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New Piper book honours Hot Rod’s legacy

Posted by John Powell | Oct 8, 2016 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

I will never forget my talk with Roddy Piper. Following up on a live chat he had participated in...

Bruiser book a ‘seven-year labour of love’

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 4, 2016 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

When Richard Vicek set out to document the life and times of Richard “Dick the...

Lady Blossom’s memoir an ‘inspirational parable’

Posted by Bob Kapur | Aug 14, 2016 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

If Jeanie “Lady Blossom” Clarke had done nothing else but come up with the gimmick...

Patterson accepted into Montreal’s literary community

Posted by MIKE WYMAN | Aug 13, 2016 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

MONTREAL – Paragraph bookstore in Montreal specializes in English language volumes and,...

Jeanie ‘Lady Blossom’ Clarke opens up on life with Austin, addiction

Posted by Bob Kapur | Aug 6, 2016 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Fans who know Jeanie “Lady Blossom” Clarke from her wrestling appearances may only...

Patterson’s book revealing and honest

Posted by Kurt Nielsen | Jul 6, 2016 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

There are few men as important to the professional wrestling business as Pat Patterson. In every...

WWE Greatest Matches book won’t please everyone

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 20, 2016 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

There is little more subjective in professional wrestling fandom than picking a favourite match....

Pepper Martin’s book decidedly old-school

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 14, 2016 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Gary Howard Memorial Library

Pepper Martin, wrestler turned actor, has added another job title to his resume — author....

Book on prairie wrestling ‘substantive and enlightening’

Posted by Marty Goldstein | May 11, 2016 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Dr. C. Nathan Hatton’s new labour of love, entitled Thrashing Seasons: Sporting Culture in...

Diana Hart pours her heart into writing

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 23, 2016 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Diana Hart poured her heart into her recently-released novel, Cauliflower Heart: A Romantic...

Much respect for the hustle of loyal fans with Cena book

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 24, 2016 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Hustle, Loyalty, Respect: The World of John Cena is the latest book from WWE, and it is a coffee...

You’re not going to believe the stories in ‘You’re Gonna Hurt Yourself’

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 16, 2016 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

I don’t think that I’ve laughed harder at a wrestling book than with You’re...

Sunny’s book has too much sex

Posted by LANCE LUMLEY | Mar 5, 2016 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The WWF Attitude Era was full of controversy with adult oriented storylines and sexual content...

Backlund’s book is not for everyone

Posted by Bertrand Hébert | Feb 3, 2016 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

I had very high expectations when I started to read the autobiography Backlund: From All-American...

Teal’s ‘Classic 20th Century Mat Memories’ interviews truly marvelous

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Jan 4, 2016 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

It’s a mouthful of a title — The Wrestling Archive Project – Classic 20th...

Flying Fred pens biography on The Wild Bull

Posted by Kari Williams | Nov 25, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

He was banned in four countries. He was hardcore before ECW was even an inkling of an idea. And...

The Undertaker book a fitting tribute

Posted by John Powell | Nov 8, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

How big of an Undertaker fan am I? In my dresser, there is an Undertaker T-shirt I have had for 21...

Bill Apter book excerpt – Heyman, Cornette, Sunny … photographers?

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 12, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

HIS NAME IS PAUL HEYMAN AND HE WAS A WRESTLING PHOTOGRAPHER Some well-known wrestling...

Apter delivers a winner with his memoir

Posted by LANCE LUMLEY | Oct 4, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

There are many great wrestling books that have been released in the past few years; however, Bill...

Q & A with Findlay Martin, former editor of Power Slam magazine

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 23, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Where there used to be a whole bunch of wrestling magazines on the shelves, now there are but a...

Don Fargo lets it all hang out in ‘The Hard Way’

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 5, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The Hard Way by the enduring Don Fargo is no doubt the best book ever written by a many-named...

‘Latin Thunder’ presents realistic view of an independent wrestler’s journey

Posted by Kari Williams | Aug 29, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Missed opportunities, divorce and regret can turn a person’s world upside down — especially...

New WWE Attitude Era book assumes you know a lot

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 9, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

There’s a certain arrogance that exists in The WWE Attitude Era. It’s the very premise...

Q & A with Bertrand Hébert, author of Pat Patterson’s book

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 4, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

When ECW Press announced that the Iron Sheik autobiography, written with Keith Elliot Greenberg,...

Brunzell jumps into self-publishing with MatLands

Posted by Kari Williams | Jul 29, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

He doesn’t have any axes to grind or stories of sex and drugs he wants to tell. What made...

