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Obituary for Alistair Macleod

The Guardian Obituary for Alistair MacLeod
Obituary written for The Guardian by Jay Parini in 2014
Alistair MacLeod, a novelist in no hurry dies at 77.
Obituary by Margalit Fox. 23 April 2014, New York Times.

Nova Scotia ( New Scotland) tartan

Reviews of Island

Landscape and Memory
Essay on " Island" by Colleen Keane, 2009, for the Sydney Morning Herald

"Out With the Tide" by John Sutherland ( New York Times)
Review of " Island" by John Sutherland, New York Times, 2001.
The Isle is full of noises
Review of "Island" by James Wood, The Guardian , 7 July, 2001

Alistair MacLeod

Interview with Alistair Macleod
Interview with Alistair Macleod on influence: " I don't think you can write like anybody else. Nobody has your literary fingerprints>"
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Interview from 24 January, 2014. The Globe and Mail.

Springhill Mining Disasters

Springhill Mining Disasters
The Miracle Miners of Springhill. ( CBC Digital Archives)

Highland Clearances

Highland Clearances
2016 Encyclopaedia Britannica article on the eviction of Highland Scots from their land , beginning in the mid 18th Century..

HIstory of Nova Scotia

HIstory of Nova Scotia : Scottish Immigration into Nova Scotia
An essay on Scottish Immigration into Nova Scotia by Peter Landry, 2014

HIstorica Canada : Nova Scotia
The Canadian Encyclopaedia. Article by J Murray Beck, 2015.

Alistair MacLeod reading "The Boat"