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Megan Gail Coles
Megan Gail Coles is a Canadian writer in Newfoundland and Labrador. She was born in Savage Cove-Sandy Cove, Savage Cove and grew up there. Coles was educated at Memorial University of Newfoundland and at the National Theatre School of Canada. She was co-founder and artistic director of Poverty Cove Theatre Company. She is executive director for ''Riddle Fence'' and has been writer-in-residence at the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's. Her short story collection ''Eating Habits of the Chronically Lonesome'' received a ReLit Award, a Winterset Award and the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award. She has written several plays, including ''Our Eliza'', ''The Battery'', ''Bound'', ''Falling Trees'', ''Grace'' and ''Squawk''. In 2013, she received the Rhonda Payne Theatre Award. Her debut novel, ''Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club'', was published in 2019. It won the 2019 Winterset Award, and was shortlisted for the 2019 Gille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newfoundland And Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of 405,212 square kilometres (156,500 sq mi). In 2021, the population of Newfoundland and Labrador was estimated to be 521,758. The island of Newfoundland (and its smaller neighbouring islands) is home to around 94 per cent of the province's population, with more than half residing in the Avalon Peninsula. Labrador borders the province of Quebec, and the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon lies about 20 km west of the Burin Peninsula. According to the 2016 census, 97.0 per cent of residents reported English as their native language, making Newfoundland and Labrador Canada's most linguistically homogeneous province. A majority of the population is descended from English and Irish s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
