Dan Needles Author and Playwright

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2023 Speaking & Performance Schedule

June 6 – 10 A Field Guide to Rural Living with Ian Bell Port Stanley Festival Theatre www.psft.ca

July 26 – 28 A Field Guide to Rural Living with Ian Bell Highlands Summer Festival, Haliburton https://www.highlandssummerfestival.on.ca/

September 16 Mono Bicentennial Mono Centre

October 5 Finding Larkspur: A Return to Village Life, BIA Author’s Night with Tim Godfrey Southampton, Town Hall

October 12 Beer and Books, Creemore Springs Brewery, Creemore, ON (Curiosity House Books)

October 14 Finding Larkspur with Ian Bell Fergus Grand Theatre, Fergus

October 15 Finding Larkspur, Simcoe Street Theatre, Collingwood, ON 2:00 pm (Gaslight Theatre)

November 12 Finding Larkspur, Shelburne Library 2:00 – 4:00 pm, Shelburne, ON

December 9 Hockey and Humus, an evening with Dan and author Fred Addis Collingwood Library

To enquire about getting Dan to speak at your next event, contact him directly for fees and terms at [email protected].

News, Fence Posts & Events

Finding Larkspur – now available

Dan Needles shares laughter yet again … [More...]

True Pastry Gloves illustration by Shelagh Armstrong

‘TRUE PASTRY GLOVES’ – STUMBLING THROUGH THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

This past summer, an old friend of mine … [More...]

Finding Larkspur Book Cover

Pre-order Dan’s newest book!

Dan Needles shares laughter yet again … [More...]

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Finding Larkspur Book Cover

Finding Larkspur – A Return to Village Life

True Confessions From the Ninth Concession

Winfield's World cover

Wingfield’s World

Axe & Flask book cover

With Axe and Flask

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Public Speaker

Dan Needles Guest Speaker

Dan is frequently asked to speak at conferences and banquets across the country, making us laugh about the old rural community and the way it meets the modern world.....read more

Contact Info

​Dan Needles

[email protected]

Tel 705-445-8790
Fax 705-445-9074

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Latest Posts

  • Finding Larkspur – now available November 8, 2023
  • ‘TRUE PASTRY GLOVES’ – STUMBLING THROUGH THE NATIONAL ANTHEM September 28, 2023
  • Pre-order Dan’s newest book! August 29, 2023
  • FINDING OUR WAY AROUND THIS NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD June 29, 2023

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