"DEAD ROCK STARS"

DW and I just finished an on-air interview on Rainbow Radio on 90.5 fm CFCR, with Saskatoon fiction writer Wes Funk. Following is an article published in Perceptions Magazine (October 22, 2008)

Saskatoon Author Wes Funk on the left, my partner Dwight is on the right

DEAD ROCK STARS
(Saskatoon) Saskatoon author Wes Funk has had his first queer-fiction novel published. Dead Rock Stars is based in Saskatchewan and explores queer life on the prairies.

The quirky Jackson Hill doesn't know it, but his routine, settled life in Saskatoon is about to go on a bumpy ride. When his father dies unexpectedly, he heads down the highway towards his hometown in southern Saskatchewan. He knows the funeral will be rough, but what he doesn't expect is to meet a handsome stranger along the way and to have a face-off with his brother and some dark issues of the past.

Besides being a humorous portrayal of Man's obsession with rock and roll, Dead Rock Stars is a stirring account of sibling rivalry, acts of forgiveness, and growing up gay on the Canadian prairies.

Funk says he loves the characters he writes about. He bases them on actual people who have touched his life. He finds the mixture of the serenity and vibrancy of growing up and living in Saskatchewan so fascinating he feels compelled to write about it.

Funk launched his book in Regina at the Book and Brier Patch on October 18 and will be at the new indigo bookstore Sunday November 2nd at 2 PM and will be at McNally Robinson in Saskatoon on November 3 at 7:30pm.

Click here for more info on the book signing at McNally-Robinson