Cover Story: Off The Beaten Path
My latest for Downhome magazine, take a trip to Quirpon Island, the northernmost point of the island of Newfoundland.
Read More Cover Story: Off The Beaten PathTag: newfoundlandandlabrador
Atlantic Books Today “Cod Collapse” Review
ABT features a review by fisheries scientist Jeffrey A. Hutchings of my book, Cod Collapse.
Read More Atlantic Books Today “Cod Collapse” ReviewCanadian Geographic features excerpt of “Cod Collapse”
Thanks to Canadian Geographic for running an excerpt of my book
Read More Canadian Geographic features excerpt of “Cod Collapse”Fall Book Tour 2019
Details of Fall 2019 Book Tour for “Cod Collapse”
Read More Fall Book Tour 2019Remembering my father
What follows is the eulogy I delivered at my father’s funeral. May he rest in peace. Donald Thornhill (April 22, 1948 – April 26, 2019) My father was a patient man and he had to be. Here’s something he told me: “With the wear and tear we gave our clothes, it’s a wonder I had […]
Read More Remembering my fatherFive Stolen Boats, One Broken Heart
Five model boats were stolen in Ottawa during a hectic move, leaving one Newfoundland man broken-hearted.
Read More Five Stolen Boats, One Broken HeartMark your calendars: Corner Brook Celebrates Come Home Year 2019
The mill whistle in Corner Brook is ubiquitous with the city itself. As one former resident put it, when that steam whistle blows it’s like “that same old, familiar voice speaking to them again. ‘Hi, remember me? Welcome home, friend.’” As Corner Brook prepares to host its first-ever come home year, the mill whistle will […]
Read More Mark your calendars: Corner Brook Celebrates Come Home Year 2019Keepsake Gallery
Features quotes from select samples of my writing. Current keepsakes come from my 2018-20 works.
Read More Keepsake GalleryBook Review: Marq de Villiers’ Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource (2003)
Water is a book about our global freshwater supply and its quality. It’s a policy-relevant and science-rich book but is neither a policy book nor an academic book. Like its subject matter, this book is meant for everyone. Author Mark de Villiers writes: “Water is not ‘ours’ or ‘theirs,’ but the planet’s. We use water, and […]
Read More Book Review: Marq de Villiers’ Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource (2003)Book Review: David Macfarlane’s The Danger Tree (2014)
The Danger Tree artfully combines family memoir and historical nonfiction. Just as author, David Macfarlane, introduces readers to his maternal family, the Goodyears of Newfoundland, he establishes the major events of the early twentieth century. The event Macfarlane most prominently features is the First World War. For the Goodyears, WWI means “three dead sons paraded […]
Read More Book Review: David Macfarlane’s The Danger Tree (2014)