Linda Little

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Linda Little (born 1959) is an author from Nova Scotia, Canada. Her third work of fiction has been praised as a "darkly beautiful novel".

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Writings

Her first novel, Strong Hollow published in 2001, [1] is a coming-of-age story set in the Maritimes that features a same-sex romance. [2] Quill & Quire praised the rich characters and Little's ability to make them "transcend stereotypes", but criticized Little for "mistrust[ing] the reader to understand the symbolism at the heart of her story". [2]

In 2006 she followed up with Scotch River, which won three Atlantic Book Awards for that year, including the Thomas Head Raddall Award for best adult fiction. [3] Like in her first novel, Little tells a story set in her familiar home of Nova Scotia. The novel tells the story of an Alberta ranch hand who moves to the fictional town of Scotch River. [4] Quill & Quire praised her sympathetic characters and sensuous writing. [4]

Her third novel, Grist, again takes place in the Maritimes but is set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [5] Published in 2014, it tells the story of Penelope and her slowly disintegrating marriage to a miller. [5] Quill & Quire compared the work to Thomas Hardy and Lucy Maud Montgomery, and praised it as a "darkly beautiful novel". [5]

Little has also published a number of short stories and a children's book, Work and More Work. [6] Kirkus criticized the narration of Work and More Work as "bare" and the story as overly idealized. [7]

Personal life

Little lives on a farm in River John, Nova Scotia, where she raises turkeys. [8] She helps organize the annual Read by the Sea literary festival in the town, [9] and, since 2005, has taught at the Dalhousie University Agricultural Campus in Truro, Nova Scotia. [6] In 2007 she was the writer-in-residence for the Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Writer-in-Residence "Linda Little"". Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library. 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 Domet, Stephanie (2001). "Reviews: Strong Hollow". Quill & Quire (4).
  3. ↑ "Scotch River by Linda Little wins Atlantic book of the year". CBC Arts. 12 May 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 Knight, Stephen (2006). "Reviews: Scotch River". Quill & Quire (4).
  5. 1 2 3 Maunder, Patricia (June 2014). "Reviews: Grist". Quill & Quire.
  6. 1 2 MacKay, Marlo (14 September 2018). "Dal Authors Highlights at Halifax Word on the Street Fest". Dal News. Dalhousie University.
  7. ↑ "Work and More Work". Kirkus Reviews. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Bundale, Brett (16 December 2019). "N.S. farmers report consumers are gobbling up free range turkey". Saltwire. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  9. ↑ Bell, Cheryl (7 September 2019). "Water Feature: A festival on the Northumberland Shore turns twenty". Literary Review Journal of Canada.
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