Amanda Dorothy Jean Bulman is a chef, writer, stand-up comic, and librarian. She believes passionately in teaching farming,...
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Amanda Dorothy Jean Bulman is a chef, writer, stand-up comic, and librarian. She believes passionately in teaching farming,...
Olivia Robinson is originally from the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, and currently lives in St. John’s. She completed...
Paul David Power's work includes roles in over 30 stage plays across the country as well as directing and producing....
Ainsley Hawthorn, Ph.D., (she/her) is a cultural historian, author, and multidisciplinary artist. Raised in Steady Brook,...
Xaiver Campbell is a writer, actor, statistician, political scientist, and baker. He is originally from Jamaica and...
Prajwala Dixit, an Indian-Canadian engineer, journalist/columnist, playwright, author, is an award-winning community...
Santiago Guzman is a writer and performer originally from Mexico City and now based in St. John’s. He holds a BFA...
Tzu-Hao Hsu was born in Taiwan and raised in Newfoundland. A proud Taiwanese Townie, living is St. John’s, she is...
Zay Nova is originally from Bangka, Indonesia, and currently lives in Paradise, NL.
William Ping is from St. John’s. His work has been previously featured on CBC Radio and in Riddle Fence.
Sobia Shaheen Shaikh is a social-work educator, researcher, and antiracist-feminist activist from St. John’s.
Ayse Akinturk was born and raised in Istanbul. She holds a doctoral degree in political science and lives in St. John’s.
Richard Elcock was born in York, ON, and lives in St. John’s.
Sheila O’Neill, B.A., B.Ed., is from Kippens, NL, and is a member of Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation. Sheila is a Drum...
Geoff Pike is co-owner and associate artist at Bobbi Pike Art, where he’s also the head of IT, and director of logistics...
George Elliott Clarke was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1960. Educated at the University of Waterloo, Dalhousie,...
Beth Follett is the founder and publisher of Pedlar Press, a Canadian literary house. Her first novel, Tell It Slant...
Sharon King-Campbell is a freelance theatre artist and storyteller. Her work has appeared in Riddle Fence and Word,...
ADAM AND JENNIFER YOUNG live on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, with their two daughters and their dog, Johnny Cash. An accomplished...
Mary Duffy Hayward was born in 1919 in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She was known as a home-cook extraordinaire who raised...
Jocelyne Thomas is an editor, folklorist, and avid reader. Passionate about words, stories, culture, and history since...
CHRISTIAN QUESNEL lives in Saint-Andre-Avellin, Quebec, and is an author and illustrator of comics, graphic novels,...
KATIA CANCIANI lives in Gatineau, Quebec, and has published 36 books for children. She spends her time flying planes...
ANTONY BERGER is a graduate of Dalhousie, the University of Melbourne, and Liverpool University and has lectured on...
WADE KEARLEY is the author of seven books, including the poetry collections Drawing on Water and Let Me Burn like This,...
HEIDI WICKS has written for The Telegram, The Independent, Newfoundland Quarterly, CBC, and The Globe and Mail. In 2019,...
MICHAEL WINSOR is the leading landscape photographer in Newfoundland. His images have been exhibited across Canada,...
Morgan Murray was born and raised on a farm near the same west-central Alberta village as figure-skating legend Kurt...
Michelle Porter is a Red River Métis poet, journalist, and editor. She holds degrees in journalism, folklore, and geography...
Tracey Waddleton was raised in Trepassey, Newfoundland, and now splits her time between St. John’s and Montreal. She...
Gemma Hickey is a passionate humanist whose activism has changed the legal landscape of Canada, expanding rights, equality...
Susie Taylor’s work has won the NLCU Fresh Fish Award for emerging writers, Riddle Fence’s Leaside Fiction Prize...
Katie Vautour is a visual artist and writer published in a variety of literary journals, and though she dabbles in all...
Terry Doyle is a writer from the Goulds, Newfoundland. Winner of the 2017 Percy Janes First Novel Award, and finalist...
Melissa Barbeau is a founding member of the Port Authority Writing Group. She has been anthologized in Racket: New Writing...
Jessica Mitton is a Culinary Nutrition Expert and an award-winning Certified Holistic Nutritional Consultant. She has...
Robert Finley is coordinator of Memorial University's Creative Writing Diploma Program where he teaches literature...
Geoff Eaton is a social entrepreneur, a two-time cancer survivor, and an advocate for young adults living with, through,...
Jamie Fitzpatrick is a host and producer at CBC Radio. His first novel, You Could Believe in Nothing, won the Fresh...
