Like Sand Through the Hourglass…
January 2018
Like sand through the hourglass, so is the creative cycle of NQ. Our Spring issue copy deadline is just one month away…
The Trout River Blue Whale
BY Newfoundland Quarterly Magazine (Print)
IN MAY 2014, two blue whale carcasses washed up on the beaches of Trout River and Rocky Harbour. There are only 250 estimated in the North Atlantic, perhaps 20,000 worldwide.
RESURRECTING THE GREAT AUK
BY Drew Brown
The Great Auk got a raw deal. Setting its cloned Razorbill-hybrid progeny down on Funk Island as an act of atonement is a tempting proposition. Easing our collective guilt aside, a resurrected Auk could be an economic boon. Every cove and tickle would put in an ACOA grant to host a penguin hatchery.
Personal soundtrack- A chat with Jamie Fitzpatrick
BY Rebecca Cohoe
“When you’re young, you use music to invent yourself.” So said Jamie Fitzpatrick when I spoke with him about his second novel, The End of Music. Throughout the story, popular songs, from old standards to indie rock, shape the world of his characters. Our conversation ranged from his hometown of Gander to whether or not it is wrong to make your children listen to The Eagles in the car.