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| Author | John-James Ford |
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| Publisher | Nightwood Editions |
Publication date | June 24, 2005 |
| ISBN | 978-0-889-71204-1 |
Bonk on the Head is a 2005 novel by Canadian poet and writer John-James Ford, published 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 reviewed in Books in Canada,[1] Broken Pencil,[2] The Globe and Mail,[3] and the Calgary Herald.[4]
Bonk on the Head tied with The Sundog Season by John Geddes in winning the 2006 Ottawa Book Award in the English fiction category.[citation needed]
- ^ Ford, John-James; Kinsella, W. P. (November 2005). "Bonk on the Head". Books in Canada. Vol. 34, no. 8. p. 36. ISSN 0045-2564.
- ^ Adams, Mitch (2005). "Bonk on the Head". Broken Pencil. No. 31. p. 43. ISSN 1201-8996.
- ^ Bartley, Jim (August 20, 2005). "Freaks like us". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont., Canada. pp. –4. ISSN 0319-0714.
- ^ Neufeld, K. Gordon (August 27, 2005). "Novel conks military's noggin". Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. p. 102. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.