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Todd Babiak


Todd Babiak is the culture columnist for the Edmonton Journal and author of the #1 bestseller The Garneau Block, which was longlisted for The Scotiabank Giller Prize. Babiak’s first novel, Choke Hold (Turnstone, 2000) won the Writers Guild of Alberta Henry Kreisel Award for Best First Book, and was shortlisted for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Also an award-winning screenwriter and former Lord Mayor of Old Strathcona, Babiak lives and writes in Edmonton.

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The Book of Stanley
Written by Todd Babiak

eBook | 392 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction
978-1-55199-232-7 (1-55199-232-9)

February 24, 2009 | $19.99

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The Book of Stanley
Written by Todd Babiak

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781551992327
Our Price: $19.99


A riotous new novel from the #1 bestselling author of the hit sensation The Garneau Block.

By all accounts, Stanley Moss is an average man. A retired florist, he lives quietly with his wife, Frieda, in a modest bungalow in Edmonton. Stricken with cancer, Stanley has few wishes for the time he...

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The Garneau Block
Written by Todd Babiak

eBook | 424 pages | Emblem Editions | Fiction; Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Literary
978-1-55199-250-1 (1-55199-250-7)

February 24, 2009 | $21.00

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The Garneau Block
Written by Todd Babiak

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781551992501
Our Price: $21.00


A local phenomenon goes national! This sparkling novel has the warmth and wide appeal of Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Cafe and the wit of Will Ferguson.

What Alexander McCall Smith did with 44 Scotland Street, Todd Babiak does with The Garneau Block. This addictive and charming, laugh-out-loud funny novel enchanted readers when...

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book cover
The Book of Stanley
Written by Todd Babiak

Trade Paperback | 392 pages | Emblem Editions | Fiction; Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Literary
978-0-7710-0991-4 (0-7710-0991-7)

August 5, 2008 | $19.99

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The Book of Stanley
Written by Todd Babiak

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771009914
Our Price: $19.99
   Quantity: 1 


A riotous new novel from the #1 bestselling author of the hit sensation The Garneau Block.

By all accounts, Stanley Moss is an average man. A retired florist, he lives quietly with his wife, Frieda, in a modest bungalow in Edmonton. Stricken with cancer, Stanley has few wishes for the time he...

Also available as an eBook.

book cover
The Garneau Block
Written by Todd Babiak

Trade Paperback | 424 pages | Emblem Editions | Fiction; Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Literary
978-0-7710-0990-7 (0-7710-0990-9)

July 17, 2007 | $21.00

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The Garneau Block
Written by Todd Babiak

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771009907
Our Price: $21.00
   Quantity: 1 


A local phenomenon goes national! This sparkling novel has the warmth and wide appeal of Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Cafe and the wit of Will Ferguson.

What Alexander McCall Smith did with 44 Scotland Street, Todd Babiak does with The Garneau Block. This addictive and charming, laugh-out-loud funny novel enchanted readers when...

Also available as an eBook.