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Kevin Major on his new novel, and imagined parts of local history
An unusual burial of a child made more than 7,000 years ago provided the inspiration to veteran St. John’s writer Kevin Major, whose 16th book - New Under The Sun, a work of historical fiction for adults - has just been launched.
“That became the starting point,” he said. The novel’s timeline is complex, weaving in stories of the Innu, Inuit, Basques and Norse, and running up to modern times. The novel is tied together through an archeologist named Shannon Carew, whose work with Parks Canada gets the story rolling.
You can listen to Kevin Major’s conversation with Robin Brown, the guest host of the St. John’s Morning Show, by clicking on this link.
Among other things, you’ll hear Major talk about the difficulties he had finding a publisher for the book, before it eventually found a home at Cormorant Books in Toronto.
Meanwhile, you can hear plenty more from the St. John’s Morning Show here, including daily highlights from their podcast menu.
