THE LONELY END OF THE RINK

“Like David Sedaris in a Canadian tuxedo” – Boyd Devereaux, Stanley Cup Champion, Detroit Red Wings

Congratulations to Grant Lawrence for receiving the 2014 BC Book Prize: The Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award for THE LONELY END OF THE RINK:. Grant also made history this year by being the only sole author to win this award twice! Grant Lawrence was an undersized child who wore thick glasses and knee-braces. He understood, first-hand, what it was like to be in the attack zone of the hockey-obsessed jocks at school. For Grant, bullying and the violent game of hockey seemed to go hand-in-hand, yet he was enamoured with the sport and its characters, especially the solitary goalies down at the ‘lonely end of the rink'. Eventually Lawrence discovered that playing goal on a hockey team isn't all that different from playing in a rock ‘n' roll band, and that artistically minded wimps can find just as much joy in the game as their meathead counterparts. In this deeply revealing, incredibly witty memoir, the fast-paced narrative of The Lonely End of the Rink passes back and forth between tales of Grant's turbulent and often violent ordeals with hockey jocks, and the three failed attempts at the Stanley Cup by his beloved hometown Vancouver Canucks. GRANT LAWRENCE is a writer, broadcaster, host, musician, and journalist based in Vancouver BC. His debut memoir, Adventures in Solitude, spent over 20 weeks on the BC Bestseller lists and was shortlisted for the prestigious Hilary Weston Writer's Trust Nonfiction Award, the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award, the Edna Staebler Creative Nonfiction and won the BC Book Prize for the 2010 Book of the Year. For the past dozen years Grant has worked at CBC Radio, hosting various national and regional programs on CBC Radio 1, 2, and 3.