I have a few things in common with Dan Needles: We grew up a few streets apart in Toronto; we graduated the same year from the same high school; and later we gravitated to country life. His influences were much different from mine but nonetheless…an attraction to rural life has led to decades in the country for both of us.
Dan grew up in a family connected to the arts, finance and business. He has worked in publishing and insurance and even served beer in a pub (another thing we have in common). With a degree in economics and an inspiring upbringing in rural Ontario, he sought out a farming life in his thirties but his finest work is his writing. Nominated three times for the Leacock Medal, he won it in 2003.
Late last year, when his newest book was released, my interview partner, Madeleine Hague, and I were pleased to chat with Dan at his Larkspur Farm home.
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