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…
Garneau launches memoir, and it’s a “most extraordinary ride”
The arc of Marc Garneau’s memoir takes us from stratospheric heights to the most human of lows. The subtitle of this life story from Canada’s first astronaut and former Liberal…
“I still have a wide-eyed view of the world”: Marc Garneau, Canada’s first astronaut and retired Liberal MP on the release of his new memoir
Congratulations on A Most Extraordinary Ride; it’s a great read. For example, in your descriptions of your three space flights, you display a knack for creating such vivid pictures that…