Non-fiction/ Memoir

Jill Martin is the author of Return to Sable (2015) and Sable Island in Black and White, a pictorial book of life on Sable Island at the turn of the 20th century (Nimbus 2016). From Thistles to Cowpies, (Crossfield 2021), a touching narrative of two immigrant families who homestead in Saskatchewan in the early twentieth century. Jill’s latest book, My Life Bridge by Bridge (2023) explores the terror of facing and overcoming gephyrophobia (fear of bridges). 

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Dr. Catherine Morley holds a PhD in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, an MA in Adult Education, a BASc in Human Nutrition, diplomas in Textile Arts and Documentary Film, and completed a Dietetic Internship at Vancouver General Hospital. Cath is a Death Doula Candidate, President - Hospice Society of West Hants, and member of advisory groups for the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence, and the Canadian Malnutrition Taskforce. No Love Like It: Feeding Someone Who is Sick (FriesenPress, 2025) is their first solo book written for caregivers and those in circles of care, and people working in health/human services. 

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Arthur E. Shears was born in Cape Breton and studied in Halifax before starting a career in International Development where over the years he was a teacher, consultant, technical advisor or team leader on projects for private consulting firms, the Canadian government, USAID and five United Nations agencies including UNESCO and UNRWA (Gaza).

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