Steven Mayoff was born and raised in Montreal, lived in Toronto for 17 years and has been writing full time in the bucolic splendour of western Prince Edward Island since […]
A Native o New York City, Walden was on the editorial staff of The New Yorker from 1942 to 1983. In this debut collection Walden delights with a splendid repertoire […]
Robert Pen Warren (1905-1989) was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic. He was one of the founders of New Criticism. He founded the literary journal The Southern Review with […]
John Mellor was a volunteer with the British Naval Commandos – on the beach in the Dieppe Raid and at Normandy on D-Day. He carried shrapnel from Dieppe the rest […]
Born in poverty on a reserve in Cape Breton, Rita Joe survived on sheer guts and compassion.
Ronald Caplan was the editor of Cape Breton’s Magazine from 1972 through 1999, and from 1986 on he has published Breton Books. For his contributions to community and culture of […]
Sheldon MacInnes taught, researched and administered programs in Celtic Music, Gaelic Language, Traditional Dance and the Performing Arts at Cape Breton University. He is the author of A Journey in […]
An award-winning writer of novels, short stories, drama, radio documentaries and more than 500 articles, including such essential books as The Education of Everett Richardson in 1977, Wind, Whales and […]
Born in 1910 in Montana, Tessie Gillis moved with her husband Joe to Rear Glencoe in Inverness County in the 1950s to live the hard, satisfying life of rural Cape […]
Dr. Charles W. Dunn was born in the manse of Arbuthnott, Scotland, in 1915. He was the Margaret Brooks Robinson Professor of Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, Emeritus. Dr. […]