Philip Marchand

Contributor Banff Centre Press

Philip Marchand was born and raised in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and came to Canada in the fall of 1964 to study at the University of Toronto. Marchand has lived in Toronto city ever since, with the exception of a six-year residence in Vancouver during the 1980s. He spent roughly eleven years as a full time freelance magazine writer, before beginning his first major book project, a biography of Marshall McLuhan, in 1985. Since 1989, Marchand has been the books columnist for the Toronto Star. His books include: Just Looking, Thank You (Macmillan of Canada, 1976), Marshall McLuhan: The Medium and the Messenger (Random House of Canada, 1989), Deadly Spirits (Stoddart 1994), and Ripostes: Reflections on Canadian Literature (Porcupine’s Quill, 1998). Marchand is currently working on a non-fiction book tentatively entitled Ghost Empire, which investigates the legacy of the French in America.

Contributor to:

Second Chapter: The Canadian Writers Photography Project
Word Carving