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Ceilidh's Quest Non-Fiction 124 pages - Soft cover |
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| Three Time Maxwell Award Winning Author Gail Macmillan |
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Gail MacMillan is a three-time recipient of Maxwell Medals presented for
excellence in writing by the Dog Writers Association of American in New
York City. Her most recent win in 2007 was for Ceilidh's Quest published by
Double Edge Press. In 2006 her personal essay Promise Pending won first
place in the North Shore Writers Literary Competition (Vancouver, BC) and
was later aired nationally on CBC radio. Her short story A Chance to Care
received honorary mention in the Christian Writers Literary Contest
(Edmonton,Alberta). One judge described her writing as reminiscent of
"Where the Red Fern Grows" and "Old Yeller". Her most previous dog book
Biography of a Beagle won Best in the Fiction Category at the DWAA in New
York in 2002.
Her work has appeared in Outdoor Canada, Saltscapes, Eastern Woods and
Waters, Gun Dog, Dogs in Canada, Dog World, Dog Fancy, Camping Canada,
Canadian Yachting, Seaports and the Shipping World, Dogs USA, Reader’s
Digest Travel Books, The Retriever Journal, and Just Labs as well as a
number of other publications. She has also done readings of her personal
essays on CBC radio (Karen Levine, producer).
Gail is the author of fourteen published books, two of them the first ever
about Canada’s own Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever: The Nova Scotia
Duck Tolling Retriever (Alpine Publishing, Loveland, Co.) and A Breed Apart
(Nimbus, Halifax, NS). Her third dog book is the Maxwell Medal winning
Biography of a Beagle published by Borealis in Ottawa. Two of her other
books are history books, An Outline of the History of Bathurst (Tribune
Press, Sussex, NB) and Winds of Change, a history of the town of Chatham,
NB (Tourism Miramichi, Miramichi, NB). Seven of her books have been
published by Avalon in New York (novels), the remainder have been pub-
lished by Awe-struck e-books in Iowa.
She is a graduate of Queen’s University with post graduate studies in
narrative and expository writing at the University of Western Ontario. She
has served on the New Brunswick Arts Board, the New Brunswick
Bicentennial Commission, the Bathurst Heritage Trust Commission, the
Negisiguit Library Board, and been awarded certificates of merit for her
contribution to the arts both in the city of Bathurst and by the Yarmouth
Historical Society (Yarmouth, NS).
She has done numerous book signings at Chapters and elsewhere as well as
appearing on television and radio.
excellence in writing by the Dog Writers Association of American in New
York City. Her most recent win in 2007 was for Ceilidh's Quest published by
Double Edge Press. In 2006 her personal essay Promise Pending won first
place in the North Shore Writers Literary Competition (Vancouver, BC) and
was later aired nationally on CBC radio. Her short story A Chance to Care
received honorary mention in the Christian Writers Literary Contest
(Edmonton,Alberta). One judge described her writing as reminiscent of
"Where the Red Fern Grows" and "Old Yeller". Her most previous dog book
Biography of a Beagle won Best in the Fiction Category at the DWAA in New
York in 2002.
Her work has appeared in Outdoor Canada, Saltscapes, Eastern Woods and
Waters, Gun Dog, Dogs in Canada, Dog World, Dog Fancy, Camping Canada,
Canadian Yachting, Seaports and the Shipping World, Dogs USA, Reader’s
Digest Travel Books, The Retriever Journal, and Just Labs as well as a
number of other publications. She has also done readings of her personal
essays on CBC radio (Karen Levine, producer).
Gail is the author of fourteen published books, two of them the first ever
about Canada’s own Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever: The Nova Scotia
Duck Tolling Retriever (Alpine Publishing, Loveland, Co.) and A Breed Apart
(Nimbus, Halifax, NS). Her third dog book is the Maxwell Medal winning
Biography of a Beagle published by Borealis in Ottawa. Two of her other
books are history books, An Outline of the History of Bathurst (Tribune
Press, Sussex, NB) and Winds of Change, a history of the town of Chatham,
NB (Tourism Miramichi, Miramichi, NB). Seven of her books have been
published by Avalon in New York (novels), the remainder have been pub-
lished by Awe-struck e-books in Iowa.
She is a graduate of Queen’s University with post graduate studies in
narrative and expository writing at the University of Western Ontario. She
has served on the New Brunswick Arts Board, the New Brunswick
Bicentennial Commission, the Bathurst Heritage Trust Commission, the
Negisiguit Library Board, and been awarded certificates of merit for her
contribution to the arts both in the city of Bathurst and by the Yarmouth
Historical Society (Yarmouth, NS).
She has done numerous book signings at Chapters and elsewhere as well as
appearing on television and radio.
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