Edward Riche is the author of the novels Rare Birds, The Nine Planets, Easy to Like, and Today I learned it was You....
Frank Gronich was born in 1932 in the Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia. Following the Second World War the Sudeten...
Born and raised in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Christine now resides in Canada’s other provincial Island, Prince Edward...
Rosalind Gill is a Senior Scholar in French and Translation at Glendon College, York University. She writes fiction...
Alison Dyer's poetry and short stories are published in The Fiddlehead, Riddle Fence, Grain, 3 Elements Literary Review,...
Ray Guy was a reporter and columnist at The Evening Telegram in St. John’s from 1963 to 1974. He has been credited...
Jennifer Maruno began her publishing career with award winning educational materials for The Peel District School Board...
Sheilah Roberts Lukins has written three non-fiction books for adults and two children’s books. Bottoms Up: A History...
Rebecca North is a Canadian children's author. Originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, she now lives in St. John's, Newfoundland.
Bobbi Pike is the co-founder of the East Coast Keto community. She’s also the owner and artist at Bobbi Pike Art....
Born and raised in Toronto, Ont., James McLeod came to St. John’s, NL for a six week unpaid internship in the spring...
Writer, actor, community activist and CBC producer, Paul O'Neill was born in St. John's, Newfoundland in 1928. Educated...
Bernardine Ann Teraz Stapleton is an award-winning playwright, a writer and performer of unique distinction. She has...
Born in Liverpool, Derrick Bowring (1916-2009) arrived in St. John’s in 1935 to join Bowring Brothers Ltd. and learn...
Hilda Morrow is the daughter of Leonard Stick. She currently resides in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland where she...
Joshua Goudie's work has been published in The Telegram as well as The Cuffer Anthology, Volumes IV and V. In 2012...
Megan Gail Coles is a graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland and the National Theatre School of Canada. She...
Ida Linehan Young grew up in North Harbour, St. Mary’s Bay and lived in St. Bride’s, Placentia Bay for an number...
Born in St. John’s, Donald C. Rose is the son of a First World War veteran and received his formal education at Bishop...
Mark McCrowe was born and raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Growing up around simple Newfoundland dishes using fresh...
Tim B. Rogers first encountered the Southern Cross when he heard Omar Blondahl sing a ballad about the tragedy. That...
Ed Kavanagh grew up in Kilbride, Newfoundland and Labrador, and now lives in Mount Pearl. He received an Honours B.A....
Lee Stringer grew up in the outport village of Little Hearts Ease, in Newfoundland’s Trinity Bay, but has been living...
Kenneth G. Pieroway was born in Corner Brook but grew up in Colinet. He obtained his BSW from Memorial University and...
The text was dictated by Suzanne Wheeler’s father, Maxwell Ross Rowe, to her in 2009-2010, shortly before he died...
George Gregoire (Shuash Kanikuen) was born in 1946 in the Meshikamau area of Nitassinan, the Innu homeland that covers...
Lisa Dalrymple loves to travel and has lived in such countries as South Korea, Thailand and Scotland. She now lives...
Bruce Templeton is an investment advisor, a Rotarian, a past chair of the St. John’s Board of Trade and former regional...
Stanley Sparkes, is a retired high school teacher and vice principal, was born in Saunders Cove (now part of Glovertown)...
A longtime writer/singer/storyteller, Denise Batten recently moved back to Newfoundland after a 20 year stay on the...
Bobbi French was born and raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. She was a practicing psychiatrist working...
Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers is one of the most popular group of entertainers in the history of Newfoundland....
Susan Pynn Taylor is a native Newfoundlander and recently emancipated civil servant who enjoys writing for children...
One of Canada’s most courageous and original literary voices, Michelle Butler Hallett writes axe-books -- “you...
Writer, performer, and choreographer Kate Story was born and raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in a house built...
James E. Candow is from Gander, NL, and is a graduate of both Memorial and Dalhousie universities. He has written numerous...
Wilhelmina Fitzpatrick grew up in Freshwater, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, the sixth of seven sisters. She is the author...
Linden MacIntyre is the author of the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel The Bishop’s Man. He is also the...
Laurel Keating’s illustrations charm and delight children of all ages. An award-winning artist, her work has adorned...
Gerard Collins is a Newfoundland writer whose first novel, Finton Moon, was nominated for the International Dublin...
Nikashant Antane (Alex Andrew) organized and promoted Giant’s Diabetes Awareness Walk in spring 2009. He is an Economic...
