RC Shaw is the author of Captain Solitude (2024) and Louisbourg or Bust (2018), a finalist for the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award for Non-Fiction. He has written for the Globe and Mail, the Surfer’s Journal, [EDIT] Magazine, Beach Grit, the Coast, and the Chronicle Herald. He also founded the Cow Bay Concert Series, bringing musical acts such as Bahamas, Matt Mays, and Jenn Grant to his community hall. He holds an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction from King’s University College.

When not running his school’s library, RC Shaw can be found in the waves near his home in Cow Bay, Nova Scotia. He yearns to sail, but reading a dozen sailing books is the extent of his experience. He plans to enroll in a ‘Learn to Sail’ summer camp in the near future, likely alongside his pre-teen daughters.

What’s next for RC Shaw? After chronicling Nova Scotia’s surfable Atlantic coastline, there’s only one left in Eastern Canada: Newfoundland. The map is on the wall, the books are on the shelves, the board is waxed up… please stay tuned!