Insomnia – the inside story of Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese’s lifelong creative collaborations

posted Sunday, February 1, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Insomnia is the story of rock legend Robbie Robertson‘s wild ride with Martin Scorsese—as friends, adventure-seekers, and boundary-pushing collaborators. For four decades, Robbie Robertson produced music for Martin Scorsese’s films, a relationship that began when Robertson convinced Scorsese to direct The Last Waltz, the iconic film of the Band’s farewell performance at the Winterland Ballroom on […]

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Three Parties – a queer Palestinian’s planned coming out party gets derailed by the woes of family and friends

posted Tuesday, January 27, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Three Parties tells the story of a queer Palestinian refugee who plans to come out at his elaborate birthday dinner party, in this tragicomic modern reimagining of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. Firas Dareer wakes up on his twenty-third birthday with a sense of purpose: today he’ll jump from a Stage 3 to a Stage 6 […]

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The Music Lover’s Guide to North America: Museums, Historical Sites, and Other Points of Interest

posted Friday, January 16, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

The Music Lover’s Guide to North America is the first-ever guidebook to North American music museums and other sites, from the iconic to the obscure. Wherever you are, you don’t have to go far in North America to find world-class music museums and historical sites. Whether in major cities like Nashville, Detroit, and New Orleans […]

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The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told – the magical stories behind one of the 1980’s top new-wave musical acts

posted Friday, November 21, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

New York Times bestselling author Bill Janovitz delivers the definitive story of The Cars, one of the most popular, beloved, and influential bands to emerge from New Wave—with a foreword by Cars keyboardist Greg Hawkes. The Cars formed in the late 1970s as an alliance of five journeymen musicians with roots in Maryland, Ohio, New York, […]

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Vagabond – Tim Curry’s memoir released to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Rocky Horror Picture Show

posted Monday, October 27, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

This memoir is a celebration of Tim Curry’s’s life’s work, and a testament to his profound impact on the entertainment industry as we know it today. There are few stars in Hollywood today that can boast the kind of resume Tony award-nominated actor Tim Curry has built over the past five decades. From his breakout […]

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Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker – her monumental story of overcoming obstacles and ignoring naysayers

posted Sunday, August 24, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Dolly Parton has enjoyed seemingly effortless success as a singer, songwriter, movie and television actor, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist ever since she first hit the record charts in 1967. The sheer magnitude of her talent and charisma has created the impression that Parton merely fulfilled her destiny in becoming an entertainment icon.  But she had […]

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Nova Scotia House – a reflection of a deceased partner’s life stories, and honouring the joys and creativity of queer life

posted Thursday, August 21, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Nova Scotia House begins with Johnny Grant, as he faces stark life decisions. Seeking answers, he looks back to his relationship with Jerry Field. When they met, nearly thirty years ago, Johnny was 19, Jerry was 45. They fell in love and made a life on their own terms in Jerry’s flat: 1, Nova Scotia […]

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The Blue House – Sky Gilbert’s new novel explores creativity, imagination, lust, and madness

posted Friday, August 15, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

The Blue House attempts to answer the question – What happens when a person decides to live only in their imagination? What is the cause and drive of the impulse to create art? What happens to an individual who is gifted with talent, but finds himself thwarted? Does that creative spark become some kind of […]

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Before We Hit the Ground – portrait of one man’s search for belonging, a family’s attempt to love, and the choices that make a life

posted Wednesday, August 13, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Elom can’t make sense of love. It’s like a language he can’t speak, though he’s heard the words before. He wants to feel understood – by his well-meaning yet misapprehending family, his self-assured partner Ben, and his boisterous friends, but he never knows the right thing to say. How can you know yourself, in a […]

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I Got You Babe A Celebration of Cher

posted Wednesday, August 6, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

“I Got You Babe A Celebration of Cher” covers her life and sixty-year career from Sonny & Cher to show-stopping solo performer, award-winning actress, fashion icon, and beyond, this is a glorious retrospective of one of the world’s most enduring entertainers, Cher. Featuring a foreword by Cyndi Lauper! Commemorating six decades since her first #1 hit […]

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