In the Western Night (hardcover)

His novel writing life began after his education in journalism was complete. Although trained in hard news, photojournalism and feature writing, he started out on the radio where he spent two years producing many shows, short news casts and recording bands. Since radio was transitioning to mp3 programmed broadcasts, he went into hard news. This had him moving across Canada, moving from one weekly or daily to another. The Beggar and In The Western Night are only two of several novels that came out of those times on the road or when he would stop for a period in a city to take a break from journalism.

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING: “A breezy, muted, impressionistic, and journal-like portrait of a young artist, tinged with desolation, and in the fevered grip of barbed romanticism. A homage to the Beats.” – John Biscello, author of The Last Furies, No One Dreams in Colour, No Man’s Brooklyn and many more works.

“Insyte’s writing is sparse, intimate, and steeped in bruised lyricism. He understands the poetry of drifting: how loneliness can feel expansive, how the search for human connection can be both humbling and transcendent. The narrator’s mind, “as wide open as the sky itself,” becomes the true landscape of the novel — a place where longing, clarity, and uncertainty coexist. Ultimately, In the Western Night is a meditation on movement — physical, emotional, and spiritual. It captures the weight of longing, the quiet beauty of uncertainty, and the fragile hope that keeps us walking toward the next town, the next morning, the next version of ourselves. It is a powerful, resonant novel that lingers long after the final page.” – Dianne Reeves Angel, author of Every Restaurant Tells A Story