Andrew Forbes

Andrew Forbes is the author of the story collections Lands and Forests (Invisible Publishing, 2019) and What You Need (2015), which was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and named a finalist for the Trillium Book Prize. He is also the author of The Utility of Boredom: Baseball Essays (2016) and The Only Way Is the Steady Way: Essays on Baseball, Ichiro, and How We Watch the Game (2021). Forbes lives in Peterborough, Ontario.

Cover image for Lands and Forests by Andrew Forbes
Cover for The Utility of Boredom, a collection of literary essays focused on baseball.
What You Need cover

Andrew Forbes’ blog


Eephus’s The 7 Questions with Andrew Forbes

A Baseball Conversation between Andrew Forbes and Ben Nicholson-Smith

Andrew Forbes is Open Book’s May 2016 Writer in Residence

Forbes blogs the Toronto Blue Jays 2015 post-season