Trump and Canadian civil society
Max Cameron on citizenship, democracy and polarization.
Senior Editor, BC BookWorld
Journalism, criticism and the speculative imagination.
For more than four decades, his work has ranged from Jewish and Israeli affairs to science, film and literary culture—first in Jerusalem and Los Angeles, now in British Columbia.
Project underway
The Elephant in the Airlock
Israeli Speculative Fiction Before & After October 7
An anthology in development, edited by Sheldon Teitelbaum, exploring how Israeli writers imagine the future before and after October 7.
Foreword by Larry Niven · Afterword by Valerie Estelle Frankel · Illustrations by Avi Katz
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Recent writing
The Bleeding Man Revisited
The Craig Strete investigation, revisited with a new introduction and subsequent history.
Three Simon Rockower AwardsJewish journalismNorthern Lights AwardFor Excellence in Independent Journalism2023 Kurd Laßwitz Special PrizeTo the publishing team behind the German Zion’s Fiction
Former senior writer for The Jerusalem Report and Los Angeles Bureau Chief for Cinefantastique. Contributor to The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Wired, Time Digital, Entertainment Weekly, Premiere, The Times of Israel, the Montreal Gazette and Jewish Journal.
His work in Israeli publications includes The Jerusalem Post, The Jerusalem Report, The Times of Israel, New Outlook and Fantasia 2000.
Explore the work
A Foot in Canada
BC books, Canadian writers & public life
From Jerusalem to Los Angeles
Literary & cultural journalism
Writers & Literary Criticism
Interviews, reviews & essays
My Starry Trek
Star Trek reporting, interviews & essays
Science Fiction & Literary History
Israeli & Jewish speculative literature
Selected Journalism
Science, politics, culture & investigations
Published anthologies
From the archive
Geekward Bound
Three days in the California desert with a laptop, an espresso maker and a van full of gadgets. A field test of the promise of working anywhere—with failed connections, martinis and a tow truck.
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The Call of the Wired
Connecting Canada’s Arctic: technology, distance and the Inuit communities weighing the promise of the Net.
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College in Canada
A father-and-son search for a university north of the border, with Adam—and a closer look at the cost of a Canadian education.
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A Foot in Three Countries
An article on belonging to Canada, Israel and the United States—and how digital life keeps those ties alive long after leaving.
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