Hitchhiking
BY Andrea McGuire
It’s a tricky thing, leaving St John’s. And here, I’m talking solely in terms of travelling logistics. Sure, people do it all the time – they board planes, or maybe…
Pleasure and Other Nutritious Matters
BY Elena Slawinska
This is an excerpt of Elena Slawinska’s story Pleasure and Other Nutritious Matters. The story is part of a new collection released by Breakwater Books called Best Kind. The collection…
A Sketch of Stephen
BY Paul Whittle
This is an excerpt of Paul Whittle’s story A Sketch of Stephen. The story is part of a new collection released by Breakwater Books called Best Kind. The collection features…
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…