Hal Niedzviecki

Current

Author at City Lights Books
freelance writer at Self-employed
Publisher/Fiction Editor at Broken Pencil: The Magazine of Zine Culture and the Independent Arts

Freelance Writer at various

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Past

Radio Host/Commentator at CBC Radio

Education

Bard College
University of Toronto - University College

Connections

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Industry

Writing and Editing

Hal Niedzviecki’s Summary

Professional writer and author of 7 books including cultural criticism (The Peep Diaries: How We're Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors; Hello, I'm Special: How Individuality Became the New Conformity), novels (The Program), and YA non-fiction (The Big Book of Pop Culture: A How-To Guide for Young Artists).

I'm a writer/thinker whose focus is the relationship between pop culture, media and individuality. Most recent work has been for Playboy, EnRoute (Air Canada in-flight magazine), CBC Radio (host of 8 part series on subcultures), Geist Magazine and the Globe and Mail.

I am also the founder, former editor and current publisher and fiction editor of Broken Pencil: The magazine of zine culture and the independent arts.

I'm available for commissioned work, as well as for talks/lectures on individuality and conformity in the post-millennial age.

Hal Niedzviecki’s Specialties:

Individuality, Conformity, Pop Culture, Reality TV, Blogs/Social Networking/File Sharing, Peeping, Independent/Alternative Culture, Contemporary Fiction, Canadian Urban Literature

Hal Niedzviecki’s Experience

Author

City Lights Books

(Writing and Editing industry)

2006 — Present (3 years )
freelance writer

Self-employed

(Writing and Editing industry)

2000 — Present (9 years )
Publisher/Fiction Editor

Broken Pencil: The Magazine of Zine Culture and the Independent Arts

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

January 2000 — Present (10 years )
Freelance Writer

various

(Writing and Editing industry)

January 1996 — Present (14 years )

Freelance journalist writing for magazines and newspapers. I write primarily on arts/cultural trends. I've contributed to newspapers and magazines across the United States in Canada including Playboy, Utne Reader, Globe and Mail, National Post, London Free Press, Jewcy.com, Nextbook.com, EnRoute, Geist and more.
Radio Host/Commentator

CBC Radio

(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

January 1996 — August 2006 (10 years 8 months)

I've been an ongoing contributor to CBC Radio since 1996, contributing to various shows including a regular column on underground media for Brave New Waves. In the summer of 2007 I was host of Subcultures, an 8 part series exploring the nature of subculture communities including Body Modifiers, Cryptozoologists, Furries and more. Brief clips are available on my website.