Copernicus Avenue - Softcover

Andrew J. Borkowski was born and raised in Toronto’s Roncesvalles Village. He studied Journalism and English Literature at Carleton University. As a freelance journalist, he has published articles in the Globe and Mail, the Canadian Forum, Quill & Quire, TV Guide, and the Los Angeles Times. His short fiction has appeared in Grain, The New Quarterly, and in Storyteller magazine. His short story “Twelve Versions of Lech,” which appears in Copernicus Avenue, was nominated for the 2007 Writer’s Trust/McClelland and Stewart Journey Prize and published in Journey Prize Stories 19.

“[Its] tales are distilled to the essence of storytelling, integrating character, setting and structure to condense a complex world into a few pages ... raised in Toronto’s Roncesvalles village, Borkowski makes Copernicus Avenue the vibrant backbone anchoring this kaleidoscopic whirl of events and lives.” (The Globe and Mail 2017-06-12)

“The clarity and economy of Borkowski’s language conjures every familiar smell and streetscape in the Roncesvalles neighbourhood. This collection of subtly interwoven short stories reaches into the soul of all who have struggled though adversity and continue to persevere.” (Toronto Book Award jury citation 2017-06-12)

“When literary topographers put together a map of Toronto in fiction, Copernicus Avenue will provide invaluable information and insight.” (National Post 2017-06-12)