Category Archives: Writing

Maritime Fiction: Philip Roy

In this portion of an interview originally published on the Cape Breton University Press blog, Philip Roy, author of Blood Brothers in Louisbourg (CBU Press, September 2012), talks about writing Blood Brothers, creativity and aging, and his associations with Cape Breton. You … Continue reading

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Great Maritime Fiction: Nicole Dixon

I have the great pleasure of sharing a short excerpt from a just-released book of short stories by Nicole Dixon. Nicole lives in New Waterford, and is the electronic resources librarian at Cape Breton University. She launches this book tomorrow … Continue reading

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Writers’ Festival – the morning after

Whew!! What a weekend. Later on this week, I’ll be sharing a longer post about how the 2012 Cabot Trail Writers Festival went, with lots of pictures and description. For now, it’s Monday morning, I’m back at school (driving out … Continue reading

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