Books:
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Juliet's Answer When a Canadian teacher of Shakespeare is spurned by love, he does something quite extraordinary. Glenn Dixon travels across the world to Verona, Italy to answer letters to Juliet. The lone male secretary, he doles out advice but discovers that he still has much to learn about love, heartbreak and the real story of Romeo and Juliet. The Globe top hundred books of 2017 -Globe and Mail Shortlisted for the William Saroyon International prize for writing - Stanford University "In 2014, a Canadian high school teacher named Glenn Dixon – whose love life was itself kind of a mess – decided to take some time over summer vacation to go to Verona and work as one of “Juliet’s secretaries." - Folgers Shakespeare library |
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BOOTLEG STARDUST It's 1974 and Levi Jaxon is about to become very, very famous. When he joins the rock band Downtown Exit, he's catapulted in the wild world of rock and roll, touring Europe, recording at Abbey Road and finally, stealing the Rolling Stones Mobile Recording studio in an attempt to finish their next, long overdue album. The Soundtrack is on Spotify and all the streaming services. Look for Levi Jaxon and the Downtown Exit. |
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Tripping the World Fantastic
A journey through the music of our planet How does music affect us? Every culture on Earth has it but we don't exactly know why. Music is not like food, shelter, or having opposable thumbs. We don't need it to live, and yet we can't seem to live without it. Armed with the latest in music and brain research, author Glenn Dixon travels the globe to find out. And what he finds just might surprise you. "Tripping the World Fantastic" is a stimulating adventure. Dixon writes in a friendly, humorous, and inclusive way that invites readers to join his travel expedition, - starred review in Publishers Weekly |
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Pilgrim in the Palace of Words A journey through the 6,000 languages of Earth As one philosopher said, languages are the Houses of Being. After doing graduate work in linguistics, Dixon wanted to visit these houses for himself. He wanted to strut up their sidewalks. He wanted to knock on their doors and peek in their windows. He wanted to see what they were hiding in their basements. Even if it meant a little bit of trouble. A whole lot of trouble. “A globe-trotting adventure.” - The Calgary Herald “Dixon is a lucid writer, engaging guide and expert language maven... his writing sings. -The Winnipeg Free Press “Enough adventure to satisfy even the most critical of armchair travelers.” - The Halifax ChronicalHerald |
Magazines, newspapers and short stories:
Mar/16 The New National Music Centre. Albertaviews magazine.
Apr/13 Tripping the World Fantastic: a journey through the music of our planet. Dundurn Publishing Group.
Apr/11 Remembering Bob Marley (on the 30th anniversary of his death). The PostMedia Network. Published in the Calgary Herald, The Vancouver Province, the Edmonton Journal, the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post.
Oct/10 Dracula’s Castle. The Calgary Herald. Travel Section.
Dec/09 “Pilgrim in the Palace of Words: a journey through the 6000 languages of Earth. Dundurn Publishing Group.
Oct/08 “On Post Colonial Travel Writing” Walrus Magazine Online
Dec/05 “Silent Takeover” Article on Tibet for Walrus Magazine
July/05 “The Clarinet” Short story for Cricket Magazine
Aug 7/04 “Where Olympic Fire First Burned” for the Globe and Mail Travel section (on Olympia, Greece).
Dec. 13/03 “Air time” for the Globe and Mail Books section.
July/03 Worked initial drafts of Travel book at Humber Summer Writing Program (with Paul Quarrington).
Feb/03 “In Dangerous Waters” for SAIL magazine (sailing from Gibralter to Morocco).
Nov/02 “Duet for Heart and Cello” Short story produced for CBC Radio One.
Oct/01 “Marco Polo II” for National Geographic Magazine
Feb/01 “Famous Lost Words” for Globe and Mail Books section.
Nov/99 “Mind as Metaphor” for Psychology Today magazine
June/ 99 “Tunnel of History under Jerusalem” for the Globe and Mail Travel Section
July/96 “The Olympics: It’s Greek to them” for the New York Post
Spring/99 “The Geography of Meaning” winner of the Banff: Jon Whyte Memorial essay published in Alberta Views
May/96 “On Thinking in a Second Language” Master’s thesis, Master of Arts. University of Calgary
Film and Documentary Work
Feb./09 to present Global Chilling, video podcast channel available on itunes.