Alice Walsh has published three previous children’s books, including Heroes of Isle aux Morts (Tundrea), Uncle...
Pam Frampton is a columnist and the story editor at The Telegram. She has a BA (Honours) in English Literature from...
Deannie Sullivan-Fraser's is the author of a family musical, Time Shadows, where she wrote the play and the music. One...
Ted Rowe is a real estate broker, musician, reader, traveler, food and wine enthusiast, and community volunteer. He...
Janet MacFadyen grew up in Williamstown, MA, and has degrees in geology and English. She has done many jobs, from piano...
Mike Heffernan was born and raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland. His most recent work has appeared in Riddle Fence,...
One of Canada’s most courageous and original literary voices, Michelle Butler Hallett writes axe-books -- “you...
Valerie Sherrard first decided to become an author when she was in grade six! Her homeroom teacher that year, Mr. Alf...
Maxine Trottier is a prolific writer of books for young people. Born in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan on May 3, 1950,...
Moberley Luger lives in Vancouver, where she is completing her PhD in English at the University of British Columbia....
Paul Rowe was born in Point Verde, Newfoundland. He lives in St. John’s where he works as an actor, writer and teacher....
Robin McGrath is the author or editor of fifteen books, including Trouble and Desire (1995), Escaped Domestics(1998),...
In 2001, Maunder created the Nickel Independent Film and Video Festival in St. Johns, Newfoundland. The Nickel...
Angela Moore is a graduate of Memorial University with a degree in English Language and literature. She loves animals,...
Kim Kielley has been writing since she was a kid. Twenty years ago, she graduated from journalism school and pursued...
Susan Pynn is a professional writer, currently working in marketing & communications. She is the author of A Puppy Story...
For many years, Lisa Rae was an educator in both the English and French schools in Quebec as well as in British Columbia....
If the stories are to be believed, Shannon Patrick Sullivan was born in St. Johns, Newfoundland, in 1976. Public...
Beni Malone has quite the career in performing: hes been part of the scene, either in Newfoundland or elsewhere,...
Gordon Rodgers holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.
His writing has appeared...
Douglas Hopkins, a native of Old Perlican (Trinity Bay, Newfoundland) created his first storybook characters at the...
Catherine Safer was born and raised in Newfoundland: the Codroy Valley, Gander and St. John's. She has been scribbling...
Mr. Leahy is a graduate of the Executive Development Course of the Canadian Police College. He is a member of the Kiwanis...
Michael J. McCarthy was born in St. Jacques, Fortune Bay, moving to Terrenceville at the age of five, where he attended...
Susan Rendell is a freelance writer and editor living in a pumpkin-colored row house in down town St. Johns with...
Frank was born in St. John's in 1954 and spent his childhood growing up on Shea Heights. He left home at seventeen and...
Marian Frances White is a writer who has published in many different genres. Her published works include ten editions...
Philip Smith was born in the 'out port' of Fortune on the south coast of Newfoundland in 1927. After schooling there,...
Having received his early education at St. Bonaventure's College, Brother Joseph Bertrand Darcy joined the Congregation...
Wendy McGrath’s poetry has been published in CV2, Prism international, NeWest Review, Tessera, Room of One’s Own,...
Betty Organ is originally from Bay D’Espoir, Newfoundland. However, she currently resides and works in St. John’s,...
Frank was born in St. John's in 1954 and spent his childhood growing up on Shea Heights. He left home at seventeen and...
Beth Ryan lives and writes in St. John's, Newfoundland. As a graduate of Memorial University and Ryerson Polytechnic...
Susan Chalker Browne is an award-winning writer, journalist and teacher. Hey Freddy! It’s Canada’s Birthday is...
Cathy Brown Murphy was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, and graduated from Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick....
David Lindsay Benson was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in 1956, the son of a Southside longshoreman and...
Cyril Poole was born in Pilley’s Island, Newfoundland, and was educated at Dalhousie University and the University...
Lydia Campbell was born in 1818, and died in 1905. According to the foreword by Tony Williamson in the 1980 printing...
Dr. Chris Rolton was born in Britain where she graduated from medical school in 1964. She emigrated to Canada in 1967...
After earning an M.A. and M.L.S. degrees from the University of Toronto, she worked for many years for The Globe and...
After completing his schooling at Prince of Wales Collegiate in St. John’s, Gary went to work for the VOCM radio...
Lawrence Jackson was fascinated by the natural world. He grew up in the foothills of the Rockies, travelled extensively...
