Background
Edward Karl Andrew Kavanagh was born in St. John's at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital in December 1954. He grew up in Kilbride, Newfoundland and Labrador.
1987
Ed Kavanagh presents his first book, Amanda Greenleaf Visits a Distant Star, to primary school students in 1987.
Ed Kavanagh, actor, director, lecturer, musician, writer, author, songwriter, harper, editor.
Ed Kavanagh, actor, director, lecturer, musician, writer, author, songwriter, harper, editor.
Ed Kavanagh, actor, director, lecturer, musician, writer, author, songwriter, harper, editor.
Ed Kavanagh, actor, director, lecturer, musician, writer, author, songwriter, harper, editor.
230 Elizabeth Ave, St. John's, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
Ed Kavanagh earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Education from the Memorial University of Newfoundland.
1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
Ed Kavanagh earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Carleton University.
Ed Kavanagh is a past president of the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador.
(The Confessions of Nipper Mooney, full of vivid character...)
The Confessions of Nipper Mooney, full of vivid character portraits and written with a playwright's ear for dialogue, is a compelling story that charts an original course through the beauties and horrors of childhood.
https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Nipper-Mooney-Ed-Kavanagh-ebook/dp/B00EKOBAI8/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=Ed+Kavanagh&qid=1594833212&sr=8-4
2001
(A one-volume edition of the popular Amanda Greenleaf chil...)
A one-volume edition of the popular Amanda Greenleaf children's stories, including Amanda Greenleaf Visits a Distant Star, The Spell of the Water Witch, The Boy Magician, and, published here for the first time, the concluding story The Journey Home. These lyrical fantasies deal with themes of friendship, the beauty of Nature, and the necessity of following your heart.
https://www.amazon.com/Amanda-Greenleaf-Complete-Adventures-Kavanagh/dp/1894463552/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Ed+Kavanagh&qid=1594833212&sr=8-2
2004
("Strays" features ten memorable stories that explore the ...)
"Strays" features ten memorable stories that explore the lives of those who somehow find themselves adrift. In The Strayaway Child, a ninety-year-old woman recalls her girlhood during the Great Depression when she was a "sad, silent little nobody;" in The Red Merc a boy learns deep truths about his often absent father; and in The Wind, a Newfoundlander in a big Canadian city struggles with issues of identity.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JBJRK54/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
2013
Actor director editor lecturer musician writer author songwriter harper
Edward Karl Andrew Kavanagh was born in St. John's at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital in December 1954. He grew up in Kilbride, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Ed Kavanagh earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Education from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Carleton University, and a Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing from the University of New Brunswick.
Ed Kavanagh has worked as a writer, actor, musician, theatre director, university lecturer, and editor. He has taught creative writing through the extension services of both Memorial University and the University of New Brunswick. In 1986, he published Amanda Greenleaf Visits a Distant Star, the first of three tales recounting the phenomenal exploits of a young girl who guards a waterfall on a faraway planet. In the second Greenleaf entry, Amanda Greenleaf and the Spell of the Water Witch, Kavanagh's plucky heroine persuades an evil witch to abandon a life of malicious behavior. Amanda Greenleaf and the Boy Magician, concluding volume in the Greenleaf trilogy, finds the heroine aiding a pair of friends whose mother has been imprisoned on another planet.
He has also published The Cat's Meow: The Longside Players Selected Plays 1984-1989 and released a cassette tape of his children's songs: Alison Gross and Other Wickedly Wonderful Songs. In 2001, Killick Press published his first adult novel, The Confessions of Nipper Mooney. He has released three Celtic harp CDs: On Strings of Light: Christmas Melodies Performed on Celtic Harp, One Star Awake, and Weaving the Wind. Ed Kavanagh's most recent book is the short story collection Strays.
Since the publication of his first book, Ed Kavanagh has traveled widely, visiting many schools and libraries. As a musician, harper, and writer of children's songs, he adds variety to his visits with musical selections on guitar and Celtic harp. He has performed extensively throughout Newfoundland and Labrador as well as in Nova Scotia, New Zealand, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Ireland.
(A one-volume edition of the popular Amanda Greenleaf chil...)
2004(The Confessions of Nipper Mooney, full of vivid character...)
2001("Strays" features ten memorable stories that explore the ...)
2013