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Anthony McDonald

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in Wittersham, Kent, The United Kingdom
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Anthony McDonald studied history at Durham University. He worked very briefly as a musical instrument maker and as a farm labourer before moving into the theatre, where he has worked in almost every capacity except those of Director and Electrician.
His first novel, Orange Bitter, Orange Sweet, was published by Gay Men’s Press in 2001 and his second, Adam, in 2003. It became one of the best selling books GMP ever published.
Adam was then republished in a new edition by BIGfib Books in 2006.
Anthony McDonald's short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic
He has also written the scripts for several Words and Music events, based around the lives and works of composers including Schubert and Brahms, which have...more


A new book of mine came out today. Called 'Matches in the Dark: thirteen tales of Gay Men'. It's twelve quite short stories and one quite long one - 'Sundays' - about the big experiences of life: falling in love, loss, triumph, separation, and all the rest, as seen and felt by a number of men, mostly gay, a few straight. I put the collection together encouraged by the reception given to my shor... read more »
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Published on May 18, 2013 02:06 • 13 views
Average rating: 3.93 · 187 ratings · 42 reviews · 9 distinct works · Similar authors
Adam
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
Sailor Boys
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2013
Blue Sky Adam
4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2009
Getting Orlando
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
Orange Bitter, Orange Sweet
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2001
Along the stars
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012
Best Gay Romance 2011
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3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Erotica Exotica: Tales of S...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011
Best Gay Stories 2010
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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Anthony McDonald ♥♥Deborah♥♥ loves Qhuay † wrote: "Thank you so much for the friend-vite! I loved Sailor Boys and look forward to reading your full-length novels. This is one of the reasons that I love the M/M group writing event. I may not have fo..."

♥♥Deborah♥♥ loves Qhuay † wrote: "Thank you so much for the friend-vite! I loved Sailor Boys and look forward to reading your full-length novels. This is one of the reasons that I love the M/M group writing event. I may not have fo..."

Anything but creepy. Delighted. And there's a book of my short stories (including Sailor Boys) coming out on kindle in the next few hours. Title 'Matches in the Dark'.


♥♥Deborah♥♥ loves Qhuay † Thank you so much for the friend-vite! I loved Sailor Boys and look forward to reading your full-length novels. This is one of the reasons that I love the M/M group writing event. I may not have found you otherwise.

Did that just sound creepy? :-)


Anthony McDonald Great to hear from you. Hope you'll like Adam. A new collection of my short stories - inspired by the success of Sailor Boys - is out later today or tomorrow. 'Matches in the Dark'. Hope you'll take a look at least...!


message 7: by Macky

Macky Hi Anthony, thanks so much for the invite. I've just read Sailor Boys and it was wonderful. Adam is on my ( ever growing ) TBR list. :)


Anthony McDonald And thank you for your generous response to it, Jen!


JustJen Thanks for the add, Anthony. Looking forward to reading more of your work. :)


Anthony McDonald Oh that's lovely, Sue. It's a bright sunny Bank Holiday morning here in the UK. Your message has brightened it further!


message 3: by SueM

SueM Thanks for the friend invite, Anthony. I really enjoyed your story, and as an Australian, appreciated seeing words spelt correctly! I am actually part of the event team and had the honour of working on your story on the formatting side. It was immediately obvious that your story was worthy of being [equal] first cab off the rank. Hopefully you'll be pleased with the end result of the ebooks!


Anthony McDonald That's lovely. Hope you'll give some of my other stuff a try!


Bookbee Thanks for the Friend invite, Anthony! And yes, I liked Sailor Boys very much! :)


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