Whirling away to the Northwest Passage, Halifax, and Port Dover

We’re gearing up to go voyaging Into the Northwest Passage with Adventure Canada, departing from Greenland on August 26. Above, we see the three musketeers who figure in Passage, the docudrama based on my book Fatal Passage. Two of them — Inuit leader Tagak Curley and myself — will sail aboard the Ocean Endeavour. The…

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Newest MFA launches at oldest university in Canada

Canada’s newest MFA program kicked off with a reception Sunday evening at King’s College University in Halifax. The program is the first in the country to focus exclusively on Creative Nonfiction. King’s College itself dates back to 1789, a year of revolution if ever there was one. Founders Don Sedgwick and Stephen Kimber, best known…

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New MFA program in Creative Nonfiction

Our Hero turns up on a roster of nine writer-mentors for a new Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Nonfiction. The program, which launches this August at the University of King’s College in Nova Scotia, is the brainchild of the well-known Halifax author Stephen Kimber. The nine writer-mentors from across the country have together…

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