“Plotting a story is one of the most exciting activities in the world for me”: Emily Hepditch’s third novel is murder
Murder on Painted Place has such a classic set-up – a group of strangers invited by mysterious letters to a remote island for a weekend, where things of course quickly…
“Something people forget about monsters is that a lot of them are fundamentally sad”: novelist JR McConvey discusses False Bodies
What was the genesis of this story? Did these kind of fantastic creatures interest you as a child? I think my interest in squid started in South Korea, where I…
Announcing a new writing contest!
NQ and WritersNL are teaming up to present NL’s first creative non-fiction writing contest – essay, memoir, biography, travelogue, long-form journalism, or an excerpt from a longer piece are all…
The best laid plans etc
We’d hoped to be posting today from Corner Brook, where NQ was going to be part of a couple of events on the Grenfell campus, but the PAL aircraft had…
The 50th NL Craft Council Christmas Fair is on!
We’re set up at the Jack Byrne Arena amidst what one might call a plethora of artisans, craftspeople, and publishers. Come find us at booth #610, we have subscriptions and…
Personas – a new array of artworks explore personality, psyche
Persona can be defined as: the aspect of someone’s character that is presented to or perceived by others; a role or character adopted by an author, actor, etc or in…