Postslop: How Junk Culture Hollowed Us Out And How to Get Real Again

by Phil Halton

187 pages, Hardcover

Published May 25, 2026

About the author

Phil Halton has worked in conflict zones around the world as an officer in the Canadian Army and as a security consultant. His debut novel, This Shall Be a House of Peace (Dundurn Press, 2019) received a rare starred review from Book List. This was followed by a second novel, "Every Arm Outstretched" in October, 2020 and a history, "Blood Washing Blood: Afghanistan’s Hundred-Year War" in April of 2021.

He holds a Master’s Degree in Defence Studies from Royal Military College of Canada, and a Master of Arts in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of Gloucestershire.