Bonk on the Head
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Bonk on the Head is a novel written by John-James Ford. Published in 2005 by Nightwood Editions, it is about coming of age in a journey that takes the protagonist through the final years of high school, a reserve regiment and the Royal Military College of Canada. The novel was the subject of reviews in The Globe and Mail and the Calgary Herald.[1][2][3][4][5]
Bonk on the Head tied with The Sundog Season by John Geddes in winning the 2006 Ottawa Book Award in the English fiction category.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bonk on the Head at Nightwood Editions". Archived from the original on 2006-06-14. Retrieved 2006-05-24.
- ^ "Novel conks military's noggin". Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 2005-08-27. p. 102. Retrieved 2024-08-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bartley, Jim (2005-08-20). "Freaks like us". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont., Canada. pp. –4. ISSN 0319-0714.
- ^ Adams, Mitch (2005). "Bonk on the Head". Broken Pencil. No. 31. p. 43. ISSN 1201-8996.
- ^ Ford, John-James; Kinsella, W. P. (November 2005). "Bonk on the Head". Books in Canada. Vol. 34, no. 8. p. 36. ISSN 0045-2564.