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Mat Matters: Thoughts on the best reads for Canada Book Day
Did you know that April 23, 2024, is Canada Book Day? It's celebrated on the same day as World...
Book excerpt: ‘Sitting Ringside’ by David Penzer
On April 17, David Penzer announced the release of his new autobiography, Sitting Ringside, Volume...
Adrian Adonis biography both tough and flowery
The first-ever biography of former WWF and AWA tag champion 'Adorable' Adrian Adonis, Flowers for...
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‘Hard Style Juice!’ comic mixes wrestling & crime
A review copy of the first issue of Hard Style Juice!, a new comic book series from writer Clay McCormack (Batman White Knight Presents: Red Hood, Redline, Poser) and artist Ricardo López-Ortiz (The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #1, Black Panther vs Deadpool), recently...
‘Macho Man’ biography a ‘let down’
I must admit to feeling a little bit spoiled by the last couple of wrestling biographies that I’ve read. Both Tim Hornbaker’s The Last Real World Champion: The Legacy of “Nature Boy” Ric Flair and Brian R. Solomon’s Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of...
Brad Balukjian aims to ‘break new ground’ with ‘The Six Pack’
In The Six Pack: On the Open Road to WrestleMania, Dr. Brad Balukjian sought a deeper understanding of the cultural phenomenon of professional wrestling by researching and interviewing The Iron Sheik, and five other men who wrestled on the December 26, 1983 WWF card...
‘The Six Pack’ a fun read on ’80s wrestling nostalgia
In 2015, Brad Balukjian opened a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards, then he “embarked on a quest to find all the players in the pack.” Balukjian’s journey was documented in the 2020 book The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball's Afterlife, which Bob...
Becky Lynch, author, meets her fans
RIDGEWOOD, NJ - On Wednesday, March 27, Becky Lynch wasn't in the wrestling ring, but instead was at Bookends bookstore in Ridgewood, NJ, peddling her just-released book, Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Girl. The event was sold out, with easily 700-800 fans...
‘Club Kick Out!’ a delightful, colorful graphic novel
With a kid who is about to leave for university, there are just less opportunities for me personally to head into the children's section at our local library. Then, every so often, I hunt around for wrestling related books that I might have missed. In this case, I...
