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Brett Popplewell is an author and journalist who joined the school in 2017. His articles have been recognized by the National Magazine Awards Foundation in best short feature, profiles, investigative reporting, longform writing, sports and travel.
Apr 24, 2023 · A new book by award-winning writer and Carleton University journalism professor Brett Popplewell tells the remarkable life story of Dag Aabye, a reclusive and enigmatic athlete who competed in ultra-marathons well into his 70s.
Apr 25, 2023 · The details of Dag Aabye’s life intrigued writer Brett Popplewell, who was compelled to dig into his story. The result is “Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past.” In...
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Apr 25, 2023 · When journalist Brett Popplewell first heard about Dag Aabye, an aging former stuntman who lived alone inside a school bus on a mountain, running day and night through blizzards and heat waves, he was intrigued and bewildered.
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Apr 25, 2023 · What Popplewell witnessed on a secluded mountain perch led him on a six-year odyssey to uncover the true story of the 81-year-old man. Outsider takes readers on a remarkable journey from Nazi-occupied Norway to Argentina and British Columbia.
Brett Popplewell is an associate professor of journalism at Carleton University and the author of Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain, and the Search for a Hidden Past. His writing has appeared in The Best American Sports Writing and The Best Canadian Essays.
