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Author: John Armstrong

John Armstrong is an award-winning journalist, writer and musician. He is the author of three books, GUILTY OF EVERYTHING (shortlisted for the BC Book Prize), WAGES, and A SERIES OF DOGS (longlisted for the Leacock Medal for Humour). After his early days as frontman Buck Cherry of The Modernettes, Armstrong began a 15-year long career as a journalist with the Vancouver Sun. He now lives with his family and dogs in Chilliwack, BC.

A Series of Dogs
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A Series of Dogs

New Star Books

Literary Nonfiction. Some human lives can be measured in dogs. Writer/musician John Armstrong is such a person, and in A SERIES OF DOGS, he takes the measure of his own, now at nine dogs' lives and counting.A hilarious, perceptive and moving memoir ...

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Guilty of Everything
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Guilty of Everything

New Star Books

It's 1978 and a non–stop carnival of debauchery begins as the first shock of punk hits Vancouver. Now, in 2022, revisit John Armstrong's pivotal memoir in the 21st anniversary edition of Guilty of Everything.As Buck Cherry — lead singer and guitaris...

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Wages
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11 Currently In Stock PAPERBACK $21.00 4/30/2007

Wages

New Star Books

Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. John Armstrong has worked as a paperboy, a caddy, and a Bible camp counsellor; as a janitor at the Regal Theatre, a shipper of video porn, and a real live punk rock star. As if those jobs weren't punishment enough, at th...

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