Jim Read attended Mount Alison University in New Brunswick.  He completed his adventures in higher education at the Theatre Department of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto.

His novel The Mollybush Nude was published on November 27th, 2018. It's available online from Amazon Canada and Indigo Books or from Unsolicited Press.  www.unsolicitedpress. com

His writing has been published in various venues. A short story entitled The Weekend Out With All Our Coins  published by The Antigonish Review is available on their website: www.antigonishreview.com.