Cyril Goodyear is a man who loves the out-of-doors. Summer or winter, his favourite pastime is to set up camp almost...
Robert Parsons has become one of Newfoundland’s most popular and prolific writers, specializing in stories of shipwrecks,...
Janet McNaughton was fifteen when she began to write her first book - a historical novel for young readers. She did...
Harold Horwood, a founder of Newfoundland renaissance in the 1960s, has published twenty-five books of fiction, biography,...
Helen Peters is a graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland. She earned her doctorate from the University of Oxford...
Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Memorial University of Newfoundland, George...
Catherine Simpson holds degrees from Memorial University and Mount Saint Vincent University and has taught at both primary...
When George was a boy, he enjoyed the stories told by his mother, aunts, uncles and grandparents. George recently retired...
Jack Fitzgerald was born and educated in St. John's, Newfoundland. During his career he has been a journalist, a feature...
Born in Northern Ontario, Cara Kansala now calls Newfoundland home. A full-time visual artist, she created the well-known...
Craig Francis Power is an artist and writer from St. John’s. Power's first novel, Blood Relatives (2010), won the...
Pam Hall is an interdisciplinary artist, scholar, film-maker, and writer. Her visual art has been exhibited locally,...
BRIDGET CANNING was raised on a sheep farm in Highlands, NL. Her first novel, The Greatest Hits of Wanda Jaynes, was...
Amelia Curran is a singer-songwriter from st. John’s, Newfoundland. After independently releasing her first...
Claire Wilkshire is a writer, editor, translator and teacher living in St. John’s with her husband, writer Larry Mathews....
The St. John's Status of Women Council/Women's Centre is a feminist organization that since 1972 is continually working...
THE OVERCAST is a media body in St. John’s that serves as the voice of culture for Newfoundland via monthly...
ROBERT CHAFE has worked in theatre, dance, opera, radio and film. His stage plays have been seen in Canada,...
Dr. Denyse Lynde is a professor in the English Department at Memorial University of Newfoundland, specializing in Canadian...
Frank F. Tibbo's life has been involved with aviation. He has worked with Aviation Meteorological Services and spent...
Harvey Sawler is the author of twelves books, including: Frank McKenna: Beyond Politics, Twenty-First Century Irvings,...
Governor General Award winner Kevin Major is the author of twenty-one books—fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry,...
Adele Poynter was born and raised in Newfoundland but also has strong American family ties. After living in other countries,...
Gil Courtemanche is the author of A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali, which won a Governor General’s Literary Award and...
LISA MOORE is the author of Degrees of Nakedness, Open, Alligator, February, Caught, Something for Everyone, and the...
Drodge began his career as a writer following a thirty-four year career in the computer industry. Born in Little Heart’s...
Dr. Douglas Gosse is an award-winning educator and researcher. His focus includes language and literacy acquisition...
Stephen Rowe’s poetry has appeared in such publications as CV2, Arc Poetry Magazine, The Antigonish Review, Riddle...
Leslie Vryenhoek has worked as a professional communicator in international development, advanced education, emergency...
Born in Twillingate, on Newfoundland’s northeast coast, Dennis Minty is a celebrated photographer, a wildlife biologist,...
Shannon Webb-Campbell is an award-winning poet, writer, and journalist of mixed Aboriginal ancestry. She is the inaugural...
Christopher John Morry is Howard Morry’s grandson. He worked for almost forty years as a marine and freshwater biologist...
One wife, two kids, one mortgage, lifelong food obsessive, recipe blogger, and food photographer: that’s how Rock...
Christine Welldon loves bringing little-known stories of Canadian history to life for young readers. Her books include...
Ellen Bryan Obed is the author of eight books for children. Poetry, prose, fantasy and science, her books revel in...
Al Pittman’s writing has been featured in many publications and has been the subject of radio, television and film...
Shawn O’Hagan was born in Toronto and has made her home in Newfoundland. She has illustrated seven children’s books...
FOR THE LOVE OF LEARNING is an arts-based charitable organization serving youth between the ages of 15-30, who are working...
Michael Pittman is an internationally exhibited visual artist from Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. He now lives...
George Murray is the author of six acclaimed books of poetry for adults. He lives in St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador,...
Nicholas Ruddock is a Canadian physician and writer. He has won numerous international prizes and was shortlisted for...
Janet Merlo is a retired member of the RCMP.
Originally from Harbour Grace, Merlo now lives with her two daughters...
