Ian Samuels

IAN SAMUELS lives and writes in Calgary. A former editor of filling Station magazine, he is a book reviewer and cultural writer who has been involved in a variety of festivals and reading series. His first book Cobra (Red Deer, 2001) explored 19th-century Brazil as seen from afar through a haze of legend, while his second The Ubiquitous Big (Coach House, 2004) treaded the silver screen-generated landscape of popular culture. He is currently at work on his third book with the working title Red City Blues.