Dan Needles

Dan Needles won the 2003 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour for With Axe and Flask (Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 2002) and his Wingfield Farm stage plays have appeared in theatres across Canada and the United States. His popular magazine columns have been published in Harrowsmith-Country Life , Country Guide , Small Farm Canada , In the Hills , On the Bay , Watershed and other publications. Needles was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2014 for a body of work that celebrates the people...See more

Dan Needles won the 2003 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour for With Axe and Flask (Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 2002) and his Wingfield Farm stage plays have appeared in theatres across Canada and the United States. His popular magazine columns have been published in Harrowsmith-Country Life , Country Guide , Small Farm Canada , In the Hills , On the Bay , Watershed and other publications. Needles was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2014 for a body of work that celebrates the people of rural Canada. He lives with his wife at Larkspur Farm near Collingwood, ON. See less