Daniel Bryan book gets big ‘Yes!’ for indy stories

Posted by LANCE LUMLEY | Jun 24, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Due his popularity the past few years, it was only a matter of time before the WWE released a...

There’s a whole lot of facts in Pro Wrestling FAQ

Posted by Jamie Hemmings | May 27, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Weighing in at almost two pounds, here’s a NEW book for pro wrestling fanatics. Writer Brian...

WWE’s Ultimate Superstar Guide – great images, forgettable text

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 24, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

As a parent, you want your child to read, and the WWE Ultimate Superstar Guide delivers in that...

Meet Daz Tibbles, the artist for WWE Ultimate Superstar Guide

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 15, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Artistic Canvas

Many of WWE’s books through the years have been a visual feast, where the great artwork,...

French Mad Dog Vachon bio doesn’t shy away from his shortcomings

Posted by MIKE WYMAN | Apr 13, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

It’s more than a bit of an understatement to declare that Maurice “Mad Dog”...

New HBK bio requires leap of faith

Posted by Bob Kapur | Apr 6, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

In wrestling, people “turn” all the time, from good guy to bad guy and vice versa....

Book on Nat Pendleton brings Olympian and actor to life

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 3, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

If he were around today, Nat Pendleton’s tale would have been told again and again—amateur...

French-language Mad Dog Vachon book launched

Posted by MIKE WYMAN | Apr 2, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

MONTREAL – In pop music, it is often claimed that producing the second album is a lot...

Pendleton biographer Chapman happily grappling with the past

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 13, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Mike Chapman’s just-published biography on Olympic wrestler turned pro, turned actor, Nat...

Book proves Kamala still king of the jungle

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Mar 4, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

“They just keep taking pieces of me, bit by bit, a little piece at a time.” —...

Retro review: Garrison Keillor’s Ventura spoof still a hoot

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 15, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Knowing my love of all things pro wrestling, a friend of my father’s recently sent along an...

Talking Billy Riley with Greenfield & De Courcy

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 12, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Historical writing is for the driven and the obsessed, those who feel compelled to tell stories...

New Billy Riley book informs on both the man and Wigan’s Snake Pit

Posted by Nathan Hatton | Jan 12, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Wigan. Few communities of such modest size have had as profound an impact on the global wrestling...

Q & A with Brian Shields, author of 30 Years of WrestleMania

Posted by Bertrand Hébert | Nov 10, 2014 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, WrestleMania

By now, the name Brian Shields should be familiar to fans of WWE and its books. He’s half of...

Book a worthy celebration of 30 years of WrestleMania

Posted by Bertrand Hébert | Nov 3, 2014 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, WrestleMania

I have difficulty explaining to my children what a momentous event the first WrestleMania in 1985...

Third time’s the charm for Jericho books

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 28, 2014 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Writing one book is a challenge, but when the writer has written two bestsellers, the third book...

Kamala speaks in upcoming autobiography

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Sep 8, 2014 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

James “Kamala” Harris never spoke a word for the majority of his wrestling career, but...

Grappler’s story makes him the ‘Forrest Gump of wrestling’

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 1, 2014 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Through the years, a lot of people told Lynn Denton that he needed to write a book about his days...

Masked or not, Grappler’s book tough to beat

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 19, 2014 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

What sets The Grappler’s autobiography (and life) apart from so many of his peers is really...

Book by Texas ref James Beard impartially entertaining

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 25, 2014 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The wrestling referee has a different perspective on what happens in the ring than anyone else....

Historical WWE 50 book honest and rereadable

Posted by Caleb Smith | Jun 16, 2014 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

WWE 50: Celebrating 50 years of Sports Entertainment, is a sleek and attractive coffee table book...

‘I Ain’t No Pig Farmer!’ offers a rare promoter’s perspective

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 17, 2014 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

To adapt a famous movie line, “You had me at Chris Colt.” Simply put, Dean...

New book details pre-1900 pioneers of pro wrestling

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 20, 2014 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

It’s a testament to the way the Internet has grown through the years that an author can...

It’s hip to be Square: David Shoemaker unmasks pro wrestling

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Jan 11, 2014 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By BILL FERNOW – For SlamWrestling.net David Shoemaker, author of The Squared Circle: Life,...

Jerry Jarrett’s book offers a lifetime of lessons

Posted by Bertrand Hébert | Dec 1, 2013 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Jerry Jarrett’s autobiography, The Best of Times, came out in 2011, but some of its gems are...

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