Sean Dixon

Dec 10, 2024 | express.co.uk | Sean Dixon

SHOPPING beneath the Christmas lights is one of central London’s great attractions – a picturesque bustle that’s great for British business. For my business, Richard James, and other UK retailers, it’s our busiest period and accounts for a large chunk of our annual income. But we’re losing out, as high-end international shoppers desert London and head to Paris, Milan and other European cities.

Jun 24, 2024 | medium.com | Sean Dixon

I'm meant to be anyway. I'm paid to be, I've been told I am... I've even convinced myself of it once or twice. But for some reason the word 'creative' just gives me the ick at the moment. Framed in the occupational way I've come to see the word as an adult, 'creative' feels like an elitist moniker, something hung around the necks of gatekeepers and holier-than-thous. It feels commodified with an on/off switch that is at odds with the very spirit of the word.

Sep 12, 2023 | 49thshelf.com | Julie Booker |Kerry Clare |Sean Dixon

This is a novel about so many things—neglectful parents, wonder, Woodstock, the 1960s, addiction, mental health. Where were the seeds of the story born? It started with a conversation with my grandma a few decades ago. She told me about growing up with her mother, who had an undiagnosed mental illness and delusions of grandeur. She believed, for example, that she had once dated Frank Sinatra. To hear my grandma tell it, this was entertaining at times but more often terrifying.

Aug 23, 2023 | quillandquire.com | Sean Dixon

A novel as sheerly entertaining as it is profound is a rare treat, and Sean Dixon’s newest work is exactly that. The Abduction of Seven Forgers is the latest fiction for adults by the Toronto-based author (The Girls Who Saw Everything) and Governor General’s Award–nominated playwright, and he balances a compelling, bizarrely hilarious yarn with a meditation on the meaning(s) of art and life.