Daniel Gawthrop, Author at Daniel Gawthrop

June 25 Launch Party – The Trial of Pope Benedict

Post published:May 25, 2013

Arsenal Pulp Press and Daniel Gawthrop are proud to announce the launch event for Daniel's long-awaited book, The Trial of Pope Benedict: Joseph Ratzinger and the Vatican's Assault on Reason, Compassion, and Human Dignity. Details: Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 Place: Pat's Pub & Brewhouse, 403 East Hastings, Vancouver Time: Doors open at 6:30 p.m., event begins at 7:00. "An eye-opening account of corruption and secrecy." - Kirkus Reviews "A must-read indictment...Gawthrop's insightful investigation nicely skewers the Ratzingerian…

CBC Television interview on Pope Francis

Post published:March 13, 2013

Jorge Bergoglio had just ascended to the Throne of Saint Peter a few hours earlier, but I was one of seven "experts" the CBC asked on March 13 to, er, pontificate on his likely impact for the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics. It was slightly surreal, to be talking about a Church I had left 26 years earlier as if I was still really a part of it. Here's the interview.

The Rice Queen Diaries

Post published:April 30, 2005

The Rice Queen Diaries (A Memoir) In this moving autobiography, Daniel Gawthrop writes about the politics and pleasures of being a self-identified “rice queen”: a gay man who is attracted to Asians. Navigating through the jungles of western cities like London and Vancouver, the humid streets of Bangkok and Saigon, and the dimly lit recesses of personal memory, Gawthrop explores the multicultural minefields of sexuality and culture as he articulates the manners and contradictions…