The Great Tomsoni & Co in Spain
June 04, 2018We are pleased to share a special television performance of The Great Tomsoni & Co. in Spain in the early 1990s courtesy of Juan Tamariz.
The Walrus LIVE
May 22, 2018David Ben will be presenting (and maybe sharing some trade secrets) at The Walrus LIVE The Future of Everything June 14-15 at the Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto. Discount code available in this post.
Second Printing
April 28, 2018We are pleased to announce that, with the sell-out success of The Magic of Johnny Thompson, Magicana is now preparing a second printing of this historic book.
Almost gone!
April 19, 2018Believe it or not, we are just a couple of copies away from selling out of The Magic of Johnny Thompson!
Signed, Sealed and (almost) Delivered
March 23, 2018The Magic of Johnny Thompson—the epic 663-page, two-volume slipcased set featuring seventy-eight routines with nearly 1,100 images, drawn from a lifetime of magic—is finally bound and sealed … and now signed.
Now accepting Nominations for the Allan Slaight Awards
January 08, 2018Nominations are now being accepted for work completed in 2017 for the Allan Slaight Awards. Each year the ASA awards a total of $50,000 recognizing outstanding achievements in the pursuit of the impossible across five different categories:
A Holiday Treat: The Devil's Playthings
December 24, 2017One last devilish addition to the Screening Room for 2017...
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
November 27, 2017Nearly twenty years ago, I was able to collaborate with my friend, filmmaker Daniel Zuckerbrot, on a profile of Dai Vernon for Canadian television. At the time, I believed that Vernon was the most influential magician of the twentieth century...