Basil Papademos

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Basil Papademos
Born (1957-09-29) September 29, 1957 (age 66)
Toronto, Ontario
OccupationNovelist
NationalityCanadian
Period1989 - 2020
Notable worksMount Royal

Basil Papademos (born 1957 in Toronto, Ontario) [1] was a Canadian writer. [2] He is best known for his 2012 novel Mount Royal, which won the award for Best Erotic Novel at the 2013 Bisexual Book Awards [3] and was a nominee in the novels category at the 2013 ReLit Awards. [4]

After his Bisexual Book Awards win, he was detained by the Canada Border Services Agency for several hours upon his return to Canada, under suspicion of importing obscene materials. [2] He was later cleared without charges. [2]

He has also published the novels The Hook of It Is (1989) and How to Fuck Your Psychiatrist (2015).

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References

  1. "Basil Papademos" Archived 2011-04-02 at the Wayback Machine . Open Book Toronto, March 23, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Detained over concerns of obscenity". Daily Xtra , July 15, 2013.
  3. "Basil Papademos detained by Canadian border patrol after winning Bisexual Erotic Fiction award". Quill & Quire , June 11, 2013.
  4. "ReLit Awards: Novel". Canadian Books and Authors.