Decter’s debut novel makes CBC’s end-of-year list
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This article was published 12/12/2022 (1299 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Former Brandon University chancellor Michael Decter is turning some heads with his new book “Shadow Life,” with CBC Books including it on their recent “Best Canadian Fiction of 2022” list.
CBC Books unveiled this year’s best-of list last week, with Decter being named alongside 34 other Canadian authors, ranging from literary veterans like Thomas King (“Deep House”) to relative newcomers like Tsering Yangzom Lama (“We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies”).
Decter, who was born in Winnipeg and currently lives in Toronto, is no stranger to the publishing world, since he has written several non-fiction books on health care, finance and his own career in politics.
Michael Decter
However, “Shadow Life” is Decter’s first dive into fiction writing and represents what he hopes is the first book in a planned trilogy.
The plot of “Shadow Life” revolves around a man named Matthew Rice, whose life unravels after serving jury duty on a trial involving a murdered child.
This event leads Matthew to dig into his family history and eventually embark on a journey to uncover the identity of his real birth mother.
While “Shadow Life” was officially published in October, Decter will host a book launch event at Brandon University next month.
After all, Decter still holds very close ties to the community, since he served on the Brandon University Foundation in the 1980s and later became the school’s chancellor from 2013 to 2021.
“I proudly wear my BU blue-and-gold scarf in Toronto, and I am a very proud advocate for the university,” Decter said in late 2017, just as he was entering his second term as BU chancellor. “When people ask me about it, they hear more than they perhaps expected.”
The former BU chancellor also has close family ties to the city itself, since he is the brother of local doctor Diarmuid (Derry) Decter and brother-in-law to former mayor Shari Decter Hirst.
Decter’s BU book launch for “Shadow Life” is scheduled to take place Jan. 12 at the John E. Robbins Library between 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
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