Vicki Murphy is a self-described “writer, mother and hot mess” from Badger’s Quay, Newfoundland.
She is an...
Beatrice MacNeil is the bestselling author of Where White Horses Gallop, Butterflies Dance in the Dark, and The Moonlight...
Joseph Wroblewski is a professor in the Department of Ocean Sciences at Memorial University in St. John’s and a researcher...
Jean Claude Roy was born in Rochefort sur Mer, France, in 1948.
Committed to becoming an artist since childhood,...
James Matthews is a writer who lives in Iqaluit, Nunavut.
The Mean Time is his first novel. He’s currently working...
Bruce Hynes was born the son of a blacksmith in Norris Arm, Newfoundland and Labrador, in 1940. His publications include...
Françoise Enguehard was born on the islands of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.
She is the author of the bestselling novel...
Frank Dyke is a retired war veteran.
He currently lives in Reidville, Newfoundland and Labrador, where he enjoys...
Kerri Cull is the author of Soak (2012) and Rock Paper Sex: The Oldest Profession in Canada’s Oldest City (2017)....
Susan M. MacDonald had lived in half the provinces of Canada before settling in Newfoundland and Labrador in 1998.
She...
Whenever her grandchildren asked her what she did Geraldine Durrant always teased them that she was a pirate.
In...
Agnes Walsh was born in Placentia, Newfoundland.
She is a poet and a playwright. She has published two collections...
Paul Daly was an award-winning photojournalist in Ireland before moving to Newfoundland and Labrador.
He garnered...
Russell Wangersky is an award-winning author, editor and columnist from St. John’s, Newfoundland.
His recent books...
Joan Rusted was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
She holds a degree in History and Political Science from Memorial...
Patrick Warner was born and raised in Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland.
He moved to Newfoundland in 1980 in search...
GLENN DEIR is a former CBC television reporter who lives in St. John’s. He used three decades worth of journalistic...
Jill Sooley grew up in Mt. Pearl, NL. She enjoyed a successful career in public relations first with the Government...
Kate Evans (1943-2016) called St. John’s home, but she was born and raised in Ireland. She immigrated to...
Samuel Thomas Martin is the author of This Ramshackle Tabernacle, which was shortlisted for the 2010 BMO Winterset Award...
Sheilagh O’Leary is an award-winning art photographer from St. John’s.
She produces striking collections of...
Rhonda Pelley is a Newfoundland writer and artist whose work has been seen in galleries and publications locally and...
Larry Mathews teaches in the English department at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
His short fiction has appeared...
Frank Gogos was born and raised in St. John’s, NL. He holds a degree in history and Newfoundland studies.
An ardent...
Morgan MacDonald is an emerging artist/bronze sculptor who has created The Rower at Quidi Vidi Lake, A Time at George...
L.W. van Keuren is a writer of fiction and drama for children, often with a strong connection to history.
Her story...
Syr Ruus was born in Estonia at the start of the Second World War.
As a small child, she escaped with her mother...
Trudy Morgan-Cole is a writer and adult-education teacher in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Her historical fiction novels...
A native of Cartwright, Labrador, Kirby Walsh is retired from more than thirty-eight years of ministry in the Anglican...
Gerald Squires was born in Change Islands, Newfoundland, in 1937.
He obtained much of his early training in art...
Now retired, Marilyn Marsh practiced nursing for many years in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Eric Sparling is a freelance writer and stay-at-home father. The former editor and reporter lives in Nova Scotia with...
Elizabeth Murphy is an award-winning researcher and non-fiction writer from Newfoundland.
She has fond memories...
A former principal, teacher and journalist in England, Newfoundland and New Brunswick, Robert Rayner now concentrates...
Antony Christie’s poetry has been widely published in magazines in Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom, in two...
Glen Carter is an award-winning journalist who has spent nearly thirty years in the high-pressure world of television...
George Rose is one of Canada’s best known and most respected fisheries scientists.
He is widely considered to...
A resident of St. John’s for 35 years, Fred Armstrong was born and raised in Ottawa.
He has been a freelance journalist...
Allison Strayer translated Ashes on Ice from its original version in french.
A native of the Ottawa region, Georges Lafontaine has worked as a journalist since 1979.
He was owner of the radio...
Jonathan Butler, a native of St. John's, Newfoundland, and former co-editor of Descant, has published short fiction,...
Kim Macsymic was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and raised along the banks of the beautiful North Saskatchewan...
Gene Philip Quigley was born in St. John’s in 1964, son of Madeline (Hickey) Quigley and the late Philip Quigley....
