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"Kathryn MacDonald the Author"
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Poet, prose writer, and studio jeweller Kathryn MacDonald lives near Shannonville in Hastings County.
Kathryn's poems have been published in literary journals such as Descant, The Fiddlehead,
and Northward Journal (under the name Deneau) before she took a hiatus from poetry
to work at Harrowsmith and Equinox magazines.
Since then, Kathryn has worked as a ghostwriter, editor, and article writer, including "Voices from the Edge of the Island," a story that focuses
on the loss of culture, which was published in This Magazine during the 500th anniversary of
Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of the “New World.” The poem “Earth,” published in Ascent Aspirations Magazine: Anthology Three Aqua Terra (2007) marks Kathryn’s return to creative writing.
When Kathryn isn’t writing or offering online and weekend workshops, she transforms stones into
amulets. To see Kathryn’s jewellery, please go to http://sites.google.com/site/jewelleryartisan/
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"Kathryn's Writing profile (2010)"
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The anthology, Grandmother’s Necklace, includes Kathryn’s nine-part “Strawberry Season,” the prose-poem “Night Visitor,” and the short poem “Round,” a tribute to cookies and Kathryn’s maternal line. Grandmother’s Necklace, edited by Patricia Anne Elford, is a fundraiser for the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. (Epic Press, Belleville, 2010, ISBN 155452462-8)
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Calla & Édourd explores the life and love of a couple and their experience of dementia. Award-winning writer Alistair MacLeod says: “This novella, set in Eastern Ontario, bubbles with the details of everyday life. The cycle of the season is reflected in the lives of the central characters. It is a hymn/lament for that which is passing and that which is past.” Arden artist Judith Versavel’s painting is on the cover. (Hidden Brook Press, Brighton, 2009, ISBN 987-1-897475-39-3)
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“Gatherers,” a poem that celebrates Grandma Lily and Great-Aunt Julia, “Identity,” that delves into myth, and “Across Generations,” which seeks connections, are included in the anthology The Wisdom of Old Souls, edited by Bonita Summers. (Hidden Brook Press, Brighton, 2008, ISBN 978-1-897475-12-6)
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Kathryn is co-author, with Mary Lou Morgan, of The Farm & City Cookbook, a collection of essays on rurality and the food system and recipes that encourage eating locally. (Second Story Press, Toronto, 1994, ISBN 0-929005-67-8)
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