BOOKS

Laser Quit Smoking Massage
NEWEST PRESS, available April 1, 2024

I have a new collection of essays coming out this spring that you can preorder now. I think you might like it. This is how my publisher describes the book.

From prairie towns to sprawling cities, Laser Quit Smoking Massage revels in the peculiarities of the Canadian West. A unique and exciting new voice in Canadian literature, Cole Nowicki’s witty, insightful, and ever-curious reportage explores the evolving states of community, family, and belonging.

And here’s what Carleigh Baker, award-winning author of Bad Endings, said about the thing.

“Urban poodle art, corpse flowers, and Craigslist’s enduring humanity. These are the things that keep Cole Nowicki up at night. With warmth and wisdom to spare, Nowicki takes readers through a mix of imaginative and deeply entertaining topics. This is not just an essay collection, it’s a guidebook of curiosities and family histories usually reserved for locals. Laser Quit Smoking Massage is a lozenge of literary absurdity that might just as soon sell you a watch as blow your mind.”

Book cover by the wonderful Hiller Goodspeed.

Right, Down + Circle
ECW PRESS

I wrote a book about the history and cultural impact of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater that you can find at your local bookshop or order online now. I think you might like this one, too. Here’s what Michael Christie, Giller Prize-nominated author of the novels Greenwood and If I Fall, If I Die, had to say about the thing.

“With incisive and heartfelt writing, Cole Nowicki unlocks the source code of the massively influential cultural phenomenon that is Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, and finds wonderful Easter-eggs of meaning within. Even non-skaters will be wowed by this examination of youth, community, risk, and authenticity and gain a new appreciation of skateboarding’s massive influence upon our larger culture. This is my new favorite book about skateboarding, which isn’t really about skateboarding — it’s about everything.”

Photo via The Palomino.

TELEVISION

Post Radical – Vice
I worked as a writer and researcher on the acclaimed documentary series, which explores obscure skateboarding subcultures from around the world.

My jobs included writing the voice of the narrator and finding the subjects we showcased — from a Taekwondo/skateboarding instructor in Ethiopia to a group of intensely passionate individuals who turned a small Bavarian village into the world hub of fingerboarding.

Copywriting

Electronic Arts
Senior Creative
February 2022 – Present
Article.
Copywriter
December 2019 – October 2021
lululemon
Freelance copywriter
June 2019 – December 2019
Hootsuite
Copywriter
Dec 2018 – April 2019
Adidas Skateboarding
Copy and content writing
2015 – 2016
 

 

SELECTED ESSAYS

SELECTED SKATEBOARDING-RELATED WRITING

SELECTED PROFILES

SELECTED FICTION/HUMOUR

At The Rodeo, At The FairJoyland

A Straight, Horizontal LineBad Nudes

Comments on Jeff The Amazing Hypnotist’s YouTube Video Channel – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Good Person – Feathertale

In Flight – Echolocation

SELECTED POETRY

the old burying ground (★★★★★) – Peach Mag

love is blind – This Magazine, July/August 2021

unearthly being – Funicular Magazine, Issue 07

shine out – Funicular Magazine dot com (nominated for Best of The Net)

what we do is secret – King Skateboard Magazine