St. John’s Storytelling Festival – A Joshua Goudie Reading

Joshua will delight and enchant children with tales from his new book, “Where the Crooked Lighthouse Shines,” a dark, fantastical collection of narrative poems that draw on unique elements of Newfoundland and Labrador culture and folklore.

An event for families with children ages 5-10
Call the A.C. Hunter Children’s Library to register: 737-3953

Joshua Goudie is the author of two previous children’s books: “Jack and the Hurricane” (2014) and “Jack and the Magnificent Ugly Stick” (2016). His writing has received national attention, being featured by CBC and Quill and Quire, and he has previously been shortlisted for the Cuffer Prize and the Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union Fresh Fish Award. In 2021, he was awarded the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Percy Janes First Novel Award. Joshua lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.