Home and Away: One Writer's Inspiring Experience at the Homeless World Cup

Dave Bidini is the author of nine books, two documentary films and one play. As a columnist for the Toronto Star and The National Post, he has received numerous National Magazine Awards. His first book on sports, Tropic of Hockey, was named one of the Top 100 Canadian Books of All-Time by McClelland and Stewart, and his baseball odyssey, Baseballissimo, is currently being made into a feature film. In 2007, the CBC named Whale Music, which Bidini wrote and recorded with his former band, Rheostatics, one of the Top 20 Canadian Albums of All-Time. Bidini is a board member of Street Soccer Canada, and has attended two Homeless World Cups, travelling with Team Canada to Melbourne and Milan. He lives in Toronto with his wife, guitarist Janet Morassutti, and their two children.