Bonk on the Head

Bonk on the Head is a 2005 novel by Canadian poet and writer John-James Ford, published by Nightwood Editions. it is about coming of age in a journey that takes the protagonist through the final years of high school, a reserve regiment and the Royal Military College of Canada.

The novel was reviewed in Books in Canada,^[1] Broken Pencil,^[2] The Globe and Mail,^[3] and the Calgary Herald.^[4]

Bonk on the Head tied with The Sundog Season by John Geddes in winning the 2006 Ottawa Book Award in the English fiction category.^{[citation needed]}