Linda Little (born 1959) is an author from Nova Scotia, Canada. Her third work of fiction has been praised as a "darkly beautiful novel".
Writings
editHer 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
editLittle 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 village,[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]
References
edit- ^ a b "Writer-in-Residence "Linda Little"". Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library. 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ a b Domet, Stephanie (2001). "Reviews: Strong Hollow". Quill & Quire (4).
- ^ "Scotch River by Linda Little wins Atlantic book of the year". CBC Arts. 12 May 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ a b Knight, Stephen (2006). "Reviews: Scotch River". Quill & Quire (4).
- ^ a b c Maunder, Patricia (June 2014). "Reviews: Grist". Quill & Quire.
- ^ a b MacKay, Marlo (14 September 2018). "Dal Authors Highlights at Halifax Word on the Street Fest". Dal News. Dalhousie University.
- ^ "Work and More Work". Kirkus Reviews. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ Bundale, Brett (16 December 2019). "N.S. farmers report consumers are gobbling up free range turkey". Saltwire. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ Bell, Cheryl (7 September 2019). "Water Feature: A festival on the Northumberland Shore turns twenty". Literary Review Journal of Canada.