About the Author
Kevin Major
Governor General Award winner Kevin Major is the author of eighteen books—fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, and plays. As Near To Heaven By Sea: A History of Newfoundland and Labrador was a Canadian bestseller. He lives in St. John’s.
This week we discovered what an ice pack can do to a book cover design, read some thoughtful words about home by former civil rights activist Douglas Gary Freeman, learned an off-grid living motto, and more.
Land Beyond the Sea (Breakwater Books) author Kevin Major breathes life into the cold statistics of war by taking us deeper into the story of the SS Caribou, a Nova Scotia to Newfoundland Ferry, sunk by German U-boat during World War II, resulting in the death of 137 passengers ... Read more
For literary-minded dads to baseball-obsessed dads and ones who are both, we've got a top 10 list of books to gift your father and father-figures this Father's Day.
This week we cheered on ARP Books author Kaie Kellough ( Accordéon) and Freehand Books author Catherine Cooper ( White Elephant) at the Amazon First Novel Award ceremony, painted our nails to match some awesome book covers, and got our short story on.
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