Charles Demers
Charles Demers (born 1980) is a Canadian writer, comedian and political activist. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a lecturer at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches a Creative Writing course about writing comedy.[1]
Demers has published three books: a novel and two collections of essays. His first essay collection, Vancouver Special, was nominated for a Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize.[2] He also frequently performs comedy at live venues across Canada and on the CBC Radio One, where he often appears on the show The Debaters.[3] Demers was one of the hosts of the CityNews show The List. He used to be the membership secretary for the Coalition of Progressive Electors.[4]
In 2012, Demers house flooded which put him in quite a "sticky situation."
He is the voice of Walter from Beat Bugs.
Bibliography
Fiction
- The Prescription Errors (2009)
Essays
- Vancouver Special (2009)
- The Horrors: An A to Z of Funny Thoughts on Awful Things (2015)[5]
References
- ↑ UBC Course Listing
- ↑ BC Book Prizes
- ↑ "Vancouver Olympics & Positive Thinking"
- ↑ COPE
- ↑ "The Horrors - Douglas & McIntyre". www.douglas-mcintyre.com. Retrieved 2015-11-03.