A dark comedy about infidelity and its effect on a couple’s relationship.

In the background there is commentary on the effect of the shipping industry on the coastal environment.

The picturesque descriptions of the Salish Sea will appeal to BC stores.

Award-nominated author who is very involved in the Vancouver theatre scene.

Aaron Bushkowsky is an author, poet, playwright, and screenplay writer. His first novel, Curtains for Roy, was shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour and his first collection of poetry, ed and mabel go to the moon, was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Award. Bushkowsky lives in Vancouver, where he teaches playwriting and filmwriting at Langara College, Studio 58, Kwantlen University, and at the Vancouver Film School. He is also the artistic director of Solo Collective, a professional Vancouver theatre company.

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“Aaron Bushkowsky is a very funny writer. Beyond that, he's somehow managed to take a shlubby, self-centred, bro-magnum man and make him and his road buddy Will, utterly endearing. With the bucolic settings, odd ball characters, and bizarre twists that seem entirely real, Water Proof will make you laugh and care, and then sad when it's all over.” - Susie Moloney, bestselling author of The Thirteen and Things Withered

Praise for previous work, ​The Vanishing Man​:

"Bushkowsky … delights in the comic possibilities of misfiring language, in conversations that stumble comically as if the dancers have forgotten the dance."

- The Globe and Mail

Praise for previous work, ​The Vanishing Man​:

"You can’t read Bushkowsky without experiencing a kind of refreshing weightlessness."

- The Vancouver Sun

Praise for previous work, ​Curtains for Roy​:

"If Douglas Coupland had his name on the spine, Curtains for Roy would be admired and discussed worldwide as a brilliant comedy of manners, an exceedingly funny and searing portrayal of modern angst, a generational follow-up to Generation X, perfect grist for a movie. It’s that good."

- BC BookWorld

Praise for previous work, ​Curtains for Roy​:

"[Bushkowky’s] debut novel, based on real places and (some) true events, has written a tale of two men that reminds me so much of a recent film, Sideways.

- The Sun-Times

"Aaron Bushkowsky is a very funny writer. Beyond that he's somehow managed to take a shlubby, self-centred, bro-magnum man and make him and his road buddy Will, utterly endearing. With the bucolic settings, odd ball characters, and bizarre twists that seem entirely real, Water Proof will make you laugh and care, and then sad when it's all over."

- Susie Maloney, bestselling author of The Thirteen and Things Withered