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=310072733
Mar./ 08 Documentary Short (animated from real time), “The Dalai Lama Whispers” (9 min) Radio Canada International “Migrations” and CBC Exposure http://exposure.cbc.ca/video/dalai-lama-whispers Oct./ 2007.
Sept./ 07 Documentary Short, “The Lost City of Petra” (5 min) for the Imaginative Traveller adventure trekking company.
Feb/06 Documentary Short, “Hiking the Inca Trail” (14 min) for the Imaginative Traveller adventure trekking company.
Jan./06 Documentary Short, “People of the Rainforest” (5 min) for the Imaginative Traveller adventure trekking company.
Dec/ 04 Documentary Short, “The Windhorses of Tibet” (12 min) BravoFACT award
And shown on the Bravo Channel.
Nov/ 04 Documentary Short, “Wild Turkey” (23 min) for the Imaginative Traveller
Aug/04 Documentary Short,“Moscow to Istanbul”(24 min) for the Imaginative Traveller
Sept./02 Documentary Short, “The Temples of Angkor” Independant
Apr/13 Tripping the World Fantastic: a journey through the music of our planet. Dundurn Publishing Group.
Apr/11 Remembering Bob Marley (on the 30th anniversary of his death). The PostMedia Network. Published in the Calgary Herald, The Vancouver Province, the Edmonton Journal, the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post.
Oct/10 Dracula’s Castle. The Calgary Herald. Travel Section.
Dec/09 “Pilgrim in the Palace of Words: a journey through the 6000 languages of Earth. Dundurn Publishing Group.
Oct/08 “On Post Colonial Travel Writing” Walrus Magazine Online
Dec/05 “Silent Takeover” Article on Tibet for Walrus Magazine
July/05 “The Clarinet” Short story for Cricket Magazine
Aug 7/04 “Where Olympic Fire First Burned” for the Globe and Mail Travel section (on Olympia, Greece).
Dec. 13/03 “Air time” for the Globe and Mail Books section.
July/03 Worked initial drafts of Travel book at Humber Summer Writing Program (with Paul Quarrington).
Feb/03 “In Dangerous Waters” for SAIL magazine (sailing from Gibralter to Morocco).
Nov/02 “Duet for Heart and Cello” Short story produced for CBC Radio One.
Oct/01 “Marco Polo II” for National Geographic Magazine
Feb/01 “Famous Lost Words” for Globe and Mail Books section.
Nov/99 “Mind as Metaphor” for Psychology Today magazine
June/ 99 “Tunnel of History under Jerusalem” for the Globe and Mail Travel Section
July/96 “The Olympics: It’s Greek to them” for the New York Post
Spring/99 “The Geography of Meaning” winner of the Banff: Jon Whyte Memorial essay published in Alberta Views
May/96 “On Thinking in a Second Language” Master’s thesis, Master of Arts. University of Calgary
Film and Documentary Work
Feb./09 to present Global Chilling, video podcast channel available on itunes.
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=310072733
Mar./ 08 Documentary Short (animated from real time), “The Dalai Lama Whispers” (9 min) Radio Canada International “Migrations” and CBC Exposure http://exposure.cbc.ca/video/dalai-lama-whispers Oct./ 2007.
Sept./ 07 Documentary Short, “The Lost City of Petra” (5 min) for the Imaginative Traveller adventure trekking company.
Feb/06 Documentary Short, “Hiking the Inca Trail” (14 min) for the Imaginative Traveller adventure trekking company.
Jan./06 Documentary Short, “People of the Rainforest” (5 min) for the Imaginative Traveller adventure trekking company.
Dec/ 04 Documentary Short, “The Windhorses of Tibet” (12 min) BravoFACT award
And shown on the Bravo Channel.
Nov/ 04 Documentary Short, “Wild Turkey” (23 min) for the Imaginative Traveller
Aug/04 Documentary Short,“Moscow to Istanbul”(24 min) for the Imaginative Traveller
Sept./02 Documentary Short, “The Temples of Angkor” Independant