Sea Stories The Miramichi Reader

The Imperilled Ocean: Human Stories From A Changing Sea by Laura Trethewey

March 1, 2020 by James M. Fisher

How the ocean has changed in those fifty years when I first saw pictures of submarines, diving bells and giant whale sharks! Ocean Journalist Laura Trethewey updates us on its condition in her first book, The Imperilled Ocean, published by New Brunswick's Goose Lane Editions.

Land Beyond the Sea by Kevin Major

November 6, 2020June 3, 2019 by James M. Fisher

Land Beyond the Sea is a startlingly good feat of historical fiction, based on the torpedoing of the passenger ferry SS Caribou by U-69 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in October 1942.

Bounty: The Greatest Sea Story of Them All by Geoff D’Eon

December 7, 2018 by James M. Fisher

Spanning four centuries, this is a story of romance, risk, exotic travel, cruelty, lust, loyalty, jealousy, misadventure, hubris, heroism and death. Fully illustrated with paintings, photographs and artifacts, this book tells one of the greatest sea stories of them all.

Sea Change: A Man, A Boat, A Journey Home by Maxwell Taylor Kennedy

August 19, 2019July 15, 2018 by James M. Fisher

I am a landlubber, but I love all things maritime whether it is naval ships, submarines, or the days of wood and sail. It started with Joseph Conrad’s sea stories and carried on through those of James Fenimore Cooper and … Continue reading

Arrow’s Flight by Joel Scott

April 1, 2018February 23, 2018 by James M. Fisher

I can't say enough good things about Arrow's Flight; it's not merely a good guys/bad guys action/adventure set on the water, but also a lesson in the fact that every action has consequences, and responsibility must be taken for the choices one has made.

The Sea Was In Their Blood by Quentin Casey

April 21, 2018September 7, 2017 by James M. Fisher

The following guest review is by David Chau, who is a writer of creative nonfiction, future author of a historical narrative set in Edo-Period Japan, and a University of King’s College MFA graduate in search of great stories. He lives … Continue reading

The Trawlermen by Clarence Vautier

July 11, 2017 by James M. Fisher

Clarence Vautier was born in 1972 in La Poile, Newfoundland. He moved away to attend high school, and after high school, he fished with his father, Clarence Sr., and his brother Raymond for a short time. He later went to … Continue reading