Gavin Simms

Gavin Simms was born and raised in the blissful isolation of Hermitage, N.L. He’s a quiet and peculiar sort of bayman. After school he left the province for the University of New Brunswick, where he earned an English degree. He later sailed back, took a job as a reporter/photographer for Clarenville’s newspaper and had the time of his life telling stories. In the fall of 2009, scared of going soft in the centre, he decided it was best to get back to the city. He’s been making music with his band and selling words as a freelancer ever since. Gavin writes best with no windows.

Posts


  • > Ryan Adams | Ashes and Fire
    October 14, 2011
    Ashes and Fire isn't going to be Mr. Adams' best work. But it's him, right now. Those were my thoughts before hearing this and they're my thoughts after hear... Read More

  • > Harbour Hopper
    June 13, 2011
    A 22-year-old man has been arrested after the Impala he was driving ended up in St. John's harbour Monday afternoon. He told police he was attempting to make a ... Read More

  • > A welcome back AHL!
    June 10, 2011
    "The boys are back in town" boomed through the speakers as AHL T-shirts were tossed into the crowd and celebrities played ball hockey at Mile One stadium Friday... Read More

  • > Joel Thomas Hynes: A Manifesto
    June 9, 2011
    Author Joel Thomas Hynes isn't much for small talk, and doesn’t like to waste time getting at nothing. Enough said... Why do you swear so much? I don’t ... Read More

  • > A man with land
    May 26, 2011
    Six years and as many setbacks later, Mark Wilson finally has his hands on some land. The burgeoning organic farmer and his three green business associates w... Read More

  • > Chapter 8: Half-mast
    May 22, 2011
    The long skinny glass of the storm door rattled and boomed beneath his knuckles. “Get out here boy, you and I got talking to do!” I woke at the other ... Read More

  • > ‘We don’t wait’
    May 18, 2011
    “We have this simple concept,” is how fisherman Tom Best launches into an idea he conceived to keep the N.L. fishery from the wayside. “The whole idea is... Read More

  • > Aquacultured | Pt. 2
    May 9, 2011
    (Read Part 1) Sea lice may be natural parasites in the open ocean, but upon attaching themselves to farmed fish reared in cages, they become a fast-spreading... Read More

  • > Aquacultured
    May 5, 2011
    When you’re working the same water, you ought to get along — so is the logic behind a committee recently formed on the south coast of Newfoundland, bridgin... Read More

  • > No easy catch
    April 26, 2011
    Three politicians sat before an ocean Monday night, and attempted to calm the waves. 150 people piled into the basement of St. Augustine’s church in St. Jo... Read More

  • > Like a drunkard on a spree
    April 4, 2011
    John Cossar’s goldmine has been waiting a long time. Sixty years and only now is he getting around to gutting it out. “It pours,” he says. “It pours ... Read More

  • > Government suing smoke-makers
    March 31, 2011
    Fourteen tobacco companies from around the world will be served a statement of claim by the government of Newfoundland and Labrador before the week is out. F... Read More

  • > Clyde Jackman answers
    March 30, 2011
    1. Have you ever fished for a living, Mr. Jackman? I haven’t fished for a living, per se, but I’ve fished a fair bit. What I say to people sometimes is t... Read More

  • > On the road
    March 29, 2011
    The camera and voice recorder weren’t exactly stowaways during a trip I took across the island last week. They rode shotgun most of the way, just in case. ... Read More


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