Douglas Coupland on Generation X at 30: ‘Generational trashing is eternal’

Three decades after his debut novel made him the unwilling voice of a generation, the author wonders whether – after Y, Z and now C, for Covid – individuality will become obsolete

Why I filled a 50,000-litre aquarium with plastic debris

When Douglas Coupland saw debris from the Japanese earthquake washing up in Canada, he became fascinated by the centrality of plastic in our lives – and began to pick it up

Douglas Coupland: ‘I’m actually at my happiest when I’m writing on a plane’

No more clock-based passivity from the novelist, who disrupted a 20-year routine with a decision to embrace the unpredictable

Duane Hanson: ‘An artist tailor-made for the age of the selfie’

No more clock-based passivity from the novelist, who disrupted a 20-year routine with a decision to embrace the unpredictable