About Andrew Wedderburn

Andrew Wedderburn is a novelist and songwriter from Okotoks, Alberta. He is the author of The Crash Palace (2021) and The Milk Chicken Bomb, both published by Coach House Books. The Milk Chicken Bomb was shortlisted for the Amazon / Books in Canada First Novel award and longlisted for the Dublin IMPAC. He is a solo musician and member of the bands Night Committee and Hot Little Rocket. He’s been a force in the Calgary rock scene for more than 25 years, releasing seven full length albums and preforming hundreds of shows from Halifax to Chicago, Beijing to Nakusp, Austin Texas to Altona Manitoba.

In rich and energetic prose, Wedderburn makes Audrey a character to root for, and her reminiscences are moving and illuminating. Wedderburn’s engaging tale will hot-wire readers’ brains, making Audrey’s wanderlust palpable and contagious.

Publisher’s Weekly, starred review of The Crash Palace

Night Committee: the best.

Mike Bell, The YYSCENE

If any Calgary band should have been huge, it was Hot Little Rocket

Calgary Cassette Preservation Society

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