(rare signed 1968 Clarke, Irwin & Co. dj, uncredited artist)
(rare signed, 1967 Clarke, Irwin & Co. dj, Governor-General-Award-winner; design: Mary Cserepy)
(left: pb back cover of An Exchange of Gifts, Irwin, 1985, photo: NFB; rare signed dj, Clarke, Irwin & Co., 1974, uncredited design)
(Dec. 10, 1968 signed typed letter mentioning his journalism career)
Stanley, NS-born Alden (Albert) Nowlan (1933-1983) was largely self-educated, eventually producing 26 books of poetry, 6 books of fiction, 5 books of drama, and 5 non-fiction books. He won the 1967 Governor General Award for his first poetry collection Bread, Wine and Salt. For a long time he was also a journalist and became the editor of the Hartland Observer. Nowlan was also a writer-in-residence at UNB and he is buried in Poet’s Corner of Forest Hill cemetery in Fredericton.