In Alan R. Wilson's first novel, Before the Flood (Cormorant $21.95), Samuel MacFarlane is launched into adolescence in Woodstock, New Brunswick as the construction of a dam threatens the town. A chapter will serve as the basis for a series of half-hour dramas on CBC. A Victoria teacher, Wilson is working on the second of his projected MacFarlane series. 1-896951-12-0

[BCBW AUTUMN 1999]