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Mark Gordon

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Mark Gordon is a novelist and poet, born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

His published novels are The Snail's Castle, The Kanner Aliyah and Head of the Harbour. He is presently living in Toronto, Ontario, and teaches English to newcomers to Canada. He updates his information regularly at www.markgordonauthor.com

His poetry has been published in numerous literary journals in the United States and Canada, including Quiddity, Illuminations, Poet Lore, RiverSedge, The Fiddlehead, White Wall Review, Roanoke Review, and in the anthologies Arrivals: Canadian Poetry In The Eighties, The Northern Red Oak, and Bright Stars 5, an Organic Tanka Anthology. Online, his poetry has appeared in Linden Avenue Literary Journal and Versewrights.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO EMY GIRARD FOR WINNING THE DECEMBER 2015 GIVEAWAY
OF THE SNAIL'S CASTLE!

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“I had a dream. In the dream someone was critical of my newest novel The Snail's Castle. I said, 'don't worry about it. If you don't like it, just throw it out the window.' I awoke, grinning, with a wonderful feeling of freedom.”
― Mark Gordon, The Snail's Castle

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“I had a dream. In the dream someone was critical of my newest novel The Snail's Castle. I said, "don't worry about it. If you don't like it, just throw it out the window." I awoke, grinning, with a wonderful feeling of freedom.”
― Mark Gordon, The Snail's Castle

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