Costume Banks and Conjured Worlds
BY Eva Crocker
As we weave through the racks she tells me the history of specific pieces, like a donated Sherlock Holmes’ style cape and deerstalker hat that was worn during the Boer War. Each costume is a talisman for transformation and picking the right one can help summon a character, conjure a world.
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…