Winter issue on the stands!

December 2023

The theme is Travel, and we’ll take you from Bulgaria to Belleoram, from the cherry blossoms in Tokyo to a bull ride in Mexico, to childhood and back.

With writing from Edward Riche, Cynthia Boyd, Adam Walsh, and Katie Vautour, and artwork from Jessie Donaldson, Peter Jackson, and Cory Collins – and a gorgeous cover from David Baltzer. Subscriptions are available here, and we have retail outlets across the country. And you can also find us at the St John’s Farmer’s Market Stocking Stuffer Fair this Sunday!

(Cover image: David Baltzer; illustration, Katie Vautour)

Non-Fiction

The Music Man

BY Christa Shelley

Emerging from the crowd, I see the accordion player sitting on a folding chair. It is planted in a spot of sun on the downtown sidewalk. Following the movement of passersby, his body swivels in his chair, arms flapping. He offers his music and eye contact to every passing pedestrian.

From the ArchivesCanada 150

Sending Up Kites

BY Matthew Hollett

NEWFOUNDLAND QUARTERLY was founded in 1901, the same year Marconi flew a 500-foot kite on Signal Hill and intercepted the first trans-Atlantic wireless transmission. The second-oldest magazine in Canada, NQ began as “a literary magazine of interest to Newfoundlanders at home and abroad,” which is not far off the way it describes itself today, as “a cultural journal of Newfoundland and Labrador.” That’s a remarkable persistency of purpose over 116 years.