Basil Papademos

Basil Papademos
Born(1957-09-29)September 29, 1957
Toronto, Ontario
Died(2020-05-16)May 16, 2020
Toronto, Ontario
OccupationNovelist
Writing career
Period1989 - 2020
Notable workMount Royal

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

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. He was later cleared without charges.

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

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.