Award winning photo-journalist, Frank J. Kennedy, worked with the St. John's Daily News for twenty years before moving...
K. L. Vidal took her M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at Harvard University where she entered as a Woodrow Wilson...
Carl Leggo is a poet and professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British...
Heather Walter and Eric West have been performing music together since 1988, in schools concert halls, festivals as...
Fara Spence was born in Gander, and lived between there and Port au Choix on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland....
Joan Edward has followed music and art all her life.
For over twenty years she has kept a journal, continuing her...
Dawn McMillan is a writer of fiction and non-fiction for children.
McMillan lives along the rocky shore of the Thames...
Tina Chaulk lives in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, with her husband and two sons while writing and...
Gail (Hussey) Weir was born and raised on Bell Island, as was her mother, who was the daughter of a miner.
Her father...
Noelle Chason Hall, a daughter of a Newfoundlander and an American serviceman, has spent many of her summers, since...
Adrian de Hoog was educated in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Oxford, and spent 30 years working as a Canadian diplomat...
Felix Perry is the great, great grandson of David Dobbin.
In keeping with his family's tradition, he spent many...
Ronald Rompkey, a biographer, editor and reviewer, is University Research Professor in the Department of English at...
Christopher Pratt is one of Canada’s most prominent painters and printmakers.
Throughout his career, he has received...
Randy W. Somerton was born in 1962, on Bell Island in Newfoundland, Canada.
He has been a Union representative and...
Donald Barry is a professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary.
He holds a B.A. from St. Francis...
Jeanette Walsh is retired from nursing after a 35-year career in the profession.
Jeanette worked in a variety of...
Audrey J. Marsh was born at Windsor, Nova Scotia on November 17, 1911.
She acquired her early education in that...
Marilyn Beaton has been a nurse for over thirty years. For many of those years, she has been an Associate Professor...
Marion Alice Davison was born on January 2, 1931.
Raised, educated and married in King's County, Nova Scotia, she...
The author who has published Cristoforo under the pseudonym Willie Thomas is a Quebecer of Irish and Acadian descent...
Originally from St. John’s, Nick Wilkshire is a lawyer with the Department of Justice in Ottawa, where he lives with...
Tom Badcock was born in Carbonear, Newfoundland. He is the author of numerous novels including the best selling A Broken...
Writers Across Canada Online (WACO) first came together on the Internet to share, encourage, critique and read each...
Having grown up in Upstate New York, Art Seamans studied literature at Eastern Nazarene College, Boston University,...
Anthony Barton is a painter and writer who has lived in Newfoundland for 28 years.
He has had two sell-out exhibitions...
Joan Over was born in St. John’s. She moved to Ontario to complete her university education, then managed and edited...
Michael Johansen has been a print and radio journalist since the late 1980s, writing for newspapers, wire services and...
Saqamaw Mi'sel Joe, LL. D, CM, is the author of Muinji’j Becomes a Man and An Aboriginal Chief’s Journey. He has...
Nicole grew up in Upper Gullies, Newfoundland, with her five siblings and parents, John and Nancy Lundrigan....
Thomas Rendell Curran was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland in 1939.
He was educated at Holloway School, Prince...
Donald Gale was born in Millville, Codroy Valley, Newfoundland in 1947.
He is a retired teacher who now invests...
Des Walsh was born in St. John's and first published in 1972.
Since then, he has published four books of poetry....
Caroline Stellings is an author and illustrator of children’s books from Waterdown, Ontario.
She is a professional...
Dolors Toole attended the Presentation Convent School in Renews, Newfoundland, Memorial University of Newfoundland,...
Winner of the 1969 Tely 10, Joe Ryan has been a long-distance runner for more than 30 years.
In the late 1970s and...
Captain Duke Collins is a master mariner, who was born into a seafaring family in Carmanville, on the north east coast...
Joshua Jamieson was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, on June 11, 1984.
Joshua first began writing...
Ross A. Klein is academically trained as a sociologist and as a social worker.
His previous writing covers a range...
Bill Abbott has been involved in the newspaper business for more than twenty years as a reporter, editor and publisher....
Joanna Gosse grew up in St. John's Newfoundland where she honed her talents as a singer, dancer and actress.
She...
Acclaimed Viking scholars, the Ingstads pieced together their story from old sagas, the researches and guesswork of...
Acclaimed Viking scholars, the Ingstads pieced together their story from old sagas, from the researches and guesswork...
Shannon Lewis-Simpson was raised in Holyrood, and now lives in Harbour Main, Conception Bay.
She holds a PhD in...
Patrick Byrne, cross-appointed with the Department of English, specializes in the interrelationships between folklore...
Paul Butler is a graduate of Norman Jewison’s Canadian Film Centre in Toronto and is presently developing a number...
Phyllis Joy Hammond has exhibited her work in Iceland, Texas, Vermont, Quebec and Alberta.
Mrs. Hammond's diverse...
Clyde Rose was born on Fox Island on the southwest coast of Newfoundland.
He attended school in Burgeo following...
A native of Halifax, Malcolm MacLeod has lived in Newfoundland since the 1970’s.
He is a past president of the...
JoAnne Soper-Cook was born in Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland.
Her published work includes short stories, poetry, non-fiction...
Formerly an ecologist and science writer and then a newsletter editor on an Ojibwe Indian reserve, Annamarie Beckel...
Michael Burzynski began working with national parks as a naturalist in 1973 - the same year that Gros Morne was established....
Lynne Fitzhugh first visited Labrador in 1969 when her archaeologist husband Bill was finishing his dissertation research...
Alan Fisk was born in 1950, and lived in Singapore, Austria, and England before coming to Newfoundland in 1972, where...
Gilbert Penney is a retired teacher who lives in Springdale, Newfoundland.
He is married to the former Gleason Rice...
Boyd Warren Chubbs was born in L'Anse Au Clair, Labrador on Bloomsday, 1955 to Una (nee Cribb) and Gordon Victor Chubbs.
His...
Len Rich was born and raised in Whitehall, New York.
He was first exposed to Newfoundland and Labrador with the US...
Former member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly, Gene Long was the first NDP representative elected in St. John’s....
At age 20, with eight years sailing experience already to his credit, Chris LeGrow of Topsail, Newfoundland was accepted...
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer who is famous for works like Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Tale...
Roberta Buchannan was born in South Africa, educated in England, and immigrated to Canada in 1964.
She lives in...
Geoffrey C. Carnell was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland on February 7, 1953.
A Professional Engineer and licensed...
Peggy Smith Krachun has won numerous prizes in several Arts & Letters competitions.
She has published her work in...
Howard Maxwell Harvery was born on Bell Island on November 6, 1955, but moved to Montreal and then Toronto.
Later...
Albert Reiner-Glaap studied English, Latin and Philosophy at the University London/England, King's College.
He began...
Kevin Redmond has spent the past thirty years exploring Newfoundland and Labrador's land, sea and related cultural legacies....
Calvin Poole was born at the Grenfell Hospital in Mary’s Harbour, Labrador during 1947 and grew up at a nearby fishing...
Michael Cook was born in Fulham, London, in 1933 and emigrated to Canada in 1966 where he joined the Department of Extension...
Michael Leo Donovan is a professional scriptwriter.
A graduate of the University of Southern California, he is Communications...
Sally Goddard was born and grew up in London, England.
She developed her love of Marine Biology as a young girl...
Adventure travel writer Sue Lebrecht has been a travel columnist for the Toronto Star for 15 years.
Her column,...
Peter has been with the Meteorological Service of Canada for many years.
He is the author of two books on Atlantic...
Lynn Noel was the Director of River Programs for the Quebec-Labrador Foundation (QLF).
True to the mission of her...
Ella Manuel was born in 1911 and grew up in Lewisporte, Newfoundland, where her father was a well known merchant and...
The Whale Research Group was organized in 1978 in response to the problem of Newfoundland's inshore fishermen who were...
James Hiller, Professor of History at Memorial University and author of a number of articles on Newfoundland in the...
Peter Neary, Professor of History at the University of Western Ontario and the author of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic...
Klaus Peter Muller studied English, French, Philosophy and Educational Science at the Universities of Dusseldorf and...
Rurik von Antropoff studied English, German, Philosophy and Educational Science at the Universities of Freiburg and...
Rolf Althof studied English, German and Educational Science at the Heinreich Hen University of Dusseldorf and at Dalhousie...
Valerie Anne Summers was born in Newfoundland.
She received her BA from Memorial University of Newfoundland, her...
Heather Walter and Eric West have been performing music together since 1988, in schools concert halls, festivals as...
Gerald Thomas is a professor and former head of Memorial University’s Department of Folklore, as well as a professor...
Phillip Gardner was born in Liverpool in 1936.
He studied English Literature at King's College, Cambridge, and after...
Ian Lowe is now an emeritus professor at Griffith University, where he was previously Head of the School of Science....
Barry Kissane teaches in the School of Education at Murdoch University, WA, where his main responsibilities include...
Neville is well known within the Australian Mathematics Trust, having been State Director of the AMC for Queensland...
Born in Long Pond, Manuels, Conception Bay South, Tom Dawe has been a teacher, professor of English (Memorial Univesity),...
Nick Avis was born in England, moved to Newfoundland in 1971 and currently lives in St. John's, where he practices law....
Bernice Morgan was born in preconfederate Newfoundland.
She has worked for many years in public relations, first...
Percy Janes is a Canadian author who was raised in Newfoundland and returned there to live after extended travels in...
Janet Webster was Director of Special Programs, Department of Education, Whitehorse, Yukon.
She was an elementary...
“In my two careers as high school English teacher and as university education professor, I have sought, first of all,...
Alastair Macdonald was born and educated in the United Kingdom.
He received degrees from Aberdeen University, Christ...
Ingeborg Marshall has studied with great interest the Beothuk of Newfoundland since she became a resident of the province...
Associate Professor of Geography, has been the Director of the Memorial University of Newfoundland Cartographic Laboratory...
Gary McManus is Associate Director of the Memorial University of Newfoundland Cartographic Laboratory, Department of...
Mary Dalton was born in Lake View, in the parish of Harbour Main, in Conception Bay.
She has studied at the University...
Based in Toronto, Anne Petite is a management consultant specializing in customer service solutions; she has worked...
Wynanne Downer was a provincial and municipal politician.
Lawyer, writer, broadcaster, Bill Rowe was born in Newfoundland in 1942.
A Rhodes Scholar with an M.A. in Law from...
Born on the East Coast of Newfoundland, David Elliott resides in Corner Brook, where he teaches English at Sir Wilfred...
Helen Fogwill Porter was born and grew up in St. John’s.
Her first book Below the Bridge, was published by Breakwater...
John B. Corston taught at Pine Hill Divinity School and at the Atlantic School of Theology. He is now retired (and writing)...
Gary Saunders was born in northeast Newfoundland and received a B.Sc. in forestry from the University of New Brunswick...
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, and educated in Germany, England and the United States, where he earned his Ph.D. in European...
The Whale Research Group was organized in 1978 in response to the problem of Newfoundland's inshore fishermen who were...
Dillon Wallace was born in Craigsville, New York, on June 24, 1863, the son of Dillon Wallace and Ruth Ann Ferguson.
After...
Captain Job Barbour was born in Newton, Bonavista Bay, in 1898.
He began sailing as a boy and at the age of twenty-one...
Al Clouston was born in St. John's, Newfoundland.
His fifty years in business life and traveling about the island...
Shannon Ryan was born and received his early education in Riverhead, Harbour Grace.
He has studied at Memorial University...
Life began for Ivan in Piapot, Saskatchewan, the fourth son and sixth child of the village blacksmith, Art Jesperson.
After...
Larry Small was born on Twillingate Island and grew up in Moreton's Harbour, the home of his ancestors for two centuries....
Enos Watts was born in Long Pond, Manuels on the East Coast of Newfoundland in 1939. He attended Memorial University...
Jack Fitzgerald was born and educated in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. During his career he has been a journalist,...
Born in the UK, Dr. Collins studied in both the sciences and education, receiving a BSc and MSc from Southampton University,...
D.W.S. Ryan is an ex-teacher and freelance writer. He has co-edited several literature textbooks in use in high schools...
Grant Boland is from St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador. He has held multiple solo and group exhibitions. He...
Debbie is an elected city councillor, a national and international columnist, and an award-winning businesswoman. She...
Jennifer Morgan is a visual artist and writer from St. John’s, Newfoundland. Thomas Moyst, the Second Engineer of...
JAMES LANGER is the author of the award-winning poetry collection Gun Dogs (Anansi, 2009). He’s edited poetry for...
MARK CALLANAN is the author of Scarecrow (Killick, 2003) and Gift Horse (Signal Editions, 2011) which was shortlisted...
Calvin D. Evans is a retired University Librarian who was born in Newfoundland and has lived and worked in six Canadian...
Lesleyanne was born and raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland. A retired veteran who served in Bosnia in 93/94, she graduated...
J. M. Sullivan is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Globe and Mail, The Telegram, This Magazine, and...
Chad Pelley’s fiction has been recognized by more than a dozen literary awards. His debut novel, Away from Everywhere,...