A Forest for Calum celebrates 20th anniversary
Frank Macdonald signed many copies of the new edition of his novel, A Forest for Calum, and was grateful to the warm reception he received from everyone.
October 22, 2025
-by Beverley Phillips
Frank Macdonald and his novel A Forest for Calum were celebrated on October 16th with a reading and a conversation with Tom Ryan, Jr. to mark the novel’s 20th anniversary.
With his foot in a cast, Ryan joked about putting his best foot forward with his role as host of the evening. And with his first question, Macdonald moved into storyteller mode. He began with a big thank you to Shelly Dwyer, for she was the driver behind this 20th anniversary celebration of the coming-of-age tale. “I didn’t know if anyone would care,” Macdonald said, “but I said ‘yes.’”
