ADVENTURES IN SOLITUDE

Winner of the BC Book Prize Book of the Year, among the top ten best books of 2010 in the Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, and Montreal Gazette, finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize, the largest nonfiction prize in Canada.

A thoughtful and hilarious memoir about a lifetime of summers spent at his family cabin in Desolation Sound on the wild west coast of BC. The first half of the book chronicles Grant's childhood when he wanted to be anywhere but Desolation Sound. The second half chronicles his rediscovery of the Sound as an adult, falling in love with the adventure, mystery, and outrageous characters found at this unique end of the road Canadian location. Grant Lawrence is a writer, broadcaster, host, musician, and radio journalist based in Vancouver BC. Prior to radio, Grant was the lead singer of The Smugglers, an internationally acclaimed Vancouver rock band that released eight albums and toured throughout the world. Grant is engaged to Canadian songstress Jill Barber.