-a...
March 20 at the University of Regina! Jenna Hunnef will discuss Tommy Orange's fantastic novel There There!
Walking to work when the windchill is in the minus 40s. Despite appearances, I stayed quite warm.
So, these ships will be fat and slow and painted orange, is that what I'm supposed to take away from this announcement? And they will be crewed only by white sailors?
My review of Sadiqa de Meijer's In the Field is now up at The Miramichi Reader: miramichireader.ca/2025/11/in-t...
Thanks to everyone who came out last night to Ben McNally Books for the Toronto launch of Walking the Bypass, to Rupert and the staff at the store, to Rachel Stapleton for hosting, and to Shawn Micallef for the great conversation!
New blog post: 50. Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step. readingandwalking.ca/2025/11/11/5...
A successful reading at Riverside Bookshelf yesterday! Thank everyone!
This afternoon! If you’re in southwestern Ontario, brave the snow and come to Paris!
If you're in southwestern Ontario, or if you've just always been curious about that other Paris, come and see three great writers (or two great writers and me) in conversation with James Cairns, the author of the critically acclaimed In Crisis, On Crisis. There will be snacks--books, too!
When the only possible deal is a shitty one, maybe it’s better to maintain dignity and walk away. I understand why Carney apologized for the Reagan ad, according to today’s Guardian, but we can’t appease the fascists south of the lines, and maybe we need to stop trying.
First sighting of my book in the wild! At McNally Robinson in Saskatoon.
Today is the official release day of my book, Walking the Bypass: Notes on Place from the Side of the Road. To celebrate, I’ll be part of a panel discussion about urban walking on CBC Radio One’s Blue Sky at noon in Saskatchewan.