Q and A with Robert Finley
BY Rebecca Cohoe
Tell me about the upcoming publication. Aptly titled, Best Kind collects twelve pieces out of the creative non-fiction workshops we run in MUN’s creative writing programs. Some of the authors…
NL Q and A with illustrator Genevieve Simms
BY Joan Sullivan
Illustrator Genevieve Simms created our wonderful Spring issue cover (on stands now!) She based her illustration on polaroids of members of Portugese fleets visiting St. John’s. Genevieve is from St…
Encountering the Barrier: The Work of Greg Bennett
BY Martin Poole
My interest in Greg Bennett’s work began in 2008 at the Rooms in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, ignited by a large painting of two horses in the foyer called…
Making the East Coast Trail
BY Susan Flanagan
It was, and is, the sweat and perseverance of both the expat and local community volunteers that makes the East Coast Trail a continued success. That and making trail blazing an enjoyable exercise.
Salt
BY Samantha Carroll
It doesn’t seem fair To call it “New” or “Found” When its been waiting With weathered salted wisdom For as long as dark rocks have held line after line Of…
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.