Hugh MacDonald (poet)



J. Hugh MacDonald (born 1945) is an award-winning Canadian poet, children's writer, and editor.

Life
MacDonald was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (PEI). His mother was a closet poet, and his father was a story teller. He attended St. Dunstan's University in Charlottetown, graduating in 1968. He lives in Montague, PEI, with his wife; they have six children, five boys and a girl. He and teaches English and writing in Souris, PEI.

Recognition
Among MacDonald's many awards are the L.M. Montgomery Children's Literature Award, 1990 and the 2004 Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Literary Arts on Prince Edward Island.

He was appointed Poet Laureate for Prince Edward Island effective January 1, 2010, by the provincial legislature for a period of three years.

Poetry
=POETRY= =SELECTED ANTHOLOGIES= =AS EDITOR= =FICTION=
 * Cold Against the Heart. (Black Moss Press, 2003).
 * Tossed Like Weeds from the Garden. Windsor, Ontario (Black Moss Press, 1999).
 * The Digging of Deep Wells. Windsor, Ontario (Black Moss Press, 1997).
 * Looking for Mother. Windsor, Ontario (Black Moss Press, 1995).
 * Barbed Lyres Anthology. (Key Porter Books, 1990).
 * 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).
 * Letting Go: An Anthology of Loss and Survival. (editor) (Black Moss Press, 2005).
 * A Bountiful Harvest: 15 Years of the Island Literary Awards. (Co-edited with Alice Reese) (The Acorn Press/PEI Writers' Guild, 2002).
 * Landmarks: An Anthology of New Atlantic Canadian Poetry of the Land. (Co-edited with Brent MacLaine) Charlottetown, P.E.I. (The Acorn Press, 2001).
 * Murder at Mussel Cove. (Loon in Balloon Press, 2005).
 * Chung Lee Loves Lobsters. Toronto (Annick Press, 1992).
 * Chung Lee Loves Lobsters - 1992
 * Looking for Mother - 1995
 * The Digging of Deep Wells - 1997
 * Tossed Like Weeds from the Garden - 1999
 * Landmarks: An Anthology of New Atlantic Canadian Poetry of the Land ed. with Brent MacLaine - 2001
 * A Bountiful Harvest: 15 Years of the Island Literary Awards - 2002
 * Cold Against the Heart - 2003
 * Letting Go: An Anthology of Loss and Survival - 2005
 * Murder at Mussel Cove - 2005
 * Crosby and Me - 2010
 * Chung Lee Loves Lobsters - 2011
 * This is a Love Song - 2011
 * I is for Island: A Prince Edward Island Alphabet - 2012
 * I is for Island: A Prince Edward Island Alphabet - 2012