Book
Canada's Food Island Cookbook
Figure 1 Publishing, 2022
A Globe and Mail bestseller
I wrote the stories and editorial content for this celebration of Prince Edward Island’s food culture, working with Island chefs, producers and contributors.
Writing
I write literary nonfiction about place, family, inheritance, identity and memory, along with occasional essays on public life and ideas.
Selected Writing
Measured Against the Trees
The Island Magazine, Fall 2026
Land stewardship, inheritance and identity through a thirty-year relationship with a Prince Edward Island woodlot.
I’m a Middle-aged Guy Who’s Just Come Out; Dating is a Whole New World
The Globe and Mail, 2018
Legacy of Angus
Special Feature
(republished in 12 languages)
Reader’s Digest, 2002
Tim Banks, Up Close
PEI Living, 2025
The Other Side of David Weale
The Eastern Graphic, 2024
It’s Time for a New Conversation
The Guardian, 2025
Buddha Boot Camp: Ten Days on My Knees Opened My Eyes
Maclean’s, 2002
Where Waters Run Deep: Dispatch from the Jordan River
Ottawa Citizen, 2023
Current Work
The Antidote
A memoir exploring inheritance, masculinity, grief, silence and constructed identity through stories rooted in Prince Edward Island.
Don’t You Dare; Drinking with Grandma
A work of literary nonfiction about inherited grief, emotional restraint, family mythology and memory.
Artistic CV
Writing, publications, literary projects and public events.
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