Arthur Black was born in 1943 in Toronto, Ontario. He hosted ‘Basic Black’ on CBC Radio for nearly two decades and currently hosts ‘Weird Homes’ and ‘Weird Wheels’ for the Life Network. Black lives on Salt Spring Island off the coast of British Columbia.

Books by Arthur Black

	1981 Basic Black: The Wit and Whimsy of Arthur Black
	1986 Back to Black
	1989 That Old Black Magic
	1991 Arthur! Arthur!
	1994 Black by Popular Demand
	1995 Blackmail!: Exemplary Epistles, Delightful Dispatches, and Fanciful Faxes Sent to ‘Basic Black’
	1996 Black in the Saddle Again
	1999 Black Tie and Tales
	2002 Flash Black
	2004 Black & White and Read all Over
	2005 Pitch Black
	2006 Black Gold
	2007 Black to the Grindstone
	2009 Black is the New Green
	2009 Planet Salt Spring (audiobook)
	2010 A Chip Off the Old Black
	2012 Looking Blackward
	2013 Fifty Shades of Black
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Awards

• Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
  • 1997 – Black in the Saddle Again – Winner
  • 2000 – Black Tie and Tales – Winner
  • 2005 – Black & White and Read all Over – Shortlisted
  • 2006 – Pitch Black – Winner
  • 2014 – Fifty Shades of Black – Shortlisted

Links

• Official site

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Added 12 February 2006.
Updated 24 June 2014.