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Cameron A. Straughan

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Goderich, Canada
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H.P. Lovecraft
Franz Kafka
Luis Bunuel
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July 2014

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Cameron A. Straughan is an award-winning writer. He was born in a small, conservative lake-side town whose motto was “don’t change anything” and its social machinations - and their impact upon him - would not be out of place in any given Morrissey lyric. A loner by nature, his endless hours spent fishing and exploring the local woods and waterways led him to a career as a fisheries biologist.

His career led him across Canada and down into New York – where he provided outdoor education for at-risk-youth. He slowly became more interested in the social and cultural aspects of science – in particular science communication. This led him to pursue two additional degrees - a Master of Environmental Studies and a Bachelor of Education. For his Mast
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Cameron A. Straughan receives national recognition

through the NYC BIG BOOK AWARD®!

 

Glen Ridge, NJ  – The NYC Big Book Award recognized The Surreal Adventures of Anthony Zen in the category of  Comedy as a winner.

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Cameron Straughan In a twist of fate that Italo Calvino probably would have savoured, I have LOST this book with only 1.5 chapters left to read. I took the book with me on the train to a Morrissey gig. It was stuck into my coat pocket. Just after the gig, as the crowd was filing out of the O2 arena, I realized it was no longer in my pocket. I turned to go back for it, but the crowd was too dense to swim against. I thought maybe it was meant to be this way - never knowing the ending - and I resigned myself to this fate. Since then, I've decided I would like to know the ending. Anyone have a copy I can borrow?


Cameron Straughan Congratulations to the recent winners of brand new copies of 'Neurotica' - literally hot off the presses.

They are being mailed to you this week. Enjoy!

Cheerio,
Cameron


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