Book Launch at Brandon University
by Ronnie Neiman
Editor-In-Chief
Head to the campus library gathering space on January 12th where a former chancellor from is launching their book in Brandon. The event takes place from 2:30-3:30 pm at the John E. Robbins Library Gathering Space. It is completely free!
The former chancellor, Michael Decter has began his launch of the book; Shadow Life. it is intended to be the first book in what will become a trilogy.
It’s the debut novel from Decter, a former Chancellor of Brandon University. Shadow Life is described as a taut, searching story of guilt, family secrets, and new love, perfect for fans of John Updike’s Rabbit Angstrom series, Robertson Davies’ Deptford Trilogy and Pat Conroy’s The Prince of Tides.
Shadow Life was recently named one of the best Canadian fiction books of 2022.
The book follows Matthew Rice – a successful sixty-year-old Toronto politico who finds himself suddenly unmoored after serving jury duty on a devastating child murder case. A good book to analyze how humans are so easily unravelled especially to circumstances outside of our control.
Micheal Decter is a Harvard University graduate, Decter was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medal in 2017 and the Order of Canada in 2004. He has written three non-fiction books on healthcare, three on investment, a memoir, and Tales from the Back Room, a collection of political stories. Decter has also written about health and healthcare in the Literary Review of Canada, contributed OpEd pieces to the Toronto Star and The Globe & Mail, and for several years he wrote a column for Osprey Media.
Born and raised in Winnipeg, Decter now lives in Toronto and is a dual citizen of Canada and Ireland. Decter served as BU Chancellor from 2013–2021.