J. Hugh MacDonald

J. Hugh MacDonald was born in Charlottetown, PEI, on July 24, 1945, and graduated from St.Dunstan's University in 1968. His father was a story teller and his mother a closet poet. He retired in June of 1999 after teaching for 31 years. He is now writing full time. He is currently President of the PEI Writers' Guild and Vice Chair of the PEI Council of the Arts. He and his wife Sandra and the two youngest of their six children live in Brudenell, PEI on the beautiful Montague River.

 

Awards
L.M. Montgomery Children's Literature Award, first prize, 1990.
Bennett Carr Award, 1990.

Children's Literature Award, second prize, 1991.

WFNS First Prize for poetry 1994
Atlantic Poetry Competition, first prize, 1994.
Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Literary Arts on Prince Edward Island for 2004.

 

Selected Publications
Chung Lee Loves Lobsters. (Annick Press, 1992, Black Moss Press 1999). ISBN 1-55037-214-9; 1-55037-217-3; 0-88753-325-6
Looking for Mother. (Black Moss Press, Windsor, Ontario1995) ISBN 2:0-88753-259-4; 0-88753-325-6, 0-88753-255-1.
The Digging of Deep Wells. (Black Moss Press, 1997, 1999) ISBN 0-88573-296-9, 0-88753348-5.

Tossed Like Weeds From the Garden, Black Moss Press, 1999 ISBN 008753-330-2.
Cold Against the Heart (Black Moss Press, 2003) ISBN 0-88753-377-9.

 

Selected Anthologies

I Want to be the Poet of Your Kneecap

Losers First

Henry's Creature

The New Poets of Prince Edward Island. (Ragweed Press, 1991).
That Sign of Perfection. (Black Moss Press, 1995).
Doors of the Morning. (UnMon America, 1997).
Landmarks: An Anthology of New Atlantic Canadian Poetry of the Land (The Acorn Press, 2001) ISBN 0-9698606-9-2.

 

Books in Print
MacDonald, Hugh
Chung Lee Loves Lobsters. (Children's Picture Book) Annick Press, 1992. $4.95
Looking for Mother, Poetry (Black Moss Press, 1995) $14.95 ISBN 0-88753-225-1.
The Digging of Deep Wells. (Poetry) Black Moss Press, 1997. $15.95 ISBN: 0-88753-296-9.

Tossed Like Weeds From the Garden, (Poetry) Black Moss Press, 1999 $15.95 ISBN 008753-330-2.
Cold Against the Heart, Poetry (Black Moss Press, 2003) ISBN 0-88753-377-9.

 

J. Hugh MacDonald,

55 Hollow Pine Lane, Robertson Road, Montague RR #5, Prince Edward Island C0A 1R0, (902) 838-2505 phone (902) 838-2505 fax
hughmacdonald@pei.sympatico.ca

 

Poet in the School

phone: (902)838-2505

Poet, Children's writer, retired after thirty-one years of teaching at the high school level. Children's picture book: Chung Lee Loves Lobsters, Annick 1992 and three books of poetry: Looking for Mother, 1995, The digging of Deep Wells, 1997, Tossed Like Weeds from the Garden. All from Black Moss Press in Windsor, Ontario. He has a blended family of 5 boys and 1 girl and lives on the Montague River in eastern PEI.

 

Grade Levels:
All levels.

 

Classroom Approach:
Talk about where stories and poems come from and read from work. I love to interact with the children/young people and to see what they are doing in their classrooms. I am used to working with small or large groups. During my last five years in the classroom I taught writing to grades eleven and twelve. Since I am retired I have a great deal of flexibility for travel.

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