Basil Papademos Explained

Basil Papademos
Birth Date:29 September 1957
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario
Occupation:Novelist
Period:1989 - 2020
Nationality:Canadian
Notableworks:Mount 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).

Notes and References

  1. http://www.openbooktoronto.com/basil_papademos/main "Basil Papademos"
  2. http://www.dailyxtra.com/toronto/news-and-ideas/news/detained-concerns-obscenity-64658 "Detained over concerns of obscenity"
  3. http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2013/06/11/basil-papademos-detained-by-canadian-border-patrol-after-winning-bisexual-erotic-fiction-award/ "Basil Papademos detained by Canadian border patrol after winning Bisexual Erotic Fiction award"
  4. http://www.canadianauthors.net/awards/relit_awards/novel/ "ReLit Awards: Novel"