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Writing is one of the few things that curb Jason’s incessant need to talk out loud. People close to him agree he’s much easier to tolerate when he’s working on a story.
Jason first discovered storytelling in Ms. Bowering’s Grade 4 Language Arts class, where his unauthorized movie sequel Poltergeist 3 concluded with Dracula and the Frankenstein monster duking it out atop a giant chandelier. He kept practicing and slowly got better. By his early twenties, Jason was publishing short stories, poems and articles in literary magazines and anthologies.
Today, Jason writes literary and speculative fiction, exploring themes of Indigenous cultural identity, language loss and rural life. His work has appeared in Grain, Flash Fiction Online and The Deadlands (Psychopomp).
A proud alumnus of the Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle, Jason is of English and Mi’kmaw descent. He was born in Elmastukwek, the traditional name of the place currently referred to as Bay of Islands, Newfoundland & Labrador. His debut novel draws on the rich culture and history of that region and is scheduled for release by House of Anansi Press in Spring 2027.
Jason gratefully acknowledges the funding support of the Ontario Arts Council and Government of Ontario, as well as the creative support of the Alexandra Writers' Centre Society, which he first joined in 2003. More recently, he has become active with the Toronto Writers' Community and Writers' Community of York Region.
Jason first discovered storytelling in Ms. Bowering’s Grade 4 Language Arts class, where his unauthorized movie sequel Poltergeist 3 concluded with Dracula and the Frankenstein monster duking it out atop a giant chandelier. He kept practicing and slowly got better. By his early twenties, Jason was publishing short stories, poems and articles in literary magazines and anthologies.
Today, Jason writes literary and speculative fiction, exploring themes of Indigenous cultural identity, language loss and rural life. His work has appeared in Grain, Flash Fiction Online and The Deadlands (Psychopomp).
A proud alumnus of the Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle, Jason is of English and Mi’kmaw descent. He was born in Elmastukwek, the traditional name of the place currently referred to as Bay of Islands, Newfoundland & Labrador. His debut novel draws on the rich culture and history of that region and is scheduled for release by House of Anansi Press in Spring 2027.
Jason gratefully acknowledges the funding support of the Ontario Arts Council and Government of Ontario, as well as the creative support of the Alexandra Writers' Centre Society, which he first joined in 2003. More recently, he has become active with the Toronto Writers' Community and Writers' Community of York Region.
