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Frank Macdonald
When not avoiding his keyboard by walking his dog, Lady Amber, or reading the works of other writers, Frank tackles his literary interests, most notably the novel. His first novel, A Forest for Calum (Cape Breton University Press) was published in 2005, and was nominated for the Dartmouth Book Award. He has also published two collections of newspaper/magazine columns, Assuming I'm Right (Cecibu 1990) and How To Cook Your Cat (Cecibu-2003). In 1992-4 Mulgrave Road Theatre produced and toured a one-man play written by Macdonald depicting a day in the life of a columnist, based on the first collection of columns and also titled Assuming I'm Right. Macdonald has also had poems published in a number of journals, as well a short stories, and song lyrics have been arranged and recorded by musicians. Frank has conducted workshops in non-fiction and fiction writing, and has given public reading one numerous occasions for numerous occasions ranging from the CBC to the school classroom. Frank and his partner, artist Virginia McCoy, have also collaborated on children's stories. Selected List of Publications
How To Cook Your Cat. Cicebu, 2003. ISBN 0-9694560-1-8. Assuming I'm Right. Cicebu, 1990. ISBN 09694560-0-X.
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Frank
Macdonald is a writer living in Inverness, Cape Breton, where he was
born and to where he returned after fulfilling his mandatory tour of
duty in plants, factories, construction work and fast food cooking
in other parts of North America. He earns his living as a columnist
and reporter with The Inverness Oran, a weekly newspaper,
and has won journalism awards for both his humourous/satirical weekly
columns and his editorial writing.
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Forest for Calum. Cape Breton University Press. ISBN-10: 1- 897009-05-4.
ISBN-13: 978-1-897009-05-5.