Category Archives: Arts

Two Poems by Walter Mackey

Walter Mackey is a 20-something year old writer from a small town in rural Newfoundland of approximately 30 people. He has to tell people from town he’s from Splash ‘n’ Putt because they don’t know where Culls Harbour is located.

The Look – A Short Story by Heather Nolan

Heather Nolan is a 23-year-old musician, photographer, writer, and otherwise dreamer who currently resides in St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador. She has been publishing poetry and fiction for 10 years.

Jonny Bolduc: A Modern Poet

“The big thing about anyone who wants to be an artist, or a poet, or a writer is that you can’t just be that one thing,” says Bolduc, “You have to find creative ways to keep doing what you love to do. In the midst of a changing atmosphere within your medium.”

The Poetry and Performance of Riley Palanca

Secret East TV has teamed up with Spoken Word St. John’s to offer a capture of the poetry and performance of Riley Palanca in our first Spoken Word at the Log Cabin session. We’ve combined a video feature with three pieces of audio, and the accompaniment of a written profile, courtesy of contributor Russell Cochrane.

Purity Paradigm: Kathy Oke’s Cave Shines This Weekend At Eastern Edge

“It’s entirely a light-based installation, except there will be the words “Good Little Girl.” A reference to the kind of culture that breeds the idea of purity and teaches little girls that they should be pure and if they’re not careful they might become tainted — and that tainted equals worthless,”