Among the Lions: A Lamb in the Literary Jungle

by Harold Horwood

Among the Lions is Harold Horwood's second volume of memoirs, following 1997's A Walk in the Dreamtime, which laid down the foundations of the literary life that continues here. From the writer's space out of which grew the acclaimed The Foxes of Beachy Cove, through Newfoundland's trip through the sixties, to the founding of Writer's Union of Canada, Horwood illuminates a period when the literary cultures of Newfoundland and Canada were just beginning to flourish. Alive with encounters with writers such as Margaret Atwood, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Margaret Laurence and Farley Mowat, the memoir is a testament to the pleasures, perils and cultural politics of the writing life. Provocative and uncompromising as always, Horwood writes with the joy of one who has chosen his life and never regretted it..

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

About the author

Born in St. John's, Newfoundland in 1923, Harold Andrew Horwood wore many hats: union organizer from 1946-48; political organizer from 1946-52, Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1949-52, journalist, editor of The St. John's Evening Telegram from 1952-58 and The Examiner from 1960-61, co-founder of the Writers' Union of Canada, for which he served three terms as Vice Chair and one, from 1980-81, as Chair, Writer-in-Residence at the University of Western Ontario and at the University of Waterloo, founder of The New Quarterly and, of course, writer.

Published in China, Japan, and various European countries, as well as Canada, Great Britain and the United States, Harold wrote more than twenty books of fiction, history and travel writing. He died in Annapolis Royal in April 2006.