Peter McFarlane is a Canadian author, journalist, editor and arts administrator. He has written and edited numerous books and published hundreds of articles. He served as Chair of the Writers Union of Canada in 1998-99 and has worked as a manager for arts organizations. (Director general of the Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur from 2003-08, and the executive director of La La La Human Steps from 2008-13.)
His book on Central America, Northern Shadows: Canadians and Central America was published by Between the lines in 1989. The first edition of Brotherhood to Nationhood: George Manuel and the Making of the Indian Movement was published by Between the Lines in 1993. A new revised edition, co-authored with Doreen Manuel, was published in 2020. McFarlane published Ancient Land Ancient Sky, which he co-authored with Wayne Haimila, in 1999 with Knopf Canada. Family Ties: How a Ukrainian Nazi and a living witness link Canada to Ukraine today was published in the fall of 2024.
