Jim Read attended Mount Allison 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. His short story Mookie was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by The Spadina Review. His short story The Weekend Out With All Our Coins  published by The Antigonish Review is available on their website: www.antigonishreview.com. 

He lives on the traditional and unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik / Maliseet, Mi'Kmaq / Mi'kmaw and Passamaquoddy / Peskotomuhkati Tribes / Nations.