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The
2007 Award |
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A Forest for Calum by Frank MacDonald
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ABOUT
THE BOOK |
| A Forest for Calum explores complex lives of rural communities in the post-war, post-heavy industry decades of the mid-twentieth century. It does so with dignity and humour. The setting is Cape Breton; the themes of cultural and rural change and decline are universal. The dialogue and narrative evoke the lilting language of a largely rural culture in seamless fashion-the loving work of a caring and experienced writer. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Frank Macdonald, long-time and award-winning columnist and publisher of The Inverness Oran, is an accomplished writer of short stories, drama, poetry and songs. His humorous, often satirical, columns have twice been anthologized: How to Cook Your Cat in 2003, and Assuming I'm Right in 1990, which also became a stage production that has toured Nova Scotia and elsewhere in Canada. He lives in Inverness, Cape Breton. This is his first novel. |
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