Thoughts while watching Mrs Miniver during a pandemic
By Janet Harron On the bulletin board in what was once my dining room and is now my work-from-home office there is a piece of paper with the following words…
I stayed in the have not province
BY Monica Walsh
I am a person who works in the arts and I decided to stay in my home province of Newfoundland and Labrador rather than move to the mainland for better…
Morgan’s novel debut: doodles, footnotes, & aspirational poetry
Can you tell us a little about yourself? Working backwards. My first novel comes out on the feast day of St Isidore the Farmer (May 15), apocalypse notwithstanding: it’s called Dirty…
Nights acapella: giving voice to our songs
BY Monica Walsh
On the last Thursday of every month, a wonderful time is had at The Crow’s Nest Officer’s Club in downtown St John’s. It is home to the St John’s Song…
The Grammarians War
If I understand this correctly, The Grammarians War was a 16th-century, Tudor-era conflict (1519-1521) between rival methods of teaching Latin. The opposing sides were led, respectively, by schoolmasters William Horman (of…
Q and A with Sonja Boon
1. How do you define life writing? What a great question! As someone who researches in the area of life writing, I understand it from two perspectives